ALBUM REVIEW: Witchsorrow – The Devil and All His Works


Witchsorrow’s last album saw the band taking the throb of Electric Wizard and giving it the grit of High on Fire. They changed up the strain of weed they were smoking when working on their newest album The Devil And All His Works (Church Road Records), as they take a turn down a darker path that is haunted by subtle bits of psychedelia. The opening track sprawls out into eleven minutes of hypnotic rumbling and pulses punctuated by a more deliberate stomp. It sounds great, though it leans more into the sounds summoned here rather than offering anything hooky. They saved the longest for first, since the rest of the album is more compact for Doom Metal hovering around the eight-minute mark per song. Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Solemn Ceremony – Chapter III


Initially started in 2017 as a solo side project to Lucifer’s Fall by Phil Howlett and later helped out by longtime collaborator Kieran Provis (also of Lucifer’s Fall fame), the Adelaide-bound Solemn Ceremony has been crafting the purest form of barbaric, raw, and obscure old school Doom ever since. Moreover, they have been doing it in the style of the 80s. Equipped with past experiences in songwriting for Rote Mare and Lucifer’s Fall, the ever-talented Phil Howlett brings his listeners a distinctive style of aggression-laden vocals that appear fiendish and savage.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Hammerfall – Avenge The Fallen


Subtlety and understatement have never been a priority for Hammerfall. Why choose one studded wristband when twenty will do? Well, with more zips and leather than a night at The Blue Oyster (one for the Police Academy fans there) and more chains than a medieval prison, the Swedish heavy metal legends are back with their thirteenth studio album Avenge The Fallen (Nuclear Blast Records). Continue reading →