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Worm – Necropalace Review

Worm – Necropalace Review

By Thus Spoke on February 16, 2026 in Reviews, Black Metal, Death Doom, Death Metal, Dungeon Synth, 118 comments

“Worms are rich fodder for metal band names, and it’s not hard to see why. They’re gross, alienlike, and carry connotations of death and decay; and that’s before you start spelling it with a ‘v’ and thereby reference dragons, sea monsters, and the Devil himself. While sharing the collective imagination, this Worm definitely distinguishes themselves. After a shaky start, it was Foreverglade that first saw Worm realize their potential with a lean towards doom-death that retained just enough synth-forward black metal and balanced a murky soundscape with syrupy sweet guitar solos.” Worm turning?

Degraved – Spectral Realm of Ruin Review

Degraved – Spectral Realm of Ruin Review

By Steel Druhm on November 14, 2025 in Reviews, Death Metal, 14 comments

“Seattle-based old school deathers Degraved have been lurking in the back alleys since 2020, tweaking their rancid and rotten caveman-trapped-in-a-cesspool sound for maximum stench terror. 2025 sees them finally give birth to their debut full-length, Spectral Realm of Ruin, and let’s just say their offspring ain’t a looker. Sounding like a time-locked study into the effects of early 90s death on the human brain, you get a nauseating fusion of early Cianide, Incantation, Autopsy, and disEMBOWELMENT. This is low-grade, scuzzy, and exceptionally fetid skunk cabbage suitable only for the worst of us.” Altars of Asparagus.

An Tóramh – Echoes of Eternal Night Review

An Tóramh – Echoes of Eternal Night Review

By Steel Druhm on May 9, 2025 in Reviews, Doom Metal, 39 comments

“Coming off the titanic ass-whipping I received from atmo-doom upstarts Structure, I stumbled concussed and confuzzled right into a funeral doom bushwhacking by the unheralded Minneapolis-based two-man project, An Tóramh. Formed by members of Chalice of Suffering and Goatwitch, An Tóramh play brain-pulping funerary muzak draped in existential dread and gutwrenching despair, as all things should be.” Nice day for a night funeral.

Ritual Ascension – Profanation of the Adamic Covenant Review

Ritual Ascension – Profanation of the Adamic Covenant Review

By Dear Hollow on March 9, 2025 in Reviews, 23 comments

“Profanation of the Adamic Covenant represents catacombs dripping with putridity and filth, the blasphemy called against the heavens from far below ground. It’s an upheaval from beneath our feet, the crawling and coagulant rot that spreads from abyss to abyss. The filth and blood clots our eyes, hearts, and minds, driving us deeper and deeper into the madness until our lungs are filled with mud. Ritual Ascension is transcendence and enlightenment achieved through the reveling and swallowing of the grime-soaked entrails through a vicious and ancient ritual, the lumbering deity whose mammoth footfalls and cloud of plague require payment in full. It’s a ritual to the god of the mud and disease, and a fist slammed into the underside of heaven.” Punishment rituals.

Ataraxie – Le Déclin Review

Ataraxie – Le Déclin Review

By Dear Hollow on October 22, 2024 in Reviews, Death Metal, Doom Metal, 51 comments

“Once again, as in their fifth full-length, Ataraxie channels an existential crisis. Le Déclin isn’t just a soundtrack of its inspirations or a meditation on devastation; it’s something deeper. Its miasmic movements and stark artwork evoke Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal, where a knight’s chess game with Death symbolizes a struggle during the Black Plague. Le Déclin extends its predecessor’s bleak commentary on global issues like selfishness, dehumanization, and climate crisis, reveling in the human torment beneath it all.” Get in losers, we’re going to mourn mankind’s decline!

Civerous – Maze Envy Review

Civerous – Maze Envy Review

By Dolphin Whisperer on March 28, 2024 in Reviews, Death Doom, Death Metal, 67 comments

“As I gazed upon the purple-toned maze—which, does not appear to be a very well-designed maze in its hissing sculpture—and heard the early, shimmering notes of what Civerous brought to the table for this sophomore release, Maze Envy, my mind raced. This Los Angeles-based act’s 2021 full-length debut, Decrepit Flesh Felic, filled a snarling, buzzing diSEMBOWELMENT-shaped niche of pounding, shifting death metal that supplies ample kicks to the seat. Though Civerous never turned quite as doom-laden and tortured as that Australian novelty, they pushed into the bounds of long-form tumble in their cavernous lane with a proud stomp.” Maze stunners.

Altar of Betelgeuze – Echoes Review

Altar of Betelgeuze – Echoes Review

By Dear Hollow on March 27, 2024 in Reviews, Death Metal, Doom Metal, 30 comments

“Echoes is the quartet’s third full-length since the act’s conception in 2010. While featuring the armaments and cavernous bellows of Incantation or Winter, it also is armed with a stoner doom fuzz and vocal influence from Candlemass. However, you can be sure that the “married iguana” haze does not subtract from Altar of Betelgeuze’s intention of crushing your skull in.” Betelgeuze!

Dusk – Dissolve into Ash Review

Dusk – Dissolve into Ash Review

By Steel Druhm on December 8, 2023 in Reviews, Death Metal, Doom Metal, 17 comments

“Long, long ago (1995 to be exact), an unheralded Green Bay, Wisconsin act named Dusk threw their hat in the death-doom arena and dropped a short debut titled …Majestic Thou in Ruin. I stumbled upon it in a record store while in law school and bought it based entirely on its tranquil cover art. I was quite taken with what was inside too, and the band’s rough, raw, yet highly atmospheric style resonated deeply. Dusk walked the same morose and tortured territory as diSEMBOWELMENT, but they opted to stick closer to the doom side of things, at times almost venturing into early My Dying Bride / Anathema soundscapes.” Dusk and her replace.

AMG Goes Ranking – Incantation

AMG Goes Ranking – Incantation

By Ferox on August 21, 2023 in AMG Rankings, 110 comments

“The life of the unpaid, overworked metal reviewer is not an easy one. The reviewing collective at AMG lurches from one new release to the next, errors and nOObs strewn in our wake. But what if, once in a while, the collective paused to take stock and consider the discography of those bands that shaped many a taste? What if two three aspects of the AMG collective personality shared with the slavering masses their personal rankings of that discography.” Incantagories.