Lord Mantis

heaviest doom. ugliest sludge. unholiest black metal. add in high pitched vocal shrieks and you get lord mantis. features the drummer from indian and the ex-guitarist of nachtmystium.

Lord Mantis - Spawning The Nephilim
(2009, Seventh Rule)
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new ramesses ep

ramesses was formed by tim bagshaw and mark greening after they left electric wizard in 2003. a much better band than post-breakup electric wizard in my opinion. anyway here's their latest ep, limited to 200 copies so get yours while they last! if anyone has their recent split with unearthly trance, please don't hesitate to send me a link. DOOM OR BE DOOMED!

Ramesses - Baptism Of The Walking Dead
(2009, Self Released)
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Northern Sludge

hebosagil, a really great finnish sludge band recently put up their first ep and full lenght from last year up for free at their website. their sound is very similar to eyehategod, with a hint of electric wizard style fucked up psych doom thrown in.

here's their split with another great new finnish band, viisikko from last summer. viisikko remind me a lot of the seminal finnish hardcore band radiopuhelimet (esp. their 90s album jäämeri), both in their sound and general attitude. maybe their northern hometown oulu has something in the air or the water that makes you a bit twisted and weird, as viisikko, radiopuhelimet, hebosagil and a huge amount of other awesome bands (terveet kädet from tornio) are from near there.

Hebosagil & Viisikko - Split CD
(2008, Lambada)
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Necrodamus

Necrodamus - No Rest For The Wizard [2007, Necrowizard/Shifty]








Quick one. Project of Scott Stearns from Fistula, Ultralord, King Travolta and so on (and I think other members of Fistula). Mix of thrash and sludge, even a bit of punk here & there. Includes a take on Integrity's Judgement Day and a cover of the Misfit's Skulls. Heavy, evil riffs throughout (besides the short last track which is kind of a throwaway).

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U.S. Christmas

U.S. Christmas - Salt The Wound [2006, R.A.I.G.]






is it stoner/sludge? is it psych? is it space rock? all are true to an extent. all i know for sure is that it's good. i'm sure this comparison has been made before about this North Carolina band, but they sound like a mix of Hawkwind and Neurosis with rougher vocals laid over the top.

they also have a 2008 album called Eat The Low Dogs on Neurot.

by the way, i saw them last weekend at the Scion Rock Fest and they killed. see them if you have the chance.

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lords of bukkake

lords of bukkake play ultra slow and heavy space sludge. 20 minute pummeling sludge anthems that are as slow and inevitable as huge meteorite smashing earth and ending all life, with high pitched vocals of hateful worship for death and violence. or not, the