Doomed For Metal Reviews

  MORTUUS INFRADAEMONI  is a German black metal band who formed in 2005.  “Inmortuos Sum ,” is their fourth full length album; they also released a demo in 2005. “ Inmortuos Sum ,” is definitely a dark and oh so abrasive album.  The vocals and instruments have a razor sharp edge to them, very underground and against the grain in every imaginable way.  The production is rough but not in a way that is necessarily lo fi.  In fact, I say the production and mixing lends these crazy songs a certain charm. The album’s eight tracks cover over an hour of material—this is definitely a long album and I’ll admit that although every song is solid, the longer tracks could be shorter.  The song structures are unconventional and don’t follow any certain format.  I actually don’t mind this, for the most part, because the standard “verse-chorus-verse” does get old very quickly.  With that being said, I tend to prefer my longer songs in the doom and prog genres...

  LUX INCERTA  is a Gothic doom metal band from France.  They formed in 200 and “ Dark Odyssey ” is their second full length album.  Since 2001, they have also released four demo albums. This my first experience with the band but this first impression is, well, impressive.  “ Dark Odyssey ,” is indeed quite the journey with engaging songs and exceptional song writing craft.  I’m going to gush about this album because it so richly deserves it but before I do so, I want to go ahead and talk about the one fault it has: the track placement. The album is comprised of seven tracks; five are longer songs with vocals and two others are full length, though shorter, instrumentals, “ Shervine ,” and “ The Ritual .”  Both of these songs sound great and “ Shervine ” is perfectly placed on the album.  As good as the “ The Ritual ” is, the song doesn’t really seem like the right one to end the album.  The epic, “ Far Beyond The Black Skies ,” would have wor...

  STRATUZ  is a doom metal band from Venezuela who formed way back in 1985.  “ Osculum Pacis ,” is their fourth full length album.  They have also released four demos and a split album.  They were pretty regular with their releases until they went on hiatus around 2006.  Twenty two years (!) later, they return with this latest release. Honestly, I never heard of them before receiving this promo but based on this album, I can’t imagine why anyone would find this to be a disappointing album, if you’re into doom.  As a whole, they definitely have a melodic death/doom feel but they also sound Gothic and even theatrical at times.  I found this album to have enough variety to keep interested during its eleven tracks and forty-four minute run time.   Although I like some more than others, there aren’t any bad songs on the album. The simple titled “ Intro ,” brings to the front some of the theatrical elements I was speaking about earlier.  ...

  Cosmic Putrefaction Crepuscular Dirge For The Blessed One by  Justin "Witty City" Wittenmeier  at  16 May 2022, 5:35 AM Share this on  Facebook  |  Share this on  Twitter G.G.  ( THE CLEARING PATH ,  TURRIS EBURNEA ,  VERTEBRA ATLANTIS ) returns under his  COSMIC PUTREFACTION  banner with their third album, “ Crepuscular Dirge For The Blessed Ones .”  I reviewed “ The Horizons Towards Which Splendour Withers ,” and enjoyed the hell out of it…but this one is even better.  Everything that was great about that previous album has been multiplied by a thousand.  The album is longer but nothing was added that doesn’t need to be there— G.G.  truly uses every second of the album’s 42 minute run time as another puzzle piece towards the endgame of creating this space beast of an album. The synths/keys are used even better this time around but aren’t the focus nor do they seem to ever take over too much of anoth...

  VENOM PRISON  is an death metal band from the UK who formed in 2014. " Erebos ," is their fourth full length all album.  VENOM PRISON  has always had other influences in their music, particularly hardcore, but " Erebos " sees the band stretching their sound a bit further, specifically with  Larissa's  clean vocals. Although her cleans sound good, I do feel they sound a bit out place on some songs. For example, there are moments on " Judges Of The Underworld ," where she layers them with her death growls. In moments like this, the sound becomes too cluttered and distracting. However, later in the song, when the only vocals are the cleans them I find it works for the song much better. Musically, the band still treads the waters between death metal and hardcore but without sounding deathcore at all. Their brand of punishment is becoming increasingly more comfortable introducing melodic elements, and that is certainly not a bad thin " Comfort Of Com...

  My latest review for Metal Temple....melodic black metal that strikes a fine balance between melody and aggression  http://www.metal-temple.com/site/catalogues/entry/reviews/cd_3/a_2/ad-finem-omnia-no.htm?keep_session=371344662 AD FINEM OMNIA  is a black metal band from Chile that formed in 2020. After releasing a demo that same year, they are now dropping their full length album "N o Peace · No Dawn ," onto the blackened scene. The band has crafted a well made debut album. The production is a high note—the music sounds clear but none of it sounds thin or wimpy. Better than average toilet out house production is anathema to some in the black metal scene but not me. I actually find the album's sound to be of the utmost importance to the songwriting. Why do I think this? Because the album's music walks the line between searing and melodic. This particular way of thinking needs to sound good so every little detail can stand out. One of those details is the bass—- Ricar...

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