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The Best Extreme Doom Metal Album - Metal Storm Awards 2008 | 
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The Best Extreme Doom Metal Album
Nominations
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| Abyssmal Sorrow is a haunted plague grave that slowly oozes forth soul-rending black funereal desolation under a pitying pale moon. "Lament" is a testimony to the continuing necromantical viability of its musical style after the passing of yet another doomed year. When it seems that Nortt has lost his inspiration, bands like these are more than welcome. |
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| The general topic of this album is not very difficult to guess. Acid Witch is somewhat of an oddity, but hey - whatever gives you a lease of life (and a good trip) in this economically stressful time is okay. Bored, frustrated death/doomsters dope up and ride the broom with you to Stoneyville. Note that this is a one-way trip and copying this formula will not be a good idea. MySpace ›› Full review... |
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| The Japanese like Hellhammer and its derivates, and we know that. But what if you mail a little old school death metal to them and wait what happens? Well, this turned up. Almost too fast to make it into this category, Coffins is the really bad cop in the inquisition chamber of doom. Whenever you need a messy piece of oppressive music, this should be one of the candidates. MySpace |
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| Melancholical doom can also be really heavy. Doom:VS is a lush gothic landscape, full of beauty and tragedy. It flirts with funeral doom like so many other bands these days, but despite its rather stereotypical sound, "Dead Words Speak" boasts with a good production and recognizable talent. This album is one of assured quality and a time well spent. MySpace |
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| It is odd that the most famous extreme doom metal band should come from Britain, but then again, Esoteric has never been one of conventionalism. While the new album is unmistakably that very same band, they continue being damnably innovative and their quality passes even further out of reach, while pressing you even lower with their sheer eldritch heaviness. MySpace ›› Full review... |
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| Faal is musically relentless and moderately original. "Abhorrence-Salvation" cycles between haunting funereal tunes and fast aggressive moments. The music is a little subdued, but with a remarkable atmosphere hiding under the haze of guitars, surfacing whenever keyboards take precedence. There is something mysterious about their sound, awaiting to be discovered. MySpace ›› Full review... |
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| Moss is the bastard son of all that is heavy, slow and extreme in the doom genre; it is difficult to find music more inhospitable than this. "Sub Templum" is an angry, colossal, petrified protoplasmic entity. You can feel it bore inside your skull and implode it into a twitching, droning sludgy mass. Listen if you dare, and prepare to rot. MySpace ›› Full review... |
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| If you thought older Pantheist was too inconsistent, mellow and centered on aesthetics, then their new album is just for you. The band maintains its artistic funeral doom style, but gets slightly more cruel and way more innovative. The keyboard sounds and the background music are orchestral and massive - I doubt even Pantheist itself can perfect it any further. MySpace |
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| Many thought we'd never see them again, yet Skepticism is back after a long pause. The authors of funeral doom make a few adjustments to their sound here and there, but otherwise "Alloy" is a fitting follow-up to what they did before, only in a more glorious form. The album's name gives credit to its nature, as it encompasses something from the band's every period. MySpace |
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| Being quite aggressive for a modern extreme doom album, "Volition" is a promising work born of modest beginnings - a mediocre demo and worn Winter tapes. The result, however, is quite impressive. Here's the lesson: old school death doom can make a stand if it's not static and if it dares to speed up every once in a while. MySpace |
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