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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

Breathen of Sadness – Eulogy Beneath Eternal Shadows

Kai

Eulogy Beneath Eternal Shadows by Breathen 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

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

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

Funeral Echoes presents a brand new review by Kai. With Deathsongs from the Hymnal of the Church of the Final...

Review

Nortt – Dødssang

Kai

Danish project Nortt emerges once again, almost from nothing, into the center of the postmodern market. It is not that...

Review

Silent Deep Ocean – In Dark Eternity

Tycho

Silent Deep Ocean’s In Dark Eternity is a masterclass in contrasts, seamlessly weaving genre-atypical elements like bamboo flute and hurdy-gurdy...

Review

Destruction Of Orion – Decreasing Brightness

Tycho

Destruction Of Orion is a project from Sofia, Bulgaria, by sole member Orion, or Tehina Spasova as is her real...

Review

Burial Fog – Last to Mourn

Kai

Last to Mourn by Burial Fog oscillates between violent fantasies and the metaphorical loss of sunlight, describing the kind of...

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...

Review

Drown – Subaqueous

Tycho

Subaqueous, by funeral doom metal band Drown, is a hauntingly immersive and emotionally rich album. It presents a scenario where...

Review

Doomslut – Black Ash

Gregory Ritchey

In Black Ash, Doomslut delivers a sonic funeral for humanity, drenched in despair and unrelenting heaviness. The album, a masterpiece...

Review

Föhn – Condescending

Tycho

Many of the genre-adjacent adjectives do not apply to "Condescending" in the way they do to other albums. For example,...

Review

Sektarism – Le Son des Stigmates

Kai

Sektarism, a band that embraces self-inflicted pain and the rejection of all morality as central elements of spiritual transfiguration, focuses...

Review

The Cold View – Wounds

Kai

The German one-man project, The Cold View, led by Andreas Schmidt, deeply resonated with me years ago in the realm...

Review

Pantheïst – The Pains of Sleep

atheistpreacher

Here is a band that needs no introduction, so I'll get straight to the point. Pantheïst’s The Pains of Sleep...

Review

The Nihilistic Front – The Four Seasons In Misery

Kai

The Nihilistic Front lock themselves in a dark, loud, and often stiflingly hot room to play themselves into a kind...

Review

Paradise Lost – Gothic

Gregory Ritchey

It is fascinating to trace the archæ of what you might call sonogenesis—the birth of a genre. Most texts will...

Review

Dauðaró – Ylur

Justin "Witty City" Wittenmeier

The one-man Iceland-based funeral doom band Dauðaró returns with another incredible release. "Ylur" is one 47-minute-long song that unfolds in...

Review

Bell Witch – Mirror Reaper

Tycho

The story of Mirror Reaper is one of real-life tragedy, as during its writing process, former Bell Witch drummer and...

Review

Aeternum Sacris – 2011.03.11

Kai

This one-man project from Kawasaki (between Tokyo and Yokohama) creates a mournfully sorrowful funeral doom characterized by dense and emotionally...

Review

Until Death Overtakes Me – Diagenesis

Kai

At the beginning of December 2024, Until Death Overtakes Me released their long-awaited and carefully crafted new album. A piece...

Review

Dauðaró – Funeral Doom From Another Dimension

Kostas Panagiotou

Dauðaró takes you to different planets altogether. Cold, desolate and uninhabitable planets, I must add. Funeral doom that finds you...

Review

The Howling Void – The Triumph Of Ruin 

Tycho

Hailing from San Antonio, Texas, The Howling Void is a solo project of prolific multi-instrumentalist Ryan Wilson, with The Triumph...

Review

Ceremonic Buryment – As We Weep Over Life

Kai

Ceremonic Buryment never reinvent Funeral Doom musically or lyrically at any point in their work, even if their goal was...

Review

Doomslut – The Choking Grip Of Guilt

Kai

On their second studio album, Doomslut addresses – I believe – a universal feeling of despair with all the anger,...

Review

Tyranny – Aeons in Tectonic Interment

atheistpreacher

Tyranny, emerging from Finland, skillfully cultivates an eerie atmosphere and intricate textures in this LP, "Aeons in Tectonic Interment". This...

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