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Album Review: “Puritan Masochism” by Konvent

January 20, 2020
by Jerel Johnson Reviews

Danish death doom metal quarter Konvent deliver a down tuned dose of heaviness on its debut album Puritan Masochism. The title track opens the album with a bleak guitar line and pounding drums. It is an unnerving, trudging track enraptured in despai ...

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Album Review: “Dream In Motion” by Kirk Windstein

January 5, 2020
by Jerel Johnson Album Reviews

Heavy metal luminary Kirk Windstein has spent the last 35 years gracing the world with the heaviest, crushing, earth splitting, melancholic metal on the planet as founder and front man of Crowbar. His aptly titled solo debut, Dream In Motion, retain ...

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Album Review: “The Door To Doom” by Candlemass

February 26, 2019
by Jerel Johnson Album Reviews

The doom metal luminaries in Candlemass return with the band's newest release in seven years, The Door To Doom. The gargantuan riffs on “Splendor Majestic Demon” leave no doubt that the listener is in store for a heavy experience. Original vocalist ...

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CD Review: “Wizard Bloody Wizard” by Electric Wizard

November 5, 2017
by Jerel Johnson Album Reviews

Electric Wizard keep the doom wheel rolling on its ninth record Wizard Bloody Wizard. Six songs of bluesy sludge wrapped in psychedelia, the occult and melancholy. The record's initial single “See You In Hell” is a primordial blues stomp akin to Blac ...

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CD Review: “Love From With The Dead” by With The Dead

September 17, 2017
by Jerel Johnson Album Reviews

The ear piercing, distortion on “Isolation” opens up the second slab of doom released by With The Dead. The lumbering riffs and plodding drums meander like a blind giant in a forest. It is a fitting way to kick things off on Love From With The Dead. ...

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CD Review: “Ascension Gate” by Dawn of Disease

August 8, 2017
by Jerel Johnson Album Reviews

German death metal quintet Dawn of Disease unleash its fourth album Ascension Gate only a year after its predecessor, Worship The Grave. Ascension is an amalgam of melodicism, brutal blast beats and melancholic doom riffs. The Swedish metal influence ...

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CD Review: “Sacred” by The Obsessed

March 29, 2017
by Jerel Johnson Reviews

The immortal Wino keeps the doom coming on The Obsessed's newest record in 23 years, Sacred. This record is old school stoner metal for a new generation. The opening track “Sodden Jackal” has a slogging riff that trudges without relent. “Punk C ...

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CD Review: “The Serpent Only Lies” by Crowbar

October 23, 2016
by Jerel Johnson Album Reviews

The Masters of Sludge get back to the basics on their 11th record, The Serpent Only Lies. The return of Todd Strange may play a role in this as Crowbar aim for heaviness over experimentation on this album. This is not to say that 2011's Sever The Wic ...

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CD Review: ‘Red Robes’ by The Order of Israfel

May 22, 2016
by Jerel Johnson Album Reviews

It is rare that a band can successfully meld several sub-genres without sounding awkward or insincere. Swedish doom metal quartet The Order of Israfel pull it off with ease on its sophomore effort Red Robes. The Romani influenced violins that open “S ...

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CD Review: ‘With The Dead’ by With The Dead

September 30, 2015
by Jerel Johnson Album Reviews

Doom power supertrio With The Dead making a lumbering impression with its self titled debut. With The Dead is abundant in molten riffs and colossal drumming. Lee Dorrian (Cathedral, Napalm Death), Tim Bagshaw (Electric Wizard) and Mark Greening (Elec ...

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