Doom Gazed

09/12/2018

Gnoming is my business and business is poppin.

Had I known the value of gnomes before this day, then surely my lawn would look much different. As it is, I’m no longer sure that I’ll be a dwarf guy ever again. I want all of my little bearded peo…

04/12/2018

Lord Vapour provide us with a spectacular album to conclude an excellent year in stoner metal. Semuta is as good as the artwork on its album cover. Without a doubt, AOTY worthy.

Let me start by saying this is some gnarly s**t. I mean really gnarly. Lord Vapour’s eclectic hard as f**k rock escapade takes us through a fusion of styles. Semuta is really going to stick with yo…

03/12/2018

Shroud are a rocking unit from Melbourne, Australia. Enchanting vocals, ridiculously fuzzy riffs, and just all around great jams on their debut EP.

Shroud is a heavy unit from Melbourne, Australia killing it with their frequencies of psychedelic doom. Slow Demise is their first release, an EP of spellbinding rhythms perfect for a black mass or…

18/11/2018

Here's a wall we can all agree on.

The Wall [Redux] is a bit of a hurdle to get through if you overthink it, but if you are settling down and chilling out to the vibes of this compilation by Magnetic Eye Records, then you’re not goi…

11/11/2018

Killer new album with a deep post-metal vibe. Raw and creative solo project based out of Australia.

Tornados are threatening every county in Tampa Bay, or so the weatherman says. All I see out there is hard rain, but a flood is coming from my phone’s speakers as I crank Project:Heavensent& #…

23/09/2018

Surprised that this page is drawing close to 100 followers. For someone who has barely been able to get out for four years, this was honestly just intended to be a little project that had no real big motivation behind it. As I begin to see more followers and bands in the doom community following, I realize that this is more than just a hobby... this is an art that many of us are tied to through moods and different translations in frequencies that come to us as words, visions, or music. Let's continue to share with each other. Stay cool! - Nick

21/09/2018

Sounds like Blessed Black Wings with a really good measure of consistency and quality from beginning to end. When High on Fire are at their best, they write zero filler; Electric Messiah isn't just a good High on Fire Album, it's an album worthy of AOTY, Pike's second of the year.

When one says, “I had a dream about Lemmy”, it is a guarantee that a really good story will follow. In the case of Matt Pike, semin...

21/09/2018

The new High on Fire is a promosing reclaim of the god's old fire. Yes, Sounds of the Underground can be remembered in each riff, in the place where I discovered High on Fire many years ago.

I will post a review soon. Have a rad weekend!

16/09/2018

Raise em!

Artist : Savatage Album : Gutter Ballet Year : 1989 HQ

15/09/2018

Cranking this banger for the prelude to apocalypse. It may not be doom, but it's sure all about it!

https://youtu.be/S_w72-AsoGQ

Twilight Of The Gods (song) by Bathory. Lyrics: There is a serpent in every Eden Slick as grease and cold as ice There is a lie in every meaning Rest assured...

14/09/2018

From the abyss to the mosh pit, they fuse the despair of underground doom with hardcore and if you get caught sleeping you may very well be knocked out. Armed For Apocalypse release their EP on September 28th.

Sometimes brutal can be a bit too brutal, as was my initial inclination of Armed For Apocalypse; well, if you’re going to name yourse...

13/09/2018

Thundering sludge from Arkansas, Deadbird is a band that has come out of exile for a metal experience that will throw you into a grinder of howling riffs and powerful ambiance.

Featuring members of Rwake, Pallbearer and at least a dozen other bands, Deadbird is a colossal project that has been collecting dust for a...

09/09/2018

Beerwolf from Florida has outdone themselves with a re-release of their album Planetfall on Ripple Music. It's a really good combination of sword & sorcery worship and psychedelic classic rock fused stoner metal. Have a listen!

Assuming you haven’t already heard, Florida has a pretty bitchin’ metal scene. Ascending from the bowels of Tampa are the renegades of boo...

05/09/2018

Plummeting from the firmament like the snail of thorns depicted on the album cover, Cauldron drops their fifth full length onto the masses this week. meets

The Canadian province of Ontario has long been a haven of traditional heavy metal and speed metal bands, including Anvil and Exciter...

31/08/2018

Take a ride on these psychedelic sludge waves off into the outer realms, the realms of Spaceslug.

Honoring everything from Hawkwind to Kyuss, Spaceslug explores space and sludge with incredible finesse. As the band maps out their co...

29/08/2018

I don't think you're ready for this jelly...

08/08/2018

This split is fresh and it is hot! Two masters of the underground combine forces to deliver another apocalyptic blaze of metal and hardcore.

Combining two behemoths like Krieg and Integrity into one split is a near guarantee that the walls are going to tremble and floors will...

30/07/2018

Smoke skooma. Listen to Morag Tong.

Elegant. Progessive. Compelling. Those are three words that I would use to describe the music of Morag Tong. There is surely something...

