Dresden/Leningrad - Vader (2012) - The amazing artwork tells you everything - 90% (26/11/12)

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Dresden/Leningrad are not only two of the most beautiful cities in the world but it's also the name of a new Doom Metal band hailing from the Netherlands. The three young men just released their first EP and deliver four convincing tracks on it which...

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Katatonia - Dead End Kings (2012) - Too grey to shine - 64% (10/10/12)

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Katatonia is one of those bands I’ve often stumbled over in diverse reviews, in interviews or in many talks with other Metal fans around the whole wide world but for no truly valid reason I’ve never managed to give them a try until now. The band is though...

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Albiorix Requiem - Astral Stream (2011) - Promising sounds of occultism - 80% (27/04/12)

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Albiorix Requiem is a quite atmospheric doom metal band from Japan with some tiny but interesting gothic elements in their sound. Dreamy and fairy background choirs supported by hypnotizing keyboard sounds meet tribal drums, slow but heavy guitar riffs...

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Novembers Doom - Of Sculptured Ivy And Stone Flowers (1999) - You have to feel this record - 97% (07/10/11)

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I stumbled over this band by pure lucky coincidence. I decided to try out their albums and got stuck on this one which seems to be by far their best one at first sight. "Of Sculptured Ivy And Stone Flowers" offers an epic mixture of doom, gothic and death...

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Rwake - Voices Of Omens (2007) - Screamed, yelled and roared non experimental doom - 52% (07/10/11)

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Rwake play a strange mixture of doom metal with some sludge and black metal elements. They call themselves experimental but honestly said the overlong songs are quite redundant. A few atmospheric passages and acoustic parts awake some interest but apart...

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The NULLL Collective - De Monstris (2010) - Sounds from the abyss of hell - 80% (16/07/11)

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I don't know much about doom or funeral doom metal and it honestly was by pure coincidence that I discovered this album as I checked out some bands on the side and wanted to discover something new. The unusual name and the great cover artwork attracted...

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Ghost - Opus Eponymous (2010) - Absorbing mysteries leave me wanting more - 79% (27/04/11)

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Ghost are a mysterious band from Sweden with anonymous band members that play a mixture of early heavy or doom metal mixed with some psychedelic rock influences and lyrics about demons, occultism and Satanism. Even though the cover and lyrics seem to...

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Electric Wizard - Black Masses (2010) - My introduction to experimental doom metal - 77% (18/04/11)

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I found this album recently at my local record store for a reasonable price and got absorbed by the dark sound of this record. I decided to buy it and discover it further and in a profound way at home. After several spins, I try to talk about this first...

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