Finding and supporting the unknown bands in the death/doom metal spectrum has become a mission of mine. Marianas Rest is a Finnish band that fittingly couldn’t sound more Finnish. “Horror Vacui” is the band’s full-length debut. The melancholic melodies draw Read more…
The Wounded is an underappreciated gothic metal act from the Netherlands. I’d describe their sound something like this; The Cure’s Disintegration with a metal backdrop and more overt sorrow. It’s a glorious concept that works in practice as well. I Read more…
Sometimes long-running acts just pop out with a great album like they’ve been hidden under a rock. Dutch gothic metal band The Wounded is one of those, playing for nearly 20 years without finding its way into my playlist. It’s Read more…
Trees of Eternity is a project by Swallow the Sun guitarist Juha Raivio and female vocalist Aleah. They are joined by a couple of familiar doom metal names: the Norrman brothers from October Tide and Swallow the Sun’s Kai Hahto. Read more…
Clouds is an international all-star project in the doom genre. It features vocalists from Eye of Solitude, Hamferð and Officium Triste as well as several other well-known musicians from the spectrum. The music here is similar to debut “Doliu”; atmospheric Read more…