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Album of the day: Apostle Of Solitude – Last Sunrise

Posted on Sunday, February 7th, 2010

Apostle Of Solitude - Last Sunrise

Lovingly pinched from HellrideMusic.com: Those of you that are into real two-fisted Doom Metal, the ‘no beatin’ round the bush’, ‘misery and woe of this mortal coil’ variety, those whose Doom Metal proclivity is of the Godzilla-stomp-on-your-cerebrum genus, will most certainly find the godhead in Apostle of Solitude’s newest collection of recordings, Last Sunrise.

The expectations for AoS following 2008’s sublime Sincerest Misery were huge. I’d be hard pressed to name another release in recent memory as heavy, skilled and as tethered to real human emotional suffering as Sincerest Misery. So the question on most fans minds is, does Last Sunrise match the visceral power of it’s predecessor?

The answer is… no, not quite. Almost, but when you’ve recorded what is widely to be considered a totem of the Doom Metal genre, anything in comparison is bound to fall short as good as it may be. Such is the case with Last Sunrise… a very good album from the Indy fearsome foursome, but missing some of urgency and differentiation between songs that made Sincerest… such a wallop. And an agonizingly horrible choice (in my opinion, anyway) in an album cover. Fear not though, Last… is definitely no let down. The walls of Russian Studios in Bloomington, IN would tell you, if only they hadn’t been rendered speechless by the band.

There are some exceptional songs on Last…. ‘Letting Go Of The Wheel’ comes in with a whisper and leaves 9 minutes later with your head in it’s hands. Heavy as a mutha. The oddly titled ‘Hunter Sick Rapture’ is nearly 5 minutes of mid-to-uptempo bludgeoning, the Webb / McClellan rhythm section firing on 16 cylinders of Doom-fueled fury. The cymbal sound in the mix here is superb… sounds like hammers against an anvil, especially effective in the slower section. Amazing how that sound alone can give you an amazing sense of unadulterated gravitas.

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KTVU.com Interviews Metal Legend Scott “Wino” Weinrich

Posted on Sunday, February 7th, 2010

David Pehling of KTVU.com recently conducted an interview with Metal Legend Scott “Wino” Weinrich (Saint Vitus, The Obsessed, The Hidden hand and Shrinebuilder) . A few excerpts from the chat follow below.
KTVU.com It seems like all the Saint Vitus concerts have focused on the classic era material since the initial ...read more

Album of the day: The Wounded Kings – The Shadow over Atlantis

Posted on Saturday, February 6th, 2010

Lovingly pinched from The Obelisk: Whenever I hear a record like the The Shadow over Atlantis, the jaw-dropping sophomore outing from UK doomers The Wounded Kings (and contrary to whatever hyperbole is yet to come, reason knows there are other albums that have provoked this reaction), I feel oppressed by ...read more

Funeral doom titans Evoken come by Hellhole for a live performance THIS Friday, February 5!

Posted on Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Funeral doom titans Evoken will be doing a live on-air performance Friday night (Feb 05) on a radio show in NYC called ‘Hellhole’ (89.1 FM). BUT, for those outside the area, it will be available for live-streaming online through WNYU.org.  The regular ‘Hellhole’ radio show begins 9 PM (EST), with Evoken’s live set to start ...read more

Album of the day: Rituals of the Oak – Hour of Judgement

Posted on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

Lovingly pinched from HellrideMusic.com: Rituals of the Oak issued a very promising two track demo less than a year ago so this full length has been eagerly awaited by many in the doom community. Very well done straight up doom metal is always a welcome thing round the Hellride board ...read more

Trouble singer Eric Wagner’s Blackfinger Signs With Dark Star Records

Posted on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

Blackfinger, the new project featuring ex-Trouble vocalist Eric Wagner, has inked a deal with Dark Star Records. The band’s self-titled full-length debut is scheduled for release in the fall. A number of U.S. and international appearances will follow.
Check out the Blackfinger’s s live demo, For One More Day, and the ...read more

Terrorizer Band of the Day: Omega Massif

Posted on Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Find out why our good friends over at Terrorizer picked Omega Massif as band of the day: Three months away from Roadburn 2010, here’s a memory from last year’s edition: when Scott Kelly finished the fourth song of his set at Roadburn 2009, as his haunting acoustic darkness was still ...read more

Burning Witch: Performance Footage Posted On Line

Posted on Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Whale Bone Productions has uploaded professionally filmed video footage (see below) of Burning Witch’s February 6th, 1997 performance on 29 Live ep #56. A DVD containing this full set will be included in the forthcoming Burning Witch vinyl box, on Southern Lord.

“Graffitti is on the wall in the back ground level ...read more

Blood Farmers: new demo sample posted on line

Posted on Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Blood Farmers, the legendary US doomsters featuring Dave Depraved on guitars and bass and Tad Leger on drums, has posted a new rough instrumental mix, recorded by Eli Brown HERE.
Back in the mid-90’s, the Blood Farmers were the most mysterious heavy Doom band on Hellhound Records. They were great fans ...read more

The Wounded Kings release new album entitled The Shadow Over Atlantis

Posted on Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

UK Doom band The Wounded Kings, hailing from the legendary bleakness of Dartmoor, has released their sophomore album, entitled The Shadow Over Atlantis via  I Hate Records.
Originally a studio project The Wounded Kings now crash onto the scene with a killer live unit to initiate the masses into a bottomless ...read more

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