Band: Vnder A Crvmbling Moon Release: II: Aging & Formless Genre: Doom Metal, Post-Metal Country: England Release Date: 6th of April, 2024 Released via Ripcord Records Cover Artwork Leanne Elizabeth Vnder A Crvmbling Moon have returned from their house on the hill called I: Oblivion and once again pour their mixture of Doom and Post-Metal over the unsuspecting people already in sunny Spring-mode. What immediately catches the eye is the gorgeous cover, which looks like a golden surface covered with thick, black soot. This streak of gold paves its way like a raging stream ..read more

Bands: Dawnwalker Release: House of Sand Genre: Post-Rock/Metal Country: UK Release Date: 19th of August, 2022 Released via Room 312 Cover Artwork Mitchell Nolte On the 19th of August, Dawnwalker will release their fifth full-length album House of Sand with 13 tracks and a playtime of 43 minutes. In short: It feels and sounds like a British suburban version of Opeth. Just compare the album cover to the last Opeth release In Cauda Venenum and you maybe get my idea. Another band I need to think of during my rotations is Radiohead. Not the worst references, I guess. All tracks o ..read more

Band: Predatory Void Release: Seven Keys to the Discomfort of Being Genre: Sludge Metal, Post-Metal Country: Belgium Release Date: 21st of April, 2023 Released via Century Media Cover Artwork Sven Harambašić The congregation of the Church Of Ra never ceases to amaze. There is so much talent and it feels like we haven’t even dove that deep into this well of neverending, outbranching musical excellence. This time Lennart Bossu (Amenra, Oathbreaker) together with Lina R, Tim De Gieter (Amenra, Doodeskader, Much Luv Studio), Thijs De Cloedt (Cobra The Impaler) and Vincent Verstr ..read more

Bands: Envy, Bossk Date: 21st of October, 2022 Location: Club Volta, Cologne Promoter: Underdog Record Store Photos: Thomas Transcended As some might have noticed, I really like Envy (Here and here). They are a fantastic live band and the fact that they brought along Bossk with them on that night set the bar really high for that evening. Even Kiefer Sutherland who was playing in the Carlswerk Victoria right next door couldn’t top it. Bosse @Club Volta Bossk opened the set with”Kobe” off their 2016 album Audio Noir followed by the crushing “Heliosphere“. The sound engineer ..read more

Band: Hundred Year old Man Album: Sleep in Light Genre: Post-Metal Country: England Release Date: 17th of June 2022 Released via Consouling Sounds Cover Artwork © Consouling Sounds Space has always been fascinating. Countless Sci-Fi-(Horror-)movies deal with it (“In space no one can hear you scream”, anybody), scientist have been working on leaving this planet and laying another planet to waste and of course, a lot of bands draw inspiration from it. Hundred Year Old Man also drew inspiration from it. The album title derives from the Sci-Fi-Series Babylon 5. Hundred Yea ..read more

Band: Bolt Gun Release: The Tower Genre: Ambient, Black Metal, Post-Metal Country: Australia Release Date: 15th of September, 2023 Released via Avantgarde Music Cover Artwork Tomasz Winiarski It is no secret that we loved Begotten. It was an astounding mix of Ambient, Black and Post-Metal. Bolt Gun struck a nerve with this dystopian mix and the anticipation was rising as the years went by. After the interim-EP The Warren (featuring Iggor Cavalera on drums), Bolt Gun now erect The Tower in front of the eager but unaware listener. “The Tower” (the track) serves as a perfect int ..read more

Band: TAKH Release: TAKH Genre: Doom, Post Metal Country: Belgium Release Date: 12th (digital) and 26th of May, 2023 Released via Consouling Sounds Cover Artwork D. Appeldoorn Coming to terms with things, circumstances or changes in general can be a grueling and long process. Step by step and day by day you’ll get used to new routines, missing routines and an unknown future laying before you. TAKH‘s origin lies back in 2015, when The Black Heart Rebellion invited Annelies Van Dinter as guest musician on the record People when you see the smoke. This collaboration spawned ..read more

Band: Vnder A Crvmbling Moon Release: I: Oblivion Genre: Doom Metal, Black Metal, Post-Metal Country: England Release Date: 19th of May, 2023 Released via Church Road Records Cover Artwork Church Road Records Summer is coming. With it, the heat is coming. Cities getting warmer, the asphalt seems to be burning at times. On top of that: sweaty humans. For all the reasons to rejoice about summer being here, there is still a lot to be annoyed about and staying inside. Vnder A Crvmbling Moon make music for your personal isolation. Consisting of former members of Garganjua, Conjure ..read more

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: Russian Circles Release: Gnosis Genre: Post-Metal Country: USA Release Date: 19th of August, 2022 Released via Sargent House Cover Artwork Sargent House Three years after the awesome album that was Blood Year, Russian Circles are back with their new album Gnosis. Once more, Russian Circles returned to THE producer of everything that is awesome and heavy, Kurt Ballou, to produce the album. The difference this time is, instead of jamming on fragmented ideas, the songs were written completely by single members of the band before going into the studio. Songs like the tender ..read more