Tag Archives: Doom Metal

Although not really a main name in the steel world, Toadliquor has enjoyed a little cult following among fans of doom steel since the later ‘‘80s. The Western world Coast doom steel band (that was shaped in Arroyo Grande, CA in 1989 but shifted to Olympia, WA) hasn’t come anywhere …

Although these were initially touted to check out Heaven Lost and Anathema as leading lights of British doom steel in to the 1990s, Solstice (never to be confused using the American modern proggies using the same name) released only two albums and one EP before vanishing from sight over the …

Chiseled in the same slab of impossibly dense rock as the Melvins, Earth, Skullflower, Boris, Harvey Milk, and early King Crimson, English doom steel outfit Such as a Sort of Matador build sludge-kissed ambient landscapes of appear that bring with them echoes of prog rock and roll, art rock and …

The band named Coughing was conceived in Richmond, Virginia circa 2005, and took inspiration from traditional doom bands like Cathedral and Electric powered Wizard on the main one hands and grimy sludge groups like Eyehategod and Buzzov-en within the additional — tossing in a few psychedelic and space rock ingredients …

By most any accepted way of measuring achievement, Dorset, England’s Lord of Putrefaction accomplished precious small during their short existence; yet their name lives on because of an ultimate change, a couple of years down the road, into leading U.K. doom clothing Electric powered Wizard. It sure as hell didn’t …

Hailing from Eerie, PA, Community of Dead Roads can be made up of Doug Corey (lead guitar and vocals), Eric Abt (rhythm guitar), and Chris Williams (drums). Their eclectic sonic formula combines the doom of Dark Sabbath using the ambient intensifying steel of Isis, the commercial grind of Godflesh, and …

Among the Czech Republic’s initial extreme metal rings, Maniac Butcher was formed in 1992, before Czechoslovakia’s peaceful splintering, and continued to produce a small number of albums and much more singles and mini-releases before crumbling toward the finish from the decade. Many of these included only small deviations from your …

International doom metallic outfit Burial Chamber Trio feature the talents of Grave Temple Trio, Sunn 0))), Mayhem, Tormentor, and Burning up Witch alumni Oren Ambarchi, Greg Anderson, and vocalist Attila Csihar. The group’s eponymous debut premiered on Southern Lord in June of 2007.

Swedish black metallic band the Legion were shaped in 1999 by drummer Emil Dragotinovic with guitarists David Svartz and Rikard Kottelin, who documented a set of demos within the next couple of years before launching their 2003 EP, Awakened Fury, also featuring vocalist Sune Hammarström and bass participant Lars Martinsson. …

Japanese underground icons Corrupted create droning, sludgy, painfully gradual death/doom metallic and ambient music along the same lines — or should that be trenches? — simply because bands like Globe, Boris, and Sunn O))). Produced in Osaka, Japan, circa 1994, the reclusive group is certainly made up of vocalist Hevi, …