Doom Metal Album reviews

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Infinite Illumination

Spirit Adrift

Spirit Adrift - Infinite Illumination

Album review

Doom Metal
Heavy Metal
Metal
Rock
Infinite Illumination is a heavy goodbye. Spirit Adrift's final album moves back towards the slower doom sound that helped define…

Rituals of Shame

Warning

Warning - Rituals of Shame

Album review

Doom Metal
Metal
Rock
Five songs in forty-five minutes. Warning clearly haven't returned to make anybody's commute more cheerful. Rituals of Shame is…

Master of Reality

Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath - Master of Reality

Album review

Doom Metal
Heavy Metal
Metal
Rock
Master of Reality feels heavy before it feels fast or loud. The lowered guitar and bass tones give Black Sabbath's riffs an…

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath - Paranoid

Album review

Doom Metal
Heavy Metal
Metal
Rock
The riffs on Paranoid are famous enough to seem obvious, but Black Sabbath make them feel remarkably unsettled. Tony Iommi's…

Necropalace

Worm

Worm - Necropalace

Album review

Black Metal
Doom Metal
Metal
Rock
Worm have never seemed especially interested in keeping things modest. Necropalace takes that approach and gives it an even bigger…

Ascension

Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost - Ascension

Album review

Doom Metal
Gothic Metal
Metal
Rock
Paradise Lost have a very reliable relationship with misery. On Ascension, they make it sound surprisingly full of life. The…

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