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Funeral Doom

Lycus 'Chasms'
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Lycus ‘Chasms’ CD/LP/DD 2016

4th February 20161st November 2019 Seán O’Connor 2016, Atmospheric, CD, Chasms, Digital, Doom, Funeral Doom, Heavy, LP, Lycus, Relapse Records, Review, Seán O’Connor

Chasms is the new album from Lycus and it is as deep and as dark as it sounds! This beautifully

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AHAB ‘The Boats Of The Glen Carrig’ CD/LP/DD 2015

6th September 20152nd September 2019 Guido Segers 2015, Ahab, Atmospheric, CD, Digital, Funeral Doom, Guido Segers, Heavy, LP, Napalm Records, Review, The Boats Of The Glen Carrig

The nautical lords of doom have returned with another aquatic album filled with masterful music. Taking the time to let

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Skepticism ‘Ordeal’ CD/LP/DVD 2015

14th August 20152nd September 2019 Guido Segers 2015, Atmospheric, CD, DVD, Funeral Doom, Guido Segers, Heavy, LP, Ordeal, Review, Skepticism, Svart Records

Regarded as one of the pioneers of the infamous funeral doom genre, Skepticism has a long history of making heavy

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Dysphorian Breed ‘The Longing For The Tides Of Metamorphosis’ DD 2014

12th September 20143rd September 2019 Brian Burroughs 2014, Brian Burroughs, David Fredriksson, Death Doom, Dysphorian Breed, Funeral Doom, Heavy, Review, Self Released, The Longing For The Tides Of Metamorphosis

Has someone sinned? Is there a judgment from on high coming down? The sounds of choruses and orchestral bells seem

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Album & EP Reviews O 

Offerstigen ‘Solens Inälvor’ Digital EP 2014

6th July 20143rd September 2019 Johannes van der Meer 2014, Digital EP, Drone, Funeral Doom, Heavy, Johannes van der Meer, Offerstigen, Review, Self Released, Solens Inälvor

So this band is obscure beyond obscurity. The only facts I can figure out about them is that they’re Swedish,

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Album & EP Reviews E 

Ea ‘A Etilla’ CD/DD 2014

26th January 20143rd September 2019 Johannes van der Meer 2014, A Etilla, CD, Digital, Doom, Ea, Funeral Doom, Heavy, Johannes van der Meer, Solitude Productions

Funeral doom is a very small subgenre when it comes to metal and not many good and dedicated bands last.

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Eibon ‘II’ CD/LP/DD 2013

5th September 20133rd September 2019 Dave Bowes 2013, Aesthetic Death, CD, Dave Bowes, Digital, Doom, Eibon, Funeral Doom, Heavy, II, LP, Review, Sludge, Throatruiner Records

There are two things that could have pulled intrigued listeners in to Eibon’s second full-length. The first is the band

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Ephemeros ‘All Hail Corrosion’ CD/LP 2013

2nd August 20133rd September 2019 Ross McKendrick 2013, All Hail Corrosion, CD, Doom, Ephemeros, Funeral Doom, Heavy, LP, Parasitic Records, Review, Ross McKendrick, Seventh Rule Recordings

I’m a sucker for West Coast miserablists like Asunder, Aldebaran, Laudanum, Samothrace, and Anhedonist, so I was excited to hear

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Album & EP Reviews K 

Kongh ‘Sole Creation’ CD/LP/DD 2013

1st February 20132nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2013, Agonia Records, CD, Digital, Funeral Doom, Heavy, Kongh, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Sludge, Sole Creation

Clearly growing in confidence having produced two excellent albums with 2007’s ‘Counting Heartbeats’ and 2009’s ‘Shadows of the Shapeless’ the

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Inverloch ‘Dusk…Subside’ CD/LP/Digital 2012

17th June 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Atmospheric, CD, d.USK, Death Metal, Digital, diSEMBOWELMENT, Dusk...Subside, Funeral Doom, Grindcore, Inverloch, LP, Paul Robertson, Relapse Records, Review, Sludge

Proto-Funeral Doom/Drone grinders diSEMBOWELMENT were, in many ways, the definition of ‘kvlt’, having played zero live shows, recorded one EP,

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Uaral ‘Lamentos A Poema Muerto’ CD 2007

8th May 20123rd September 2019 Jawor Iwanow 2007, Acoustic, CD, Doom, Folk, Funeral Doom, Jawor Iwanow, Lamentos A Poema Muerto, Octagon Music Group, Review, Uaral

The act of mixing genres, once regarded as blasphemy, has become really common nowadays. Two styles of music used particularly

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