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Ritual Funeral Doom
Kai
Ritual Funeral Doom denotes an aesthetic configuration within Funeral Doom in which ritual sound structures are combined with archaic or...
Last Book before Doomsday
Funeral Chasm – Omniversal Existence
Kai
It is certainly not enough to simply call Funeral Chasm’s with the debut Omniversal Existence THE Woebegone Obscured follow-up project....
Review
Oromet – The Sinking Isle
atheistpreacher
Review
Begräbnis – Izanaena
Kai
As a pubescent dumpling with shitty puberty problems and an ass full of nothing in my pocket, I had a...
Review
Pantheïst vs. Tempestuous Fall
Kai
Time for another Versus — this one examining two albums of solemn, sakral Atmospheric Doom. Malicious tongues might call it...
Versus
Brethen of Sadness – Eulogy Beneath Eternal Shadows
Kai
Eulogy Beneath Eternal Shadows by Brethen of Sadness is a post-gothic, literary-philosophical meditation on death, transience, and the inevitability of...
Review
Wijlen Wij – Wijlen Wij
Kai
“In Hinterpommern there is the Demant Mountain, one hour high, one hour wide, and one hour deep. Every hundred years,...
Classic Revisited
A Brief History of Funeral Doom
Kai
Last Book Before Doomsday A few years ago I compiled and revised various German reviews and analyses, gradually turning them...
History
Vofa – Vofa
Kai
Here we have a majestic work of sonic sorcery – a cross-referenced requiem resounding from the well-filled trough of downfall....
Review
Evoken – Mendacium
Kai
With Mendacium, Evoken not only reopen the gates to a soundscape in which time, space, and consciousness themselves begin to...
Review
Assumption vs. Epitaphe
Kai
Progressive Funeral and Death Doom, anyone? Here’s a double feature on offer.The Italians Assumption with Hadean Tides and the French...
Versus
The Ethereal – Miserere
Kai
Miserere marks the return of The Ethereal — one of the solo projects of the Belgian multi-instrumentalist Stijn van Cauter,...
Review
Decemberance – Implosion
Kai
To begin with, Decemberance must be recognized as an institution of Greek Extreme Doom.The current album reads like a biblically...
Review
An Tóramh – Echoes of Eternal Night
Kai
An Tóramh is the newest project with John Suffering. For those who don’t know him: John is an incredibly sympathetic...
Review
Wormphlegm – Tomb of the Ancient King
Kai
The short-lived project Wormphlegm has always been more than just the side-project of the Finnish funeral doom institution Tyranny. It...
Classic Revisited
Aphonic Threnody – A Silence too Old
Kai
Starting with the conclusion: A Silence Too Old is Aphonic Threnody’s best album since When Death Comes. Not that any...
Review - Aphonic Threnody
Torture Doom
Kai
Tortured screams from the catacombs of inquisitorial torture chambers, a dry, venomous riffing garnished with insane effects, samples from the...
Torture Doom
Inframonolithium – Gods of Desolation
Kai
While Inframonolithium musically seemed to serve as a continuation of Beyond Black Void and/or The Ethereal, the conceptual content of...
Review
Abyssal – A Deep Sea Funeral
Kai
If anyone among you hasn’t yet realized that this band from Tijuana has been making impressive music for a long...
Review
Hallowed Butchery – Deathsongs from the Hymnal of the Church of the Final Pilgrimage
Kai
Review
Nortt – Dødssang
Kai
Review
Silent Deep Ocean – In Dark Eternity
Tycho
Review
Interview with Pantheïst
atheistpreacher
Pantheïst, a band deeply rooted in the Funeral Doom genre, is known for their atmospheric depth and emotive compositions. The...
Interview
Destruction Of Orion – Decreasing Brightness
Tycho
Review
Burial Fog – Last to Mourn
Kai
Review
Oakmord – End of a Dream
Kai
Looking back at 2024, it is surprising that Oakmord’s second album End of a Dream received so little attention within...