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Cathedral – The Last Spire
It's hard to say where doom metal would be if Cathedral had never existed. We wouldn't have defining records of the genre like Forest of Equilibrium...
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Raven Black Night – Barbarian Winter
It is a solid fact that Doom Metal was the first metal genre ever, pioneered by Black Sabbath all those years ago. Nowadays, this...
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Sacred Steel – The Bloodshed Summoning
Sacred Steel are well known in underground metal circles. A spiritual heir of Manowar, these guys' mixture of old-school heavy metal heritage and 90's...
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Kroh – Kroh
When I got the self-titled LP from English doom metal group Kroh in my inbox, I got pretty excited. It sports members from crust-grind...
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Ahab – The Giant
I should really finish Moby Dick one of these days. Aside from being one of the defining works of the Western literary canon, heralded...
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Candlemass – Psalms for the Dead
It's impossible not to know doom metal without knowing Candlemass. Originally formed in 1984 in Sweden, the band arguably coined the very name "doom...
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Pallbearer – Sorrow And Extinction
Doom and prog usually don't mix well. The former is based around repetitive riffs and glacial tempos, whereas the latter places much more of...
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Pilgrim – Misery Wizard
As a genre, doom thrives on retro sensibilities. No other genre of metal has such a dedication to tube amps, analog tape recording, vinyl-only...
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The Dark Side of Business: An Interview with Scott Ian Lewis of Carnifex
Scott Ian Lewis on the dangerous state of live music, comics, and Necromanteum
“The songs you love, but not played well” – An Interview with Devin Townsend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RPb_jsnY2I
Get Ready for Wacken 2023
Get ready to unleash your metal power because Wacken Open Air is back with a bang for its 2023 edition! Mark your calendars for...