Despair 7 articles

Interview with Alejandro of WEIGHT OF EMPTINESS

Hi! The title of the album, “Withered Paradogma,” suggests a rejection of established beliefs and ideologies. Can you expand on this theme and explain how...

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Review: Apotheosis “A Shroud of Belief” [MDD Records]

The 90’s saw the rise and fall of many doom/death metal bands and Apotheosis are yet another one of those bands that never made it...

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Review: Lacuna Coil “Comalies XX” [Century Media Records]

What a way to celebrate your best album’s anniversary, with a reedition that’s just as great and might even be better in some ways. So...

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Review: Cult of Luna “The Long Road North” [Metal Blade Records]

Let’s go on a long, scary trip through a dark and cold road, because that’s what this album feels like. Dark but huge, elaborate, full...

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Review: Grey Skies Fallen “Cold Dead Lands” [Paragon Records / Grimm Distribution / More Hate]

This year Paragon Records / Grimm Distribution / More Hate has re-released from Old Souls Collective last year’s LP Cold Dead Lands of American melodic...

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Review: Cemetary “Black Vanity” [Black Mark Production]

Cemetary are one of those weird bands to me; not because of their stylistic changes (since those weren’t uncommon in the 90s to begin with),...