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

Band: Malsten Release: The Haunting Of Silvåkra Mill – Rites Of Passage Genre: Doom Metal Country: Sweden Release Date: 15th of March, 2024 Released via Svart Records The murderous Silvåkra Mill keeps turning and Malsten are here again to tell its ongoing story. Since we already liked the beginning, we are eager to see this story further unfolds. Upon the first hushed sounds of “Path of the Nix” and the following massive Doom-laden riff you’ll feel home at this cursed mill. Once again one sees themselves walking up there to quench their deadly curiosity. Just like in the Ambien ..read more

Band: Modder Release: The great liberation through hearing Genre: Sludge, Doom Metal Country: Belgium Release Date: 17th of November, 2023 Released via: Consouling Sounds, Lay Bare Recordings Artwork by: Throne There is something on the horizon. Some green otherworldly entity armed with a Hellebarde and with lightning behind its back comes stomping towards you, leveling anything in its tracks. This behemoth is called The great liberation through hearing and can’t wait fill your ears and heads with riffs for days. Three years after their EP Mudslinger Modder return with their ..read more

Bands: Hexer Release: Abyssus Genre: Doom Metal, Death Doom Country: Germany (Essen) Release Date: 17th of February, 2023 Released via The Crawling Chaos Cover Artwork Vama Marga Where does our mind reside? When regarding developmental patterns of your brain, at what exact spot are we capable to understand mental states in order to anticipate personal or other people’s behavior. When having passed the procession and genesis of this state of mind, it becomes increasingly more difficult to gain access to core memories and influential experiences having taken place during these ..read more

Band: Greh Release: Reversion of the Repressed Genre: Death Metal, Doom Metal Country: Germany Release Date: 1st of June, 2022 Released via GREH Recordings Cover Artwork Alfi Feijoa GUEST REVIEW This article is written by Kath Herrmann The one-man-project GREH has grown up to a band in the meantime. With new vocals and drummer, the band released a new EP Reversion of the Repressed on the 31rd of March, 2023. The unique selling point with only one guitar and no bass remains. The band leaves the previous sludge sound a little behind with the new line-up and now also offers the ..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: The Acacia Strain Release: Step Into The Light / Failure Will Follow Genre: Deathcore/Sludge Country: USA Release Date: 12th of May, 2023 Released via Rise Records Cover Artwork The Acacia Strain are an interesting band. Or at least became an interesting band. Known for being one of the originators of the early 2000’s metal- and deathcore scene, the Massachusetts mosh crew around charismatic frontman Vincent Bennet never really managed to branch out of their stylistic comfort zone untill the release of their 2019 release It Comes In Waves. On that release, the fun bu ..read more

Bands: Eremit Release: Wearer of numerous Forms Genre: Death Doom Metal Country: Germany (Osnabrück) Release Date: 6th of June, 2023 Released via Fucking Kill Records Drei Gleichen Cover Artwork Adam Burke We’re proud to announce that we will be able to present the second single off German Death Doom heavyweight Eremit’s upcoming third full-length Wearer of numerous Forms that is going to be released on the 6th of July via Fucking Kill Records in co-operation with the band-owned label Drei Gleichen. The 4×12” vinyl variant of Wearer of numerous Forms is going to hit you in d ..read more

Bands: Cosmic Axe Release: Demo MMCXXIII Genre: Death Metal Country: Germany (Leipzig) Release Date: 10th of March, 2023 Released via Self-Relased Cover Artwork Cosmic Axe Recently, the first demo of Leipzig-based Cosmic Axe fluttered into my library and after the first listen I thought to myself: Demo or not, demo alright and shit, but a better production would have been really great here. Hence, potential is given away unfortunately, which could clearly have caused more attention. So far the sound is often still quite washed-out and not as powerful as it could be. Well, le ..read more