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A shape-shifting, Southern California-based intense metal device that combines components of doom, d-beat, loss of life metallic, grindcore, and dark metallic, Seven Sisters of Rest was formed in ’09 2009 from users of Tafkata as well as the Arm & Sword of the Bastard God. The group, which features the …

A music group rife with contradictions, Sweden’s Ghost (referred to as Ghost B.C. in america) preach severe satanic viewpoints over amazingly accessible rock cum pop-driven hard rock and roll. The bandmembers maintain a rigorous vow of anonymity, both on record and on-stage; they obscure themselves under monks’ cowls, aside from …

Stoned rockers Lo-Pan hail from Columbus, OH, where bandmembers Jeff Martin (vocals), Brian Fristoe (guitar), Skot Thompson (bass), and J. Bartz (drums) bonded over brewskies, bubbling bong-water, as well as the cult actions flick Big Problems in Small China (therefore their name). From 2005, they stormed regional clubs and quickly …

Denmark’s Altar of Oblivion bow down in the operatic doom design established by Sweden’s Candlemass and, to a smaller degree, Tx’ Solitude Aeturnus. After developing in 2005, the group shipped a well-received demonstration entitled The Darkness Era 2 yrs later, and implemented using their debut record, Sinews of Anguish, in …

The sparingly named Om reunites the oft-heralded Rest rhythm portion of Al Cisneros (bass, vocals) and Chris Haikus (drums); but this time around, rather than making monolithic stoner/doom steel, the duo is targeted on the softer, if believe it or not hypnotic make of drone rock and roll, partially infused …

With influences which range from doom titans Saint Vitus and Sleep to obligatory genre originators Black Sabbath, California doom outfit Cold Mourning evolved in 1992 from a youthful band named Cremation (originally formed in 1986). Their 1st demo came 2 yrs later, accompanied by a break up record with Holland’s …