BENEATH THE FROZEN SOIL / NEGATIVE REACTION „Split”
Cool Songs: The Wretched Of This Afterbirth, So Still, So Overwhelmingly Quiet, Shroud, Wish You Were Dead
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ACRIMONY „Bong On-Live Long!”
Japans Leaf Hound Records never fails in reissuing some of stoner/dooms best albums. Such is the case with ACRIMONY, who proved to be highly influential in the United Kingdom scene.
ACRIMONY „Tumuli Shroomaroom”
Cool Songs: Million Year Summer, Motherslug (The Mother of All Slugs), Firedance
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THE KNELL „Harm”
Where the extreme on-goings of religious hatred seem to crash with one another in a country already at war within itself comes a wicked musical outfit raging it's own war of their kind. The Knell, delivers tasteful tunes of sinister proportions from their full length release titled Harm which will landmark this band as being one of their country's intense acts around.
POEMA ARCANVS „Telluric Manifesto”
Poema Arcanvs hails from Chile, playing Doom/death music style. Mixture of dark, slow, and clean tones.
CEMETERY OF SCREAM „Prelude To A Sentimental Journey”
It has been a while since I have reviewed something gothic or even doom. I wasn't really familiar with COS until I have given them a listen.
Former YOB Member to Release First MIDDIAN Album in March
MIDDIAN featuring Mike Scheidt, former band leader of YOB are about to release their debut album Age Eternal on March, 23rd (G/A/S), March, 26th (Europe).
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AUTUMN „Black Wings”
A beginning which is not most likely, but I have to start with it. Too bad this band is split up.
GLORYINDECAY „Midgets Gone Mad”
GloryInDecay is the brainchild of John Corpse from Boston, which started as a one man project, but is joined by Keith Christhunter from New York to create pure Death Metal with no comprimise. It seems to me that they've compromised good sounding Death music for pure blast beating growling, doomish crap.
EVADNE „In The Bitterness Of Our Souls ”
Evadne is a promising band coming from Spain. I expect much for this band really.
DISEMBOWELMENT „Disembowelment”
Cool Songs: The Tree of Life and Death, A Burial at Ornans, The Spirit of the Tall Hills, Your Prophetic Throne of Ivory.
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CATHEDRAL „The Garden Of Unearthly Delights”
Cool Songs: Tree Of Life & Death, North Berwick Witch Trials, Corpsecycle, Oro, The Manslayer, The Garden
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YOB „The Unreal Never Lived”
There are conventional doom metal bands and then there is YOB. As much as you can identify classic Doom with the likes of Black Sabbath and Candlemass, this three piece act from Eugene, Oregon seem to want to play their own brand of oppressive heaviness.
MY DYING BRIDE „Sinamorata”
Englands finest exponents of heavy melancholic doom have been a little quiet since the release of last years magnificent Songs of Darkness, Words of Light album. Im sure theyve been involved in the usual bout of relentless touring, but I cant recall them being on my metal radar all that often over the past 12 months.
SHATTERED HOPE „A View Of Grief”
I have no info about Shattered Hope. I got their demo cd by a member of the band in the live show of Saturnus in Greece and I guess it is their debut one as I havent heard their name again and they are young as I can see in their photo.
IN TEARS BEREAVED „Komatos”
In Tears Bereaved is an one mans band from Austria. Roman Modliba was the only person behind this band during the recordings of this demo release.