Doom Metal
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Paradise Lost: Shattering the Illusion of Hope and Embracing the Fall in ‘Ascension’
Subverting its own title, the Halifax legends’ seventeenth album rejects spiritual transcendence for a crushing, guitar-driven confrontation with mortality. It…
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Paradise Lost: Surveying the Terrain of Melancholy in ‘Salvation’
Returning after a five-year silence, the progenitors of gothic doom unveil a cinematic meditation on hope and despair. Through the…
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Draconian: A Gnostic Ritual Returns to Bogotá’s Teatro Astor Plaza
Swedish doom masters Draconian return to the High Andes, where Gnostic theology and Bogotá’s deep-seated melancholia converge to transform a…
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Katatonia: Raising the Sanctuary of Sorrow at Capital Live Music in Bogotá
In the perpetual gray of the High Andes, the return of Katatonia to Bogotá marks a spiritual convergence where Nordic…
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Amnesiak: Reviving the Specter of British Gothic Doom with ‘Arkfiend’
In their debut full-length album, the London-based duo synthesizes the crushing weight of doom metal with the spectral atmosphere of…
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Worm: Exhuming the Ostentatious Gold of 1996 with ‘Necropalace’
As the Floridian shapeshifters graduate to Century Media Records, they trade the humidity of the Everglades for the freezing aristocratic…
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Novembre: Painting a Work of Mediterranean Melancholy with ‘Words of Indigo’
In a triumphant return, the Roman pioneers of atmospheric doom weave a tapestry of “sun-drenched mourning.” ‘Words of Indigo’ is…
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Lychgate: Returns to Herald the Collapse of Human Autonomy with ‘Precipice’
United Kingdom avantgarde metal entity Lychgate announces ‘Precipice,’ a new album arriving December 19, 2025, via Debemur Morti Productions. Inspired…
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Sun of the Dying: ‘A Throne of Ashes’ Ignites Earth’s Silent Roar of Retribution
A profound metamorphosis occurs when the mourner lays down their wreath and picks up a torch. Moving beyond passive nature-worship,…
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HÉR: Evoking a Powerful Ritual of Presence on Their Debut ‘Monochrome’
The Polish ensemble HÉR, featuring members of the country’s avant-garde jazz scene, announces its debut, ‘Monochrome.’ This is a work…
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Drowned In Silver: ‘Waves of Sorrow’ Previews an Excavation of the Motherland on ‘Mothers’
With their new album ‘Mothers’ and new single ‘Waves of Sorrow,’ the Polish band Drowned In Silver connects the psychological…
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The Old Dead Tree: Confronting Ghosts in Hallowed Halls with ‘London Sessions’
Following a triumphant return, the French progressive metal luminaries enter London’s Abbey Road Studios to record a new EP, ‘London…
