doom – Page 2 – DIRENOTES

September 14, 2015

INTERVIEW: M.S. of STELLAR MASTER ELITE

INTERVIEW M.S.STELLAR MASTER ELITE -III is a significant departure from the faster pace of previous albums (especially the first), did you feel that a more doom-laden approach to songwriting would fit the void/space/horror themes more? I wouldn’t say that there is a significant departure but that the songs on “III” are completely different. When we… Continue reading

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beer, blackened, concept, doom, elite, floyd, heavy, m.s., master, metal, ms, pink, stellar, thorns, weed

September 13, 2015

REVIEW: Stellar Master Elite – III: Eternalism – The Psychospherical Chapter

STELLAR MASTER ELITEIII: ETERNALISM – THE PSYCHOSPHERICAL CHAPTERESSENTIAL PURIFICATION RECORDSGERMANY I\’m no stranger to space-based Metal acts. The ether, stars, planets, infinite unknown, and beyond are prime subjects for the dark and despairing – the ideas always draw at least my curiosity. The execution of most, however, sometimes leans in the direction of overtly typical:… Continue reading

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atmosphere, blackened, chapter, dewar, doom, elite, essential, externalism, german, germany, horror, III, master, metal, psychospherical, purification, records, scifi, stellar

September 1, 2015

REVIEW: GRIM VAN DOOM – Grim Love

GRIM VAN DOOMGRIM LOVEWOOAAARGH There are few albums that confuse me, and fewer that I enjoy if they do. Grim Love is what you\’d call intentionally misleading, surely it\’s not a love themed album and its sound is as ugly as hell. However, it\’s certainly a lovable chunk of sound and hell if it isn\’t grim either.… Continue reading

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dark, doom, good, grim, grim love, groove, heavy, love, lumbar, metal, pantera, van, wooaaargh

January 18, 2015

REVIEW: Flummox – Phlummoxygen

Flummox – PhlummoxygenTridroid Records The day of schizophrenic Alternative-metal such as Mr. Bungle and early Red Hot Chili Peppers has long passed. To me, the entire craft was swallowed up by the fact that people generally find more complicated and obscure music harder to digest – oddly even more then most extreme genres. Personally, I… Continue reading

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alternative, bungle mr. bungle, chili, doom, experimental, flummox, hot, metal, mr, peppers, phlummoxygen, records, red, stoner, tridroid

January 4, 2015

REVIEW: Desert Storm – Omniscient (On Echoes and Dust)

Check out my latest review on Echoes and Dust – DESERT STORM\’s \’Omniscient\’.Click Here Continue reading

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desert, doom, dust, echo, echoes, heavy, metal, omniscient, sludge, storm

January 4, 2015

REVIEW: Keeper/Sea Bastard – 777/Astral Rebirth SPLIT

Splits are somewhat of a fascination to me, often I\’m introduced to two separate bands that feed off each others energy or even sometime they contribute to one joint idea. In this case, both KEEPER and SEA BASTARD do both – though, I\’m sure if these were two separate releases the content would be almost… Continue reading

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777, astral, bastard, blackened, crush, doom, keeper, medusa, old, old witch, rebirth, record, records, sea, sludge, vinyl, witch

December 28, 2014

REVIEW: HIGH FIGHTER – The Goat Ritual (On Echoes And Dust)

Head over to Echoes And Dust to see my review of High Fighter\’s \’The Goat Ritual\’ – amazing Germanic Doom Metal! CLICK HERE Continue reading

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brutal, doom, dust, echoes, ep, fighter, goat, high, high fighter, mona, ritual, stoner

December 8, 2014

REVIEW: Dreamgrave – Presentiment

Admittedly, I\’ve been waiting for something like DREAMGRAVE for quite sometime. Its the sort of music that exists on some ethereal balance, not quite one definable sound but a perfect storm of many ideas and snippets – unrestrained if you will by too many generic-ties. I\’d like to say bands like FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE fall within the… Continue reading

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apocalypse, death, devin, doom, dreamgrave, experimental, fleshgod, fullblast, god, keyboardist, lamb, metal, of, opeth, pantera, presentiment, progressive, slipknot, townsend, vocal

December 3, 2014

REVIEW: OLDE – I

If you\’ve heard anything about OLDE, its no doubt good. The band has already made a significant impact with \’I\’ and no doubt its roll has just begun, especially with the first full length being titled \’I\’ (obviously). So, if I sound like I\’m singing the same old tune as other publications – I probably… Continue reading

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black, doom, fang, hypaethral, lumbar, mastodon, metal, neurosis, olde, record, records, red, sabbath, stoner

November 24, 2014

REVIEW: Edge of Haze – Illumine

For those who don\’t know, I am a fan of Doom, Gothic (what few \’Gothic\’ bands remain), and Progressive rock/metal breeds. The vast majority of my personal music collection mostly consists of these genres – just because I review a decent amount of Black Metal doesn\’t mean I listen to it exclusively or for recreation.… Continue reading

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devin, doom, edge, gothic, haze, illumine, metal, moonspell, opeth, progressive, punk, rock, townsend, z2