At one point death metal had got rid of its thrash-like roots, as bands such Cryptopsy, Suffocation and Kataklysm had clearly showed. The future wouldn’t be too bright ...
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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), but more because ...
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It’s remarkable how there were so many doom/death metal bands coming out of Holland back in the day, with bands like Sempiternal Deathreign, Delirium and Mourning originating all ...
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Morgion were one of those doom/death metal bands that didn’t change as drastically as other bands did and while this seems ideal on paper, nothing could be further ...
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Recently I had a discussion with my comrade gasmask_colostomy about our favorite topic. He asked me what I like so much about doom/death metal to begin with and ...
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When we’re talking about doom/death metal bands, it goes without saying that the early incantations of such are what it’s usually all about. Lost Paradise hints very little about the ...
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Out of all the doom/death metal bands that have gone through drastic changes, Pyogenesis probably take the cake. Their transitional period was awkward as hell and what the ...
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Although Dance of December Souls will forever be the emotional monolith that defined Katatonia’s early sound, there were in fact two other minor releases that weren’t too far ...
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After the confusing, yet ambitious Funeral Service demo, Mental Home had dropped their thrash-like nature and become melodic doom/death metal band instead. Sounds about fair, right? It’s just ...
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Originating from Czechia, Dissolving of Prodigy were one of the first doom/death metal albums from the country. Yeah, I know, this doesn’t sound very exciting, but here’s an ...
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Toying with conceptions of reality, Silver Screens comes to us from Ivan with a mind bending take on the doom genre. That is to say “doom.” This one ...
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During the 1990’s doom/death metal was all over the place in Europe, yet Poland is most likely not one of the countries you’d think of when it comes ...
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Monumentum Damnati is an international Melodic Doom/Death Metal band, formed in 2018. They have released first full-length album In the Tomb of a Forgotten King on March via ...
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Ukrainian melodic doom/death metal band Polynove Pole release new official lyric video for “On The Edge Of The Abyss”, song taken from self-titled mini-album. https://www.facebook.com/polynove.pole/ http://polynovepole.com/en/ ...
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Doom/Death Metal. There is a lot in these words’ combinations. The bands, inspired by Candlemass, Black Sabbath and Thergothrone suddenly decide that viscous, depressing music needs some extreme ...
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Northern Ireland’s doom/death deviants The Crawling are looking forward to joining a stellar line-up at Metal Days in Slovenia later this month, writes Paul Castles. Northern Ireland is currently standing shoulder to ...
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Doom/Death metal band TETHRA sings with Sliptrick records. Blending gloomy Doom Metal, raging Death Metal and melodic early 90’s Gothic Metal tinged vocals, Tethra will be the last nail on ...
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Sweden’s lauded melodic death/doom metallers and Agonia Records recent signess, IN MOURNING, have revealed details surronding their anticipated new ...
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After two critically acclaimed releases through Iron Bonehead Productions – 2013’s Shadows From the Cemetery demo and 2014’s Towards the Gates MLP ...
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On October 1st Doom / Death Metal band TYRANT’S KALL made available a new video clip for the title track from their recently released second full length album ...
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