Into a Cold Abyss

Artist: Bongripper Album: Terminal Genre: Doom Metal/Instrumental Country: USA Support:  Bandcamp  /  Facebook  /  Spotify 1. Slow 2. Death This is a must have for doom fans, 2 long, slow, crushing tracks that are bound to upset the neighbours. It's NYP on bandcamp, the video below is the full 45 minute record.

Artist: Deadly Carnage Album: Through the Void, Above the Suns Genre: Post Black Metal / Blackgaze Country: Italy Support:  Bandcamp  /  Facebook 1. Quantam 2. Matter 3. Hyle 4. Cosmi 5. Lumis 6. Ifene 7. Fractals 8. Divide 9. Entropia Falling somewhere between blackgaze and doom metal, this whole record is a welcome addition to my library. Put this one on and let it take you far away. Don't sleep on this.

Artist: Skeletal Spectre Album: Tomb Coven Genre: Death Metal Country: Sweden Support:  Bandcamp  /  Facebook  /  Spotify 1. The Decapitress 2. Amulet of Impurity 3. Wrath of Corrupta 4. Burial Ground 5. Cursed Ancestry 6. Tomb Coven 7. Eerie Bones Swedish masterpiece blending crushing doom and death metal tones, essential listening for fans of Monotheist era Celtic Frost

Artist: Ataraxy Album: Where All Hope Fades Country: Spain Genre: Death Metal Support:  Bandcamp  /  Facebook  /  Spotify 1. The Absurdity of the Whole Cosmos 2. A Matter Lost in Time 3. One Last Certainty 4. As Uembras D'o Hibierno 5. The Mourning Path 6. The Blackness of Eternal Night Dark and gloomy death metal, slow and melancholic parts bordering on doom metal.

Artist: Coffin Torture Album: Dismal Planet Genre: Doom Country: USA Support:  Bandcamp  /  Facebook 1. Bull of Minos 2. Izhar 3. Bolted Down, Boiled to Grease 4. Gustave 5. D.H.F 6. Dismal Planet 7. Trench Hog For fans of thick, fuzzy, dismal riffs

Artist: Apathy Noir Album: Black Soil Genre: Atmospheric Death / Doom Country: Sweden Support:  Bandcamp  /  Facebook Spotify  /  Amazon 1. The Glass Delusion 2. Samsara 3. Black Soil 4. The Void Which Binds 5. Bloodsong 6. Towers of Silence 7. Time and Tide Incredible melodic death/doom with subtle black metal influence.

Artist: Bell Witch Album: Mirror Reaper Genre: Doom Country: USA Support:  Bandcamp  /  Facebook 1. Mirror Reaper An absolutely dark, crushing and emotional 83 minute journey, this was one of my favourite 2017 releases. Don't miss this.