REVIEW: Major Kong’s “Orogenesis”
Major Kong released the 4-song EP for Orogenesis about three months ago, but came to my attention only recently. Fans of sludge/stoner metal will love this Polish band’s deep love of grinding riffs,...
View ArticleREVIEW: Love Sex Machine’s self-titled debut
This album was discovered through an e-mail from Throatruiner Records, and when it stated it was an album the band were offering for free via Bandcamp, I figured it would not hurt to give it a listen....
View ArticleREVIEW: Crown’s “The One”
The sound on this EP by Crown is massive, the kind of plodding metal that can be overwhelming deliberately. What is amazing is that while this sounds like it comes from an incredible band, this band...
View ArticleSOME STUFFS: Hesper Payne and Sabazius to release split album in May
Fans of doom, gloomy, and sludge metal will want to be on the lookout for a very limited edition album on Loathsome, a split release between Hesper Payne and Sabazius. The album, called From Under The...
View ArticleRECORD CRACK: Union Of Sleep & Black Sleep Of Kali to release split 12″
Fans of brutal doom metal will love a forthcoming split 12″ coming from two bands from two different parts of the world. Union Of Sleep are from Germany, while Black Sleep Of Kali are from Denver,...
View ArticleRECORD CRACK: Slabdragger/Meadows split 12″ EP is on its way
Fans of stoner, sludge, doom, and crust metal will want to keep an ear and eye out for a forthcoming 12″ from the Head Of Crom label out of the UK, for they are releasing a split 12″ between...
View ArticleRECORD CRACK: Split 7″ from Hell/Thou is here
Gilead Media, in conjunction with Pesanta Urfolk… Now see, that might read like it’s straight from a press release that I’m merely cut-and-pasting, but that’s not it. I just want to be formal about a...
View ArticleREVIEW: Coffinworm’s “Great Bringer Of Night”
On the surface, you may hear some very brutal and disgusting sounding heavy metal. For me, I hear that too but it’s done in a manner that is very well structured and organized. It’s not just heavy...
View ArticleREVIEW: Ahab’s “The Giant”
Talk about a trip. Ahab is a name for a band that may bring a wide range of thoughts, and if I were to tell you that they were a rock band who mix up indie and progressive rock, you might go “oh, this...
View ArticleVIDEO: My Silent Wake’s “Journey’s End”
While My Silent Wake released their Et Lux Perpetua album almost two years ago, it had taken awhile for them to release a proer video for the track “Journey’s End”. Sometimes, being independent does...
View ArticleFREE MP3 DOWNLOAD: Hunter’s Pub’s “Ancient Woods. Drunken Hags”
Ancient Woods. Drunken Hags is an album from Hunter’s Pub, a duo consisting of Danny Kreutzfeldt and Lars (Dennis) Hansen, former members of the band Noisejihad known for their heavy mixture of drone...
View ArticleREVIEW: Sea Bastard’s self-titled album
Sea Bastard are a doom metal band from Brighton, England who come from, as their bio states, “the ashes of” bands like Jovian and Funeral Hag. Their brand of doom is on the sludge and death side of...
View ArticleREVIEW: Black Goat Of The Woods’ self-titled EP
It’s great when a band comes out with new music out of nowhere, or at least that’s the common phrase to use when someone makes music that blows you away, leading to the question “where did these guys...
View ArticleFREE MP3 DOWNLOAD: “Total Drowning” compilation
Total Drowning is a compilation put together by a net label who release drone and doom metal, and this one focuses on the old and new. It features music by SOL, Wyrm, AM esper, Outer Nothingness,...
View ArticleBANDCAMP SUGGESTIONS: Botanist’s “IV: Mandragora”
The first thing that made me want to hear this was the illustration of a living and breathing being coming out of a plant. What would I be getting myself into if I listened? Botanist is a one-man band...
View ArticleVIDEO: My Silent Wake’s “Journey’s End”
While My Silent Wake released their Et Lux Perpetua album almost two years ago, it had taken awhile for them to release a proer video for the track “Journey’s End”. Sometimes, being independent does...
View ArticleREVIEW: Ahab’s “The Giant”
Talk about a trip. Ahab is a name for a band that may bring a wide range of thoughts, and if I were to tell you that they were a rock band who mix up indie and progressive rock, you might go “oh, this...
View ArticleSOME STUFFS: Batillus’ new album now ready for North American consumption
Brooklyn’s Batillus just completed a North American tour, making it to snow in Virginia in the first days of spring 2013. They did this as a means to promote new music in the form of Concrete Sustain...
View ArticleRECORD CRACK: Split 7″ from Hell/Thou is here
Gilead Media, in conjunction with Pesanta Urfolk… Now see, that might read like it’s straight from a press release that I’m merely cut-and-pasting, but that’s not it. I just want to be formal about a...
View ArticleREVIEW: Coffinworm’s “Great Bringer Of Night”
On the surface, you may hear some very brutal and disgusting sounding heavy metal. For me, I hear that too but it’s done in a manner that is very well structured and organized. It’s not just heavy...
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