12/07/2018

Khemmis are one in a million in today's doom metal scene. Though still relatively new, they are at the vanguard of heavy metal's elite.

Khemmis have cultivated a pretty awesome following in the few years that they’ve been around, as a result of their successful debut Abs...

21/06/2018

Orange Goblin gets a f**k yeah on the yeah scale. Real heavy metal thunder on this one. Two horns way up.

Thank the gods, Orange Goblin have returned from the sludge heavens to embark on yet another killer album for the good of man. Th...

03/05/2018

Have you heard of SuuM? These guys rip! One of my favorite doom metal albums right now for sure. Anyone who wants to hear righteous old school Candlemass inspired riffs and melancholy check it out!

If an album can rip the house down with its first two minutes, then you know you’re in for a ride, and that’s exactly what Suum does on its...

27/04/2018

Let It Breathe’s self-titled LP kicks buckets and drops organic riffs rich with holy Sabbath power all over the doom metal community. ...

10/03/2018

I feel like I’m being rolled over by a supernova. Mythic Sunship ooze out mountains of riffs and depart into psychedelic waves of rhythms. Simply too many stylistic influences to list in one sitting. Amazing album!

Blast off! Mythic Sunship are guiding us into an outer dimensional well of chunky waves created via the distorted jazz guitar playing and...

08/03/2018

The new Drudkh (Official) deeply reflects the somber spirit of war as it toils and delves into deep depth. Musically at their best, this is perhaps the best Drudkh album in more than a decade.

Drudkh aren’t finished with with their zenith; They Often See Dreams About the Spring surges with sweeping harmonies and breathtaking ...

27/02/2018

Absent's first album Towards The Void is righteous and burns slow, a total package of beautiful melancholy and spirited nihilism lost in a storm of oscillating dark energy.

Absent have chosen a peculiar name, because there’s nothing missing from this band. Towards The Void is a monolithic debut LP from thi...

22/02/2018

Lowdrive combine all of the great sounds of the blues and hard rock into one of the purest and coolest albums of 2018 thus far. Roller is an album that will deliver not just for stoner metal fans, but for fans of good music in general. To put it simply it just kicks ass!

Roller kicks your teeth in from the get go. There is nothing soft or cute about it as is evident from the opening track “The Last Stand...

16/02/2018

Merlin play majestic doom metal on a level fit for wizard kings. Their grooves are so spontaneous and tight. Oh yeah did I mention they have a saxophone player? They have a saxophone player. When did jazz and bebop become synonymous with doom metal? It just did. **t

Merlin’s The Wizard is a fun and exotic album that stretches the idea of doom metal. The introduction of saxophone expands the capabilit...

12/02/2018

Props to Phonosphera Records for throwing this split together. What a wonderful couple of bad ass stoner rock bands The Bad Light and Tuna de Tierra providing us with that desert sound on a majestic journey under the sun.

It’s always a special feeling to discover a band that kicks your ass and when you can discover two on one album that’s even better. Th...

10/02/2018

Another amazing contribution from the independent scene. River Cult's style crosses many boundaries and defies labels. From psychedelic to stoner grooves this one is sure to be a top pick for early 2018 releases from Magnetic Eye Records.

River Cult’s brand of psychedelic music is a fresh and intense sonic stampede that oozes eclectic vibes all over every passage of rock mus...

03/02/2018

This album has some of the best grooves and jams I've heard in years. Rockin' effort by these dudes from Ohio, ooooooh yeah dig it!

The ancestors of the riff are pleased; Fuzz Lord’s full length debut is a solid effort worth your attention. This album h...

02/02/2018

Philip H. Anselmo & the Illegals' new album is a rhapsody of scathing vocals and avant garde extremes. Bring a helmet and focus on the tempest of maniacs banging with Phil. It's a doozy.

Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals second album Choosing Mental Illness As A Virtue takes the listener down a thousand mad corridors an...

01/02/2018

It came from planet filth! Check out this zany psychedelic number from Portland, Oregon's Lousy Bends off their upcoming album Return to Planet Filth!

Return to Planet Filth (New Album 2018) http://lousybends.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/lousybends/ Lousy Bends Portland, Oregon *** releases Februa...

31/01/2018

Finally got in on that new Wolftooth and let me tell you somethin' they live up to the hype. Raw classic metal vibes with thunderous grooves. Start your list now and save some space for Wolftooth.

The groove is strong with this one. Wolftooth’s eponymous album is a cyclonic forty two minutes of righteous and crucial heavy metal. ...

22/10/2017

The new Bell Witch is out. Have you checked it out yet?

Neither boring or ever easily understood, Bell Witch have established themselves in the genre of funeral doom with alluring minimalis...

18/10/2017

I have reviews up for the new Midnight, Bell Witch, and Iron Monkey! Check them out.

http://doomgazed.blogspot.com/2017/10/midnight-sweet-death-and-ecstasy.html

Raging edgy metal from Ohio, MIDNIGHT has been waving the banners of Satanic thrash royalty for an entire era, and now they are comin...