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Rot Coven 'Nightmares Devour The Waking World' Artwork
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Review: Rot Coven ‘Nightmares Devour The Waking World’

6th September 20246th September 2024 Ben Brackin Aesthetic Death, Doom, Industrial, Rot Coven

With a name like Rot Coven and descriptions of ‘colossal sludge riffs’ and ‘psychedelic leads’ I had a pretty good

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Mesmur 'Chthonic' Artwork
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Review: Mesmur ‘Chthonic’

30th August 202330th August 2023 Sandy Williamson Aesthetic Death, Mesmur, Solitude Productions

International funeral doom outfit Mesmur have returned with their new record Chthonic, four long and miserable years since their last

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Megalith Levitation 'Obscure Fire'
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Review: Megalith Levitation ‘Obscure Fire’

11th April 202331st August 2023 Sandy Williamson Addicted Label, Aesthetic Death, Doom, Megalith Levitation, Sounds Of Karachun

Russian acid doom lords Megalith Levitation first spouted forth from their home of Chelyabinsk (yup, apocalyptic meteor town) in 2016

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Estrangement: Dave Bowes Interviews JS & Ligamincer From The Funeral Doomers

2nd December 20226th January 2023 Dave Bowes Aesthetic Death, Estrangement, Funeral Doom

It’s guaranteed that every year there will be plenty of releases that catch the ear, hit that riff-centric sweet spot

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Grava ‘Weight Of A God’
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Review: Grava ‘Weight Of A God’

1st December 20221st February 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Aesthetic Death, Doom, Grava, Sludge

Personally, I have always found some connection with unpleasant, slow, grinding heavy music. There is something extremely cathartic when you

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Cave Dweller 'Invocations'
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Review: Cave Dweller ‘Invocations’

28th November 202228th December 2022 Dave Bowes Aesthetic Death, Ambient, Cave Dweller, Folk

The idea of the acoustic/folk side gig is hardly a new one to the extent that if you don’t have

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Estrangement 'Disfigurementality'
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Review: Estrangement ‘Disfigurementality’

22nd November 202226th December 2022 Dave Bowes Aesthetic Death, Estrangement, Funeral Doom

‘Funereal-Flamenca-Nuclear-Jazz-Fusion-End-of-World Music’ doesn’t really feel like a genre and more a Mr. Bungle madlibs sessions gone horribly wrong (or right,

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Eibon ‘II’ CD/LP/DD 2013

5th September 20133rd September 2019 Dave Bowes 2013, Aesthetic Death, CD, Dave Bowes, Digital, Doom, Eibon, Funeral Doom, Heavy, II, LP, Review, Sludge, Throatruiner Records

There are two things that could have pulled intrigued listeners in to Eibon’s second full-length. The first is the band

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Fleurety ‘Et Spiritus Meus Semper Sub Sanguinantibus Stellis Habitabit’ 7″ 2013

18th August 20133rd September 2019 Dave Bowes 2013, 7", Aesthetic Death, Avant-Garde, Black Metal, Dave Bowes, Et Spiritus Meus Semper Sub Sanguinantibus Stellis Habitabit, Fleurety, Prog Rock, Review

For better or worse, Norway was always the place where the blueprints for modern black metal were laid. Burzum gave

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News 

EIBON: Full Stream For New Album “II” + Pre-Orders Now Available

16th April 2013 Lee Edwards Aesthetic Death, Audio Stream, Eibon, II, New Album Details, News, Throatruiner Records

“II” is the new LP from parisian blackened sludge/doom horde EIBON, it will be released on May 1st by Throatruiner

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