The impressive roster of seasoned musicians that make up With The Dead provide a masterful and mercilessly dreary barrage of doom metal darkness throughout their second full-length effort.
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Review: Black Sabbath – The End Of The End
Black Sabbath’s back catalogue is sorely lacking a truly brilliant live release, and as such, The End Of The End is likely to be remembered as their best.
Review: Ufomammut – 8
It will come as no surprise to long-time fans of Ufomammut that their perennial mastery of the genre continues on 8.
Review: Mastiff – Bork
More consistently intense than its forbearer, Bork is Mastiff’s most accomplished release thus far, and the truest representation of their miserable style.
Review: Morbid Evils – Deceases
Morbid Evils are not brooding post-metallers or experimental doomsters tinkering with notions of subtlety and slow-building tracks – they’re gut-punching metal heavyweights exploring every sonic definition of hatred.
Review: Poseidon – Prologue
If calling their debut album Prologue isn’t an indication that Poseidon are a band with big plans, then maybe their ambitious doom metal centred around a multi-stranded sci-fi narrative is.
Review: Pyrrhon – What Passes For Survival
So often are metal acts defined as “crazy” or “frenzied” that such descriptions often mean little in the grand scope of the genre, but if one band are deserving of such titles, it’s Pyrrhon.
Review: Adrift For Days – A Sleepless Grey
Listening to a good post-metal release is much like taking a long walk in nature or reading a compelling book: cathartic in an entirely non-violent fashion. Whether its black metal’s continuous themes of darkness, sludge […]
Review: Harvestman – Music For Megaliths
Painstakingly created, Harvestman’s third album is a solo project in every sense of the word. Neurosis main man Steve Von Till performs everything from guitars to hurdy gurdy to grendel drone to synthesisers on the […]