Have you checked out Trial of the Bow? It's a side project from the diSEMBOWELMENT guys consisting of ambient world music. Not Metal at all but an amazing listen none the less!
I just saw Monolord a couple of weeks ago and am a convert. Check out their latest album Vaenir or latest single Lord of Suffering.
Monolord are awesome! I actually suggested them in the Essential Stoner Rock thread but they could fit here too I guess. GREAT band regardless!!!
Love Of Darkness! Their one full-length is two songs, each 20+ minutes. Haunting, disturbing stuff. Especially the vocals.
Apologies if this has been posted already earlier but you reminded me of the great band Demilich when you mentioned vocals - more death than doom but easily the "cookiest" of the "cookie monster" vocals - sort of like that guy we all knew in high school who could guzzle a can of Coke and burp the alphabet.
Cough's Still They Pray is a strong contender for my top ten list this year. Just a SICK doom album with excellent vocals and tripped-out, sludgy tuneage.
If you dig it slow-heavy-spacey you really need to check out Slomatics from Belfast Ireland. Their new record "future Echo Returns" just came out and it is amazing.
I have this CD on the way! I mentioned it in the Stoner Rock thread recently. I guess there's a lot of crossover between the doom/stoner genres but I personally consider Slomatics more a Melvins-inspired stoner band with heavy doom elements. Truly amazing band either way!!!
I guess I should also mention Un out of Seattle at this point. They are on the same label as the new Slomatics so I added the CD to my order. This one is also mastered by Mr. James Plotkin. This is some crushing, otherworldly dooooom!!!!
I finally got around to Monarch and am hooked! This band might be the godhead of all doom/drone/dirge metal. Their track from the split with grindcore band Elysium is especially brutal... just one loooooong soul-crushing track called "Amplifire Death March".
Second vinyl press of 500 is available for preorder: CHRCH 'Unanswered Hymns' Reissue LP [PREORDER] » Here is a link to check it out:
recently bought that CHRCH record but Battleground Records are taking their sweet goddamn time sending it out. Getting a wee bit antsy here. Top thread here though, will have to check out the bits I'm missing. my taek on my doom LP's Sleep - Dopesmoker - should like this more but it just dont click like it should Goatsnake are a big yes. All of it. WarHorse - As Heaven Turns To Ash. fairly forgettable tracks here.. great ****-bludgeon sound though Corrupted. at one stage I had almost everything by these guys but daftly it dawned on me the cookie monster vocals are just a deal breaker Sunn O))) & Boris - Altar. so good. Boris - Amplifier Worship. love this. pure dull drone munt Monolord - Vænir. not really digging it. much prefer the torqued out distrotion of Empress Rising Acid King - the first 3 or so are a huge yes. Dunno about the new one? treacle fuzz sleepytime. Monotonous and boring. Just the way I like it Electric Wizard - Come My Fanatics. GODHEAD Torche - Restarter. pop candy doom. so addictive. the other lp's have their moments Cavity - Supercollider . still bummed I snoozed and losed on LP reissue, Revolver have run out. "On The Lam" is nothing on this Conan - horseback and split w/Slomatics were the best. the rest are a big yes but somehow dont destroy like they used to Harvey Milk - Life.The Best Game In Town & Courtesy. ALL MEAT. Earth - A Bureaucratic Desire For Extra-Capsular Extraction- heard their others arent too flash. But this is glory time monotony drudgeland Melvins - Lysol. for some reason the only melvins that really worked for me Neurosis - Souls At Zero & Times Of Grace. ALL-TIME my #1 favourite doom lp though is Harvey Milk - A Small Turn Of Human Kindness. Perfection. The apogee of misery. The nadir of No. Sounds like one seamless track, the soundtrack to despair. Starts slow and stays slow. They take their sweet mother****ing time doing ANYTHING here. The music comes to them, they do not go to it. The great ones seem to have all the time in the world. Put this on with unwelcome guests over and they will NEVER come back. NOT for listening to in the company of others. **** em, you dont need them. You've got this.
