Archive for May, 2011

Witch Mountain’s South of Salem Now Streaming at BandCamp

Posted on Thursday, May 26th, 2011

Portland, Oregon four-piece Witch Mountain have released their  6-track LP titled South of Salem, which is available for streaming and pay-for-download from the band’s BandCamp page.  South of Salem incorporates the band’s fuzzy, Hendrix-ian doom metal riffs with the enchanting fury of Uta Plotkin’s vocals that, for lack of any better word, are simply bewitching. Listen below.

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Album of the day: Sourvein – Black Fangs

Posted on Thursday, May 26th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from The Obelisk: If long-running North Carolinian sludge outfit Sourvein are anything, they’re uncompromising. Those familiar with their work know what’s coming, but that doesn’t make the impact of their music any less devastating or abrasive. Led by frontman T-Roy Medlin, they began in 1993 and have seen ...read more

Faces of Bayon (Featuring ex Warhorse-Members) Debut Two Tracks on BandCamp!

Posted on Wednesday, May 25th, 2011

Faces of Bayon play doom metal tinged with elements of dark psychedelia. They are a three piece hailing from Massachusetts, whose members have been in past bands such as WarHorse ( Matt Smith, Vocals, Guitar), Scattered Remnants, Engorged, Blackened Chapel, and Twelfth of Never (Ron Miles, Bass / Matt Davis, ...read more

Album of the day: Blut Aus Nord – 777 Sect(s)

Posted on Wednesday, May 25th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from Sonic Abuse: Having recently reissued the classic ‘the mystical beast of rebellion’ album, Blut Aus Nord are back, not only with a new album, but with the first part of a monstrous trilogy that sees their twisted, avant-garde take on black metal bend even further out of ...read more

The Obelisk: The Gates of Slumber’s Karl Simon Picks His Favorite Saint Vitus Tracks

Posted on Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

For anyone who’s ever heard Indianapolis doomers The Gates of Slumber, it’s not exactly a revelation that guitarist / vocalist Karl Simon is a fan of genre gods Saint Vitus, but when I heard their latest album, The Wretch, it was easy to see it went well beyond that. Lots ...read more

Ghost – Roadburn 2011: Qualitly Fan Filmed Video Footage On Line!

Posted on Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

Last month, Ghost delighted an unsuspecting crowd of new devotees with a phantasmal performance at the 2011 Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, Holland. The incorporeal beings were captured by a lucky attendee who – by posting the footage online – spreads the sect’s sacrilegious scripture to new and nescient minds across ...read more

Heinali and Matt Finney’s Town Line Now Streaming At BandCamp

Posted on Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

Heinali and Matt Finney reuploaded their first album Town Line. “It hasn’t been available anywhere”, says Matt Finney, “so we thought we’d put all of our releases together in one place. it’s available for free or you can name your own price, as always. anything donated will go towards paying ...read more

Album of the day: Seidr – For Winter Fire

Posted on Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from Hellbound: From seemingly out of nowhere, Louisville’s Seidr, formed in 2009, have raised the doom bar high with their debut full-length for Flenser. Allying throbbing, sub-zero sludge / doom riffs with poignant post-metal passages, beared up with throatgurge-ing vocals whose epic lyrics illustrate frozen paths of Nordic ...read more

Burning Saviours Posted Two New Tracks on Soundcloud

Posted on Monday, May 23rd, 2011

Burning Saviours have released two new tracks, titled ‘Förbannelsen’ and ‘Midnight’ on their SoundCloud page. Listen to them below: ‘Förbannelsen:’ ‘Midnight:’

Monday Song: Red Fang – Wires

Posted on Monday, May 23rd, 2011

Every Monday morning we’ll post a kick-ass song to get your week going!