Doom Metal

“Living to Try” appeared on Weltesser‘s 2015 demo, but the album version is brimming with even more sludgy, chunky riffs. 

Soothsayer continues to hone their hulking doom metal on “Of Locust And Moths.”

Wake up, people! Tiamat‘s 1997 departure A Deeper Kind of Slumber actually rules. Here’s why.

A nice crash-course in the classics.

Groovy, psychedelic doom is the name of the game on The End of Electricity. 

The Black Sabbath classic gets a much noisier cover as part of Uniform‘s newest release. 

Embrace the death on the rack the brutal way on wings of inferno as… oh you get where we’re going with this. 

Albez Duz is back and serving up ten minutes of occult doom on “Sacred Flame.”

The fuzzapocalypse is here, courtesy of Fuzz Evil. 

Wretch
A master’s return
dB rating: 8/10

This August, Portland-based multi-instrumentalist A.L.N. will bring his one-man black/doom metal project, Mizmor, to the stage for the very first time at Migration Fest in Olympia, Washington. We caught up with A.L.N. to talk about the process of transitioning Mizmor into a live band, the challenges that come with creating music by yourself and the finer points of rehearsal room tomfoolery.

Canadian road warriors Castle are too busy touring and recording awesome doom rock to watch that shitty TV show you’re thinking of.

While you spent the week fretting over the Brexit aftermath, Italian doom crew the Foreshadowing saw that coming.

Transience
Quiet bloom of the soul
dB rating: 8/10

Head to the tombs to get, uh, this premiere streaming. 

The Curse That Is
Turn of the Tide
dB Rating: 8/10

Nightfall‘s big brother may get most of the attention, but Candlemass’ sophomore LP has more than enough potency to sit on its own throne. Ranking the songs by merit is utter madness since it’s a stone cold masterpiece…but that’s never stopped us before!

In the second installment of DEMO:LISTEN we resurrect two 2015 demos worthy of attention from the discerning metalhead.

West of Everything Lies Death
Not exactly lacking direction
dB Rating: 8/10

Journey Blind
Mob rulers
dB Rating: 8/10

Tapered Limbs of a Human Star
Yup, I think we found the Queen…
dB Rating: 8/10

In Memoriam
Slowness will prevail
dB Rating: 9/10

Just in time for fall:  doom over the world… now available in ones and zeros. 

Before checking out for the long weekend, enter for a chance to win three new CDs of doom, occult, heaviness, kings, hammers, and more kings, courtesy of Cruz Del Sur.

The Night Creeper
The Dark Night Rises
dB Rating: 8/10

A Dracula
The prequel to I, Frankenstein and Eee, Wolfman!
dB Rating: 8/10

Melk En Honing
Drinking and driven
dB Rating: 8/10

Lucifer I
New partner, same dance, better result
dB Rating: 9/10

Luminiferous
Blinded by the Light
dB Rating: 9/10

The Plague Within
A dark and darkening journey
dB Rating: 9/10