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Any label/artist/band/PR firm is welcome to email a promo directly to me at doomedforlife83@gmail.com or use the contact form! 

*Please note that I do not review singles;  it must be an album; that could mean an EP, full-length, split, so on and so forth. I accept any type of digital format through whatever file transfer services you use (google drive, dropbox, halifax, so on and so forth).  I also accept Bandcamp downloads/yum codes.  Please be aware that I will not review from streaming links. 

I only will post a review if I like the album.  I'm here to support the scene and have no desire to spread the word if I don't like what I have heard.  If you email me a promo and I don't respond, please don't take it personally.  With all the above things I do, plus having a family and a full time job, I just cannot get to everything.  I can only do my best. My favorite genre is anything under the doom/sludge banner but I will review any type of metal.


I've been a metal fan since my high school days. Slipknot and Machine Head were the the two bands that pushed me into this world. Flash forward a few decades and I have found myself to be a middle-aged dude who's love for metal has only grown. I mostly listen to underground bands and those are the ones I will be reviewing. Doom metal and anything under its vast umbrella is my overall favorite genre but there isn't a style I don't like. Dark Tranquillity is my favorite band of all time.  


From 2016 to 2025, I wrote for Metal Temple online magazine, the longest running metal e-zine on the internet and one of the oldest pages in general. I'm also a contributor for the world famous Doom Charts. 


My favorite doom metal bands are: My Dying Bride, Swallow The Sun, Novembers Doom, Draconian, & October Tide.


My favorite non-doom metal bands are: Dark Tranquillity, Epica, Iced Earth, Iron Maiden, & Evergrey





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