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Review: Canyon Of The Skull ‘Sins Of The Past’

6th December 201912th December 2019 Fossil Blackened Doom, Canyon Of The Skull, Self Released, Sins Of The Past

From the band name, track lengths (two tracks…60 minute release…) and the starry desertscape on the cover art, an unwary

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Unearthly Trance ‘Stalking The Ghost’ 2017

15th May 201716th September 2019 John Reppion 2017, Blackened Doom, Doom, Heavy, John Reppion, Relapse Records, Review, Stalking The Ghost, Unearthly Trance

I first heard Unearthly Trance on their 2009 split 10” with Swedish doomers Suma, but the New York trio have

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Collapsian ‘At The Left Hand Of The Sun’ CD/DD 2014

8th August 20143rd September 2019 Kevin Kentie 2014, At The Left Hand Of The Sun, Blackened Doom, CD, Collapsian, Digital, Heavy, Kevin Kentie, Review, Self Released, Sludge

Collapsian hail from Phoenix Arizona and play a mean mixture of doom, sludge, black metal, psychedelic and progressive rock according

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Lord Mantis ‘Death Mask’ CD/DD 2014

1st May 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, Blackened Doom, CD, Death Mask, Digital, Heavy, Lord Mantis, Profound Lore Records, Review, Sandy Williamson, Sludge

Lord Mantis’ new record, ‘Death Mask’, is a dark, violent and often unsettling ride through the human psyche. It is

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Rorcal ‘Világvége’ CD/LP/DD 2014

27th March 20143rd September 2019 Kevin Kentie 2014, Blackened Doom, Bleak Recordings, Cal Of Ror Records, CD, Digital, Heavy, Hellthrasher Productions, Kevin Kentie, Lost Pilgrim Records, LP, Review, Rorcal, Világvége, Wooaaargh Records

‘Világvége’ is a word that signifies the end of the world and on this album Rorcal make a successful effort

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Blackwitch Pudding ‘Taste The Pudding’ CD/LP/DD 2013

26th December 20133rd September 2019 Ross Horton 2013, Blackened Doom, Blackwitch Pudding, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Review, Ross Horton, Self Released, Sludge, Stoner, Taste The Pudding

Thank God for Blackwitch Pudding. Somebody once told me you can tell a lot from a name. Naming your spawn

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Lazarus Blackstar ‘Hymns For The Cursed’ CD 2012

10th September 20123rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2012, Adam Stone, Blackened Doom, CD, Crust, Doom, Hymns For The Cursed, Lazarus Blackstar, Review, Sludge, Undergroove Records

Unwashed scum lords of post-anarcho Yorkshire Pennine misery (although one is from Brum and one is from Scouseville), the titanic

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Botanist ‘III – Doom In Bloom/Allies’ 2xCD 2012

24th July 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Atmospheric, Avant-Garde, Black Metal, Blackened Doom, Botanist, Experimental, III - Doom In Bloom/Allies, Paul Robertson, Post-Rock, Review, Totalrust Music

I’m always drawn to the rampant individualists in music, those brave souls who go out on a limb and plough

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Coffinworm ‘Great Bringer Of Night’ LP 2012

16th May 20123rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2012, Alex Varley, Blackened Doom, Coffinworm, Doom, Flenser Records, Great Bringer Of Night, Heavy, LP, Review, Sludge

There are few bands that’ll take you to as vile a place as America’s sludge specialists Coffinworm. Formed back in

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Spire – Digital EP 2010 & ‘Metamorphosis’ Digital EP 2011

15th January 20123rd September 2019 James Parker 2010, 2011, Blackened Doom, Digital EP, Drone, Experimental, James Parker, Metamorphosis, Review, Self Released, Spire

Spire – Digital EP 2010 Australia – land of beer, Sheilas and blokes in dodgy beachwear. Not the sort of

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Abysmal Darkening ‘No Light Behind…’ CD 2011

21st July 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Abysmal Darkening, Atmospheric, Blackened Doom, CD, Doom, No Light Behind, Paul Robertson, Review, Totalrust Music

Loathe as I am to use the description, I really cannot think of a better example of ‘Blackened Doom’ than

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