Tales From The Underground
Tales From The Underground
Artist: DisfallenCountry: NorwayLabel: Self-ReleasedFormats: Digital demoYear: 2022 The genre of Doom/Death Metal has always been a bit of a niche in both the Death Metal and Doom Metal genres. It is not a genre that is played by many bands,…
Artist: Necroplanet Country: USA Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital Year: 2022 This duo, who have already gained quite a bit of experience with various other bands, bring on their first, self-released work: an impenetrable sonic assault on everything cheerful and happy.…
Artist: Coffin LurkerCountry: The NetherlandsLabel: Sentient Ruin LaboratoriesFormats: LP / Cassette tapeYear: 2022 Coffin Lurker is yet another brainchild of Maurice de Jong, an important figure in the Dutch underground metal scene responsible for a hell of a lot bands…
Artist: Shape Of Despair Country: Finland Label: Season Of Mist Formats: LP / CD Year: 2022 Originally formed in 1995 (then under the name of Raven), Shape Of Despair is one of the longest running Funeral Doom bands. Debuting in…
Artist: Hearse Country: USA Label: Sinistrari Records Formats: CD Year: 2022 Not being aware of their reuniting in 2019, it came to me as a surprise to see Hearse surface with a new release. ‘Traipse Across The Empty Graves’ is…
Artist: Saturnus Country: Denmark Label: Cyclone Empire Formats: LP / CD Year: 2012 On that typical dooms pace these Danish veterans in melodic doom/death have been working on their fourth album. Over the years they have finally saw the recognition…
Artist: Altar Of Oblivion Country: Denmark Label: Shadow Kingdom Records Formats: LP / CD Year: 2012 One of the biggest surprises of 2009 was Denmarks Altar Of Oblivion. From out of the blue there was this really swinging doom/heavy metal…
Artist: The Lamp Of Thoth Country: United Kingdom Label: The Miskatonic Foundation Formats: 7″ EP Year: 2009 This is the third release in a short period of time for these British defenders of real doom. Yet, as I can’t get…
Artist: Black Pyramid Country: USA Label: Electric Earth Records Formats: 7″ EP Year: 2008 Usually I would not feature these kinds of bands, doom bands that lean too much to the stoner-side are usually not my thing and definitely don’t…
Artist: Realmbuilder Country: USA Label: I Hate Records Formats: LP Year: 2009 While reading through the bands on the inlay that are thanked for their influence expectations run sky-high. A nice blend of all kinds of heroic and epic metal…
Artist: Sardonis Country: Belgium Label: Electric Earth Records Formats: 7″ EP Year: 2008 Sooner or later every review will mention that Sardonis is a two-man band that play instrumental doom/sludge songs – as they say, ‘4 skins and 6 strings’.…
Artist: DoomVSCountry: SwedenLabel: Firedoom MusicFormats: CDYear: 2008 Since 2004 the rather strangely named project Doom:VS is Johan Ericson’s way to keep himself busy. Besides his main band, Draconian, he finds the time to get his solo project going as well. And with “Dead Words…
Artist: Frailty Country: Latvia Label: Solitude Productions Formats: CD Year: 2008 Doom metal was always celebrated as a kind of ‘elitist’ genre, as it has always been a very small and rather narrow-minded genre. Over the years many bands have…
Artist: Earthride Country: USA Label: Doomentia Records Formats: LP Year: 2008 Once in a while a new labels stands up and dedicates itself on releasing great vinyl records only, recently one of those labels is Doomentia Records, based in the…
Artist: The Puritan Country: Finland Label: I Hate Records Formats: 12″ EP Year: 2008 This Finnish band was quickly started after the folding of one of doom’s greatest, Reverend Bizarre. Albert Witchfinder, here under his own name, brought back his…
Artist: Funeral Moth Country: Japan Label: Weird Truth Productions Formats: CD EP Year: 2022 Already released as a two-track demo-tape, this Japanese ultra-slow funeral doom act got its first official release with this two-tracks mini CD. Though Japan is not…
Artist: Jex Thoth Country: USA Label: I Hate Records Formats: CD Year: 2008 Last year around the same time as the release date of this album (April 28th, 2008) I got a mini CD that left me in a state…
Out of nowhere, there was suddenly a split LP between two new heavy metal bands: Vestal Claret and Atlantean Kodex. That Metal Coven Records has a knack for good heavy metal and epic doom metal is of course no secret,…
Artist: ColosseumCountry: FinlandLabel: Firedoom MusicFormats: CDYear: 2007 With Colosseum Firebox seem to have returned to their heaviest roots, and that is something that I embrace with pure joy – as far doom goes hand-in-hand with such a word. Though the…
Artist: The Foreshadowing Country: Italy Label: Candlelight Records Formats: CD Year: 2007 For some reason it is usually very easy to say where a band is from, most of the times the sound or approach to a certain genre reveal…
Artist: Isole Country: Sweden Label: I Hate Records Formats: CD Year: 2007 This is the re-release of Isole’s debut record, originally released back in early 2005. In fact, the original release never really got out of sight as I kept…
Artist: Fall Of The Idols Country: Finland Label: I Hate Records Formats: CD Year: 2006 Everyone who saw Fall Of The Idols live on their short tour with Centurions Ghost last April will certainly remember the apathetic and rather schizophrenic…
Artist: Regnum Tenebrarum Country:France Label: Totalrust Music Formats: CD Year: 2005 This duo from France (though Carline van Roos sounds as Dutch as Gouda cheese) recently released their debut CD through the interesting Israelian Total Rust label. I missed their…
Artist: Indesinence Country: United Kingdom Label: Goat Of Mendes Formats: CD Year: 2006 As their “Ecstatic Lethargy” demo from 2003 and 2006’s EP “Neptunian” already promised, Indesinence would come up with an astonishing debut album. Yet they surprised me with…
Artist: Indesinence Country: United Kingdom Label: Weird Truth Productions Formats: CD EP Year: 2006 Just before releasing their debut album the English doomsters of Indesinence released an EP through the Japanese Weird Truth Productions label to save some extra recordings…
Artist: Pantheïst Country: United Kingdom Label: Serpent’s Lair Productions Formats: CD EP Year: 2005 Just after the release of the well received Amartia at the end of the summer of 2005 Pantheist returns with an EP with the well-fitting name…
Artist: Out Body Experience Country: Tunesia Label: Self-Released Formats: Demo CDr Year: 2002 Metal from Africa? Yes, I didn’t make a mistake, these guys are from Africa. I haven’t heard any African metalband before, let alone blackmetal! What do you…
Artist: Covered In Ashes Country: The Netherlands Label: Self-Released Formats: Demo CDr Year: 2002 Covered In Ashes is a new Dutch band that plays some kind of doom-deathmetal. They got their influences from bands like older Anathema, Paradise Lost and…