Doom Metal Album reviews - Page 2

GenresDoom Metal

Necropalace

Worm

Worm - Necropalace 8.7

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…

Our Raw Heart

YOB

YOB - Our Raw Heart 8.8

Album review

Doom Metal
Metal
Our Raw Heart presents two of YOB's strongest sides. The guitars can push forwards with rough, slow weight, while melodies also…

The Skull

Trouble

Trouble - The Skull 8.4

Album review

Doom Metal
Metal
The Skull keeps Trouble close to the heavy riffs and dark melodies of Psalm 9. The band do not search for a new surface for their…

Soma

Windhand

Windhand - Soma 8.0

Album review

Doom Metal
Metal
Soma finds its character in the contrast between heavy guitars and Dorthia Cottrell's singing. Windhand create a dense, distorted…

Forest of Equilibrium

Cathedral

Cathedral - Forest of Equilibrium 8.5

Album review

Doom Metal
Metal
Forest of Equilibrium makes slowness uncomfortable. Cathedral are not playing relaxed music that happens to be heavy. The guitars…

Terminal

Bongripper

Bongripper - Terminal 8.5

Album review

Doom Metal
Metal
Sludge Metal
Terminal remains extremely heavy, but Bongripper use their time more purposefully here. The instrumental music develops slowly and…

Ascension

Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost - Ascension 8.8

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…

The Strength to Dream

Warning

Warning - The Strength to Dream 7.1

Album review

Doom Metal
Metal
The Strength to Dream presents a band who have found their character but are still learning how to deliver it. Warning play slow…

Mournful Cries

Saint Vitus

Saint Vitus - Mournful Cries 8.0

Album review

Doom Metal
Metal
Mournful Cries is a short record with heavy moods. Saint Vitus need only six songs to fill the room with distorted chords, firm…

Watching from a Distance

Warning

Warning - Watching from a Distance 9.1

Album review

Doom Metal
Metal
Watching from a Distance needs no complicated decoration to make a heavy impact. Warning use slow guitars, a controlled rhythm…

Longing

Bell Witch

Bell Witch - Longing 8.3

Album review

Doom Metal
Metal
Longing creates a particularly spacious sound from very few instruments. Bell Witch need bass guitar, drums and voices to give…

The Ethereal Mirror

Cathedral

Cathedral - The Ethereal Mirror 8.8

Album review

Doom Metal
Metal
The Ethereal Mirror gives Cathedral much more movement. The enormously heavy guitars remain, but the band now put the riffs to…

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