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MOURNFUL CONGREGATION: New Album Streaming In Advance Of Release

1st November 2011 Lee Edwards 20 Buck Spin, Audio Stream, Funeral Doom, Mournful Congregation, New Album, News, The Book Of Kings

20 Buck Spin have posted a stream of The Book Of Kings — the new full-length album from Australian funeral

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Mournful Congregation: 20 Buck Spin Confirm Two Releases From Funeral Doom Icons

21st July 2011 Lee Edwards 20 Buck Spin, Funeral Doom, Mournful Congregation, News, The Unspoken Hymns

This September, 20 Buck Spin will unleash an amassed collection of long out-of-print material from Australian funeral doom icons, MOURNFUL

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Highgate ‘Black Frost Fallout’ CD 2011

18th July 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Black Frost Fallout, Blackened Doom, CD, Doom, Funeral Doom, Highgate, Paul Robertson, Review, Sludge, Totalrust Music

Kentucky blackened sludge behemoths Highgate give us this ‘tying up the loose ends’ compilation of demo, live and unreleased tracks

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o.68 ‘Elend’ CD 2010

28th February 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, Atmospheric, CD, Doom, Elend, Funeral Doom, o.68, Ominous Silence Records, Paul Robertson, Review

Funeral doom with a decidedly progressive edge is what unusually monikered German one-man outfit O.68 purvey. All of the usual

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Highgate ‘Shrines To The Warhead’ CD 2010

9th August 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, Blackened Doom, CD, Doom, Funeral Doom, Heavy, Highgate, Paul Robertson, Review, Shrines To The Warhead, Totalrust Music

Four tracks of doomed out pure filth for your delectation, here, on the sophomore release from Kentucky-based trio Highgate. This

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Black Shape Of Nexus / Kodiak – Split 12″ 2010

9th April 20102nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, B.SON, Black Shape Of Nexus, Black Shape Of Nexus/Kodiak, Doom, Drone, Funeral Doom, Kodiak, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Sludge, Split, Split 12"

How do you approach 38 minutes of mind bending Doom? Quite simply shut yourself away, roll a fat one and

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Esoteric ‘The Maniacal Vale’ CD 2008

18th August 20083rd September 2019 Lewis Hunter 2008, Atmospheric, CD, Doom, Esoteric, Funeral Doom, Lewis Hunter, Review, Season Of Mist, The Maniacal Vale

Well, it’s long overdue, I’ll give you that. No, not my return to reviewing albums… Esoteric’s new album, The Maniacal

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Paganus – S/T – CD 2008

7th April 20086th September 2019 Mark Burns 2008, CD, Doom, Funeral Doom, Heavy, Mark Burns, Mournful, Paganus, Review, Totalrust Music

The first thing I’ll say about this release is it’s certainly a grower, with more going on than first meets

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Highgate – S/T – CD 2008

7th April 20086th September 2019 Mark Burns 2008, Blackened Doom, CD, Doom, Funeral Doom, Heavy, Highgate, Mark Burns, Review, Totalrust Music

It becomes apparent within the first 5 minute’s of this CD that the listener is in for a treat. An

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Evoken ‘A Caress Of The Void’ CD 2007

21st November 20076th September 2019 Lewis Hunter 2007, A Caress Of The Void, Atmospheric, CD, Doom, Evoken, Funeral Doom, I Hate Records, Lewis Hunter, Review

I’ve often been heard saying that Evoken’s last full-length LP, ‘The Antithesis of Light’, was amongst one of my favourite

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Taunt / Stumm – Split 7″ – 2007

7th October 20076th September 2019 Lee Edwards 2007, 7", Calculon Records, Doom, Funeral Doom, Heavy, Lee Edwards, Review, Sludge, Split 7", Stumm, Taunt

This 7″ was initially released in June 07, but due to problems with the 1st pressing, Calculon decided to do

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