This is a really tough one. There is nothing inherently wrong with Noctum’s latest release. It’s a solid album in its style and would, in...

Katatonia are, unquestionably, one of the most important bands in the scene, with an illustrious career in which they've progressed from Doom/Death Metal through...

A good live album is more than just a document of a band's performance. It should do more than just capture the instrumentation and...

When I had the pleasure of interviewing vocalist Hideki Fukasawa and drummer Junji Narita of Japanese doom heavyweights Church of Misery at last year's Maryland Deathfest,...

It's easy to think that post-metal's jumped the shark. Like post-rock before it, it almost seems to have become too formulaic. The build-climax-release formula...

I'd argue that in this digital age, impulse purchases have almost gone the way of the dinosaur. You're able to get at least a...

"If we didn’t get into metal then we wouldn’t be sitting here and doing this.  It’s just something that’s part of you and never goes away."

I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t know the first thing about doom metal.  The only time I even come in contact...

This particular album landed in my inbox a few weeks ago with the descriptor "apocalyptic post-rock metal," and it's hard to think of a...

It's great when a metal record is able to downright scare you, isn't it? All of black metal's earnest devil-worship can be fun in...