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Flying Fiddlesticks Music Blog » Doom Metal
4d ago
Instrumental doom band Borehead release their debut full-length album, Vita est Morte est Vita. Borehead got together just before the pandemic in London. Purveyors of instrumental doom – the most honorable subdiscipline of heavy music – Borehead have released two previous EPs, 0001 and 0002. They come before you now with an exceptional album in ..read more
Flying Fiddlesticks Music Blog » Doom Metal
4d ago
The latest from Until Death Over Takes Me is Diagenesis, the thirteenth long-player from the solo act. Belgian funeral doom instance Until Death Overtakes Me has a singular member, Stijn Van Cauter. I am somewhat torn because I am a huge funeral doom fan, but I find myself frequently stymied by one-man bands. The PR ..read more
Flying Fiddlesticks Music Blog » Doom Metal
2w ago
Tennessee death thrashers Ritual Fog move forward with their debut full-length album, But Merely Flesh. Since 2021, Memphis heavy metal band Ritual Fog has been lurking in the shadows and slowly coming to the fore. They did a split a couple years ago with Pissrot, and then an EP called Visions of Blasphemy. The current ..read more
Flying Fiddlesticks Music Blog » Doom Metal
1M ago
French pagan folk metal band Twisted Mist begin their second decade with a new album, Gehenna. Founded in 2014 in Reims, France, Twisted Mist is a doom duo that utilizes traditional and folk instruments and musical settings to enhance the death and heavy metal constructs they produce. The band is Olivier Dupont (guitar, Bouzouki, Hurdy ..read more
Flying Fiddlesticks Music Blog » Doom Metal
1M ago
Heavy grunge stoners Wormsand produce their second full-length album, You, The King. Wormsand started out in Menton, France in 2018. After an early self-titled EP, the band issued their first long-player, Shapeless Mass, in 2021, and then a live album the following year. These recordings provide a vital basis for their latest sludge/grunge record, You ..read more
Flying Fiddlesticks Music Blog » Doom Metal
1M ago
Sludge metal band Witchpit come out with their second long-player, Forever Spoken. South Carolina heavy metal band Witchpit are nearing the ten year mark on their existence. Creating stoner-infused sludge compositions heavy enough to sink an oil tanker, Witchpit released their debut album, The Weight of Death, in 2022. They are back now with a ..read more
Flying Fiddlesticks Music Blog » Doom Metal
1M ago
Slower returns with an album of originals and a couple tributes, Rage And Ruin. When musicians from Monolord, Fu Manchu, and Year Of The Cobra get together and form a group, your ears perk up if you are a heavy music fan. Initially designed to play slowed down versions of thrash classics, they have expanded ..read more
Flying Fiddlesticks Music Blog » Doom Metal
1M ago
Trad metal prog thrashers Sleepless releases their follow-up album, Through Endless Black. Portland, Oregon is the place of origin for the band Sleepless, a traditional heavy metal band that started out just a few years back. They lace their metal with prog and thrash, infusing a soupçon of doom for balanced measure. Their first LP ..read more
Flying Fiddlesticks Music Blog » Doom Metal
1M ago
Rhode Island doom duo Coma Hole call down more thunder on their latest release, Hand Of Severance. I saw Coma Hole last year supporting Ruby The Hatchet at The Stone Church in Brattleboro, Vermont. I had come to southern Vermont for the headliner, one of my favorite bands. When I heard Coma Hole, I was ..read more
Flying Fiddlesticks Music Blog » Doom Metal
1M ago
Death rock band New Skeletal Faces return to center stage with their second full-length album, Until The Night. Since 2017, New Skeletal Faces have been creating gothic rock in a genre of their own definition they refer to as Death Rock – an excellent description of their work, I have to agree. They released a ..read more