by drdoomslair
Best Album Orchid – Capricorn Best Band Graveyard Best Debut The Heavy Eyes – S/T Best Demo High Priest of Saturn – S/T Best EP Eye – Center of the Sun Best Experimental Album Blut Aus Nord – 777:The Desanctication Best Album No One Heard Holy Mount – We Fell from the Sky Best Cover Art Disma – Towards the Megalith Best Gig Eyehategod/Church of Misery Biggest Disappointment Pentagram – Last Rites Biggest Event Black Sabbath Reunion Top 50 Doom […]
Categories: News
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Does anyone know Curse the Son? I certainly didn’t and I was missing a monster of a record since the beginning of this year! Klonopain is one of those hidden gems of 2011! Ron (guitars/vocals) explains how he…made the pain! Dr.Doom: First all let me comment that “Klonopain” seems to be one of the best hidden doom records of the year! Actually, I wouldn’t even know about this release if it wasn’t for Tommy from Foundry of Doom. Let’s start […]
Categories: Interviews
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As 2011 is coming to an end, I realized that I have left some of the best albums of the year un-reviewed. The Chicago four-piece is perhaps the most notable mistake! Usually I try to stick with bands that belong to the doom genre and while Atlas Moth’s “An Ache for the Distance” is not necessarily a doom/sludge release I decided to include it as the album is simply a gem! In this case I have one more reason to […]
Categories: Reviews • Tags: atlas moth, melodic black metal, melodic black metal bands
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If there is one metal band that can put you in the shoes of a cowboy in a far west scenery this is without doubt Across Tundras. 2011 found this band on the peak of its creativity and with 8 full lengths in 7 years, Across Tundras can officially pass as the most hard working metal band out there. This release addresses to fans of stoner rock but don’t expect anything too heavy or too groovy in the traditional sense […]
Categories: Reviews • Tags: stoner rock, tundras, western themes
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Ancient VVisdom is another hot name on the scene these days. In just a few years of existence the band managed to release a split with Charles Manson and open for huge names of the genre, gaining recognition from fans and critics alike. Their debut “A Godlike Inferno” released earlier in 2011 was enough make the popularity of these guys explode. “A Godlike Inferno” is mainly an acoustic mainstream album, smartly promoted as an underground release. This fact alone might […]
Categories: Reviews • Tags: acoustic bands, charles manson, doom rock
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Categories: News
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Black Pyramid’s “Stormbringer” gave a big promise. Every fan was starting to thing how high these guys could reach with the release of “II”. Then all of a sudden they decided to call it quits in a dramatic fashion. Black Pyramid died. Well guess what… Anubis isn’t strong enough to lock away Black Pyramid! Sons of Chaos are back! Black Pyramid is resurrected! This time with a new frontman! Darryl Shepard! This interview was done in two parts and we […]
Categories: Interviews
by drdoomslair
I don’t know if “Center of the Sun” by the new American band Eye is actually an EP (with a total running time of 43 minutes this could have pass for a full length without changing anything). The point remains that here we are dealing with a huge record. While Hackwind would be an obvious choice to describe the band’s sound I should say Eye’s complex flavor of space rock is not easy to describe. Perhaps what if you take […]
Categories: Reviews
by drdoomslair
While Russia has never been known for its good old doom acts, it seems that lately there is a slight movement towards this direction. If indeed there is such a movement then Lord of Doubts should probably claim the leadership! Last year these guys released a pretty solid debut and this year they return with an EP. In a similar way with the debut, the resemblance with Electric Wizard is so obvious that Lord of Doubts may discourage some. On […]
Categories: Reviews
