Doom metal reviews by Stefan Nordström from Swedish death/doom metal band Soliloquium. Doom metal is one of my favorite genres, so I hope my reviews can help you find some new cool bands.
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Katatonia Origin: Sweden Active since: 1991 Label: Peaceville Records Genre(s): Death/doom metal, progressive metal, progressive rock For fans of: October Tide, Anathema, Paradise Lost This review is also available at rateyourmusic.com Tracklist 1. Seven Dreaming Read more…
Katatonia Origin: Sweden Active since: 1991 Genre(s): Death/doom metal For fans of: Paradise Lost, Anathema, October Tide This review is also available at rateyourmusic.com “Sounds of Decay” The 1996 death/doom classic ”Brave Murder Day” was Read more…
After Katatonia’s recent hiatus, there is certainly a hole to fill in the depressive metal with clean vocals style. Deathwhite seems to aiming to do this. They’re an American gothic/doom metal band formed in 2012. Read more…
2018 has been a lacklustre music year for me so far. Ocean of Grief’s full-length debut is one of the few bright spots. The band is a Greek death/doom metal act that received some well-deserved Read more…
Finland is an export leader in dark metal and rock music. Thence is yet another quality band that proves it. The music style is somewhere in the borderline of metal and rock where other Finnish Read more…
Hanging Garden’s 2015 album “Blackout Whiteout” quickly became my favorite from the band. This disc, “I Am Become”, continues down the same road as that one and the follow-up EP “Hereafter”. Expect a mix between Read more…
2011’s “Reports From the Threshold of Death” is my favorite Junius album by far, as well as on one of my all-time favorites. This earlier state of band still has a lot to offer though. Read more…
I only found out about Romania’s Grimegod after missing out on them on the Rockstadt Extreme Fest 2017 festival. I’m a bit disappointed about it, since “Wrong Roads” is a solid slice of death/doom metal. Read more…
In the fall of 2012, I went to see Katatonia in Stockholm. The support bands were Alcest, that I already liked, and Junius, that I’d barely heard before. Even though my favorite band Katatonia performed Read more…
This my Swallow the Sun – New Moon review. My Swallow the Sun playlist mainly consists of debut “The Morning Never Came, and a few selected hits from the other albums. I recently wrote a Read more…
