Bands: Basalt Shrine Release: From Fiery Tongues Genre: Doom Metal, Post-Metal Country: Philippines Release Date: 13th of June, 2022 Released via Electric Spark Cover Artwork Ronaldo Vivo, Jr. At the beginning of 2022, fierce Grind combo Abanglupa released their debut album that found strong resonance within the community. Seeing the light of day as a DIY product of two brothers from the Philippines, this release was impressing due to several reasons. Now, only a few months later, those brothers strike back again with yet another project they started from scratch, presenting ..read more

Band: Chestcrush Release: Apechtheia Genre: Doom Metal, Grindcore, Ambient Country: Scotland Release Date: 1st of November, 2022 Released via Self-Released Cover Artwork pla.g.u.e Does anybody still remember that glorious the broken movie by Nine Inch Nails? Especially the “Happiness in Slavery” bit? A man giving himself to a machine, getting tortured (very NSFW to put it nicely) and getting fabricated into mush. If your stomach is tough enough this is a must see for music-video historians, the whole movie is for a fact. So what does this has to do with Chestcrush? Their new ..read more

Band: Greh Release: Age of Resentment Genre: Death Metal, Doom Metal Country: Germany Release Date: 1st of June, 2022 Released via Self-Released Cover Artwork Alfi Feijoa GUEST REVIEW This article is written by K. Herrmann From awe to self-determination. From faith to the real. From of piety to disregard. GREH tells this story with his debut album “Age of Resentment”. What in most cases is told in the opposite way, here is a purification of light to darkness. GREH tells a story of different biographical events and thinks them through in an unusual way. Musically, this journe ..read more

Band: bigLOVE Album: Crusaders of Joy Genre: Doom Metal Country: England Release Date: 27th of May 2022 Released via: Church Road Records Cover Artwork ©Church Road Records Words can be deceiving. Depeche Mode knew that, even the Bible. To name a Doom Metal project bigLOVE is, to say the least, mildly misleading. But is it really? bigLOVE is the musical love child of Employed to Serve‘s Justine Jones (Vocals) and Sammy Urwin (Guitars) and it is a stylistic departure from the onslaught we know from Employed to Serve. It dwells deep in the realms of Doom Metal. This is n ..read more

Band: Primitive Man Album: Insurmountable Genre: Doom Metal, Sludge Metal Country: USA Release Date: 13th of May 2022 Released via: Closed Casket Activities Cover Artwork © Ethan McCarthy (Hell Simulation)  The appeal of bands like Primitive Man is hard to describe. Listening to their discography up to this point you won’t find a definitive single which can lure “normal” listeners to this band (although I would take Immersion as a great starting point): they are slow, abrasive and there is nothing to hum along to. This is music for staring into the inner void. The ..read more

Band: Hellige Album: Camino de Agua Genre: Black Metal, Doom Metal Country: Argentina Release Date: 21st of October, 2021 Released via: Dying Sun Records Coverart: Hellige, 2021 A lot of bands try to achieve a dark and atmospheric sound who pull you into the depths of riffs, drums and a growling voice. Not many of them achieve that entirely, like one of my favourite Doom albums of all time The Call Of The Wretched Seas by Ahab from 2006 which still is a benchmark for me in this genre. However, with Camino de Agua, Hellige released a solid album which will please keen fans of ..read more

Band: Moby Dig Album: The Fellowship of Doom Genre: Doom Metal Country: Germany Release Date: 17th of April, 2022 Released via: Self-Released Coverart: Moby Dig, 2021 Moby Dig are changing. I feel it on Spotify. I hear it in my ears. Once a band, consisting of three riders, with good songs but thin sound and expandable tightness, roaming the country, smoking, playing, dreaming. They were robbed of their foundation, abandoned by the rhythm. But it was not long before they called the dark ruler of the cauldrons to join them. Accepting the Don into their ranks, they were ambitio ..read more

Band: Absent in Body Album: Plague God Genre: Doom Metal, Sludge Country: Belgium, USA, Brazil Release Date: 25th of March 2022 Released via: Relapse Records Cover Artwork: © Relapse Records FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH. You just need to look at the personell of this album to know that you’ve got something special here: Scott Kelly (Neurosis) on vocals, Mathieu Vandekerckhove (Syndrome/Amenra) on guitar, Colin H Van Eeckhout (Amenra/CHVE) on bass and vocals and Iggor Cavalera (Ex-Sepultura) handling the drum duties. Everyone in this band is an expert when it comes to bring doom ..read more

Band: Genune Album: Inert & Unerring Genre: Black-Metal Country: Romania Release Date: 25th of February 2022 (Vinyl) Released via: Consouling Sounds (Vinyl) Cover Artwork: © Consouling Sounds Inert & Unerring was originally released in 2021, but now it is available for the first time on vinyl via Consouling Sounds. So if you missed out on this the first time, you should do now, because season and sound have aligned here! Inert & Unerring is a special Black-Metal album that can be a faithful companion in this dark season. Genune are a Black-Metal band from R ..read more

Transcended Music Blog is proud to present you the new video of Sum of R‘s single “Lust“, taken from the upcoming album Lahbryce. Lahbryce will be released on March 25th via Consouling Sounds. “Lust” is a 9 minute trip into the depth and darkness of yourself. Accompanied by kaleidoscope-sequences of blooming flowers this video provides the perfect screensaver for your mind. (WARNING: Flashing lights appear in the video) Band: Sum of R Album: Lahbryce Genre: Doom-Metal, Sludge Country: Finland, Switzerland Release Date: 25th of March 2022 Released via: Consouling Sounds Co ..read more