Album Review: Void of Sleep – Metaphora (Aural Music)
Void of Sleep will release Metaphora via Aural Music on March 27th 2020. A seven-track opus thrusting forth a cosmic amalgam of stoned out and progressive sludge rock.
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Album Review: O ZORN! – Your Killer (Seeing Red Records)
Two years on from the release of their self-titled debut, O ZORN! are in an unforgiving mood on their long-awaited follow-up, Your Killer.
Album Review: Chrome Ghost – The Diving Bell (Seeing Red Records)
With a sound that can transition from doom to shoegaze, ethereal folk, or crushing sludge, The Diving Bell will make an impression. The new album from Chrome Ghost will be released on March 27th 2020 via Seeing Red Records.
Album Review: Rosy Finch – Scarlet (Various Labels)
Scarlet is the new album from Spanish sludge rock trio Rosy Finch releasing on the 6th March 2020. Originally formed in Alicante (Spain) circa 2013.
EP Review: Goblinsmoker – A Throne in Haze, A World Ablaze (Sludgelord Records)
The next part of sludgy doomers Goblinsmoker’s trilogy. ‘A Throne in Haze, A World Ablaze’ sees the Toad King and his army of goblins ride to war against his own kind, manipulated by the goblin shaman.
EP Review: Voidlurker – Industrial Nightmare (APF Records)
Formed in 2017, the sludge/doom three-piece that is Voidlurker is everything you could want in the heavier end of stoner. Voidlurker aren’t out to reinvent the wheel so much as keep it relentlessly rolling down the road. They will release their debut EP, Industrial Nightmare, via APF Records, on January 31st, 2020.
Album Review: The Osedax – Meridians (Self Released)
The Osedax are named after a bone-burrowing deep sea worm and their music is similarly infectious as it worms its way into your system. Now on their third major release, Meridians, the group push their blend of atmospheric sludge/doom/post-metal to new heights. Meridians will be released on January 17th 2020.
Album Review: Mental Cavity – Neuro Siege (Brilliant Emperor)
Mental Cavity, the four-piece cross-genre metal enthusiasts from Canberra, Australia return with their second full length album, “Neuro Siege”. It will be released on December 6th 2019 via Brilliant Emperor.