Posts Tagged ‘funeral doom’

American Aftermath: Grim Kim Kelly’s Top 10 Demos Of 2011

Posted on Wednesday, December 21st, 2011

Hello, American Aftermath. My name is Kim Kelly (or Grim Kim, if you insist). I suppose I’m something of a guest writer (party-crasher, more like) as Ross asked me to contribute something to the site’s year-end roundup. After procrastinating mightily, I presented him with this haphazard list of my favorite 2011 demos (and almost demos). I had to turn off Demoncy to revisit a couple of these babies, so you’d better fucking appreciate it.

Lycus – Demo MMXI

This wondrous slab of atmospheric funeral doom is quite simply the best demo recording of the year, if not the best album outright. It’s unbelievable that this is an initial offering – the complexity, maturity, and crushing, heaving emotions encapsulated within these three compositions is nothing short of breathtaking. These forgotten sons of Samothrace, distant cousins of Anhedonist, purebred descendents of Asunder…trust me, you’ll be hearing a lot about Lycus in the coming months (especially after The Flenser entomb this masterpiece in wax come the new year).

Bell Witch – self-titled

Bell Witch move at the slow, measured pace of an elegant funeral party, trudging along beside the pallbearers’ shining black leather shoes and picking their way, carefully, through the weeds. Droning, despondent, deceptively simple, and steeped in desperate pathos, this recording transcends the world of mere doom. The two minds behind it have also spent time in Samothrace and Lethe, which should tell you something.

Pilgrim – Forsaken Man
Without contest, Pilgrim are one of the most exciting new true doom bands to emerge from North American shores in ages, and Jon Rossi’s voice is the closest thing to a national treasure to which American doom has lain claim since Wino first picked up a mic. In short, this band is a perfect example of epic, traditional doom metal (it’s no wonder Metal Blade have signed on for their debut LP), and their debut offering makes it all to clear that Pilgrim have only begun their slow, certain rise to the top.

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Album of the day: Esoteric – Paragon of Dissonance

Posted on Thursday, November 10th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from Metal Review: Funeral doom is, in most appreciable ways, a niche within a niche. Forcing the listener to bear witness to a cripplingly slow march to oblivion is not, it must be said, the easiest way to win friends and influence people. Nevertheless, for those of us ...read more

d.USK (diSEMBOWELMENT) To Play Transcendence into the Peripheral at Roadburn 2012

Posted on Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

Roadburn is honored and proud to welcome for their first ever European performance, d.USK, the final embodiment of diSEMBOWELMENT, whom will play an exclusive set of diSEMBOWELMENT’s legendary funeral doom opus, Transcendence into the Peripheral. Commented guitarist Matthew Skarajew, “We feel that presenting “Trancendence into the Peripheral” in its entirety ...read more

Mournful Congregation: 20 Buck Spin Confirm Two Releases From Funeral Doom Icons

Posted on Thursday, July 21st, 2011

This September, 20 Buck Spin will unleash an amassed collection of long out-of-print material from Australian funeral doom icons, Mournful Congregation, onto North American audiences. Set for official release on in CD and high-quality digital download on September 20, 2011, this collective release, aptly entitled The Unspoken Hymns, bears five ...read more

Album of the day: Loss – Despond

Posted on Monday, May 30th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from Stereokiller: I’m going to be brutally honest and tell all of you that my experience in the realm of “funeral doom” is quite limited, but I will do my best to write this review from the standpoint of someone who appreciates all forms of metal. Though I ...read more

Lurker: 2010 in Funeral Doom

Posted on Monday, December 20th, 2010

Two years ago, it looked as if funeral doom was going to be the new DSBM. In the early noughties, with the arrival of cheap and easy home recording software, solitary dudes around the world had begun to ape and (very occasionally) trump the big names in both of these ...read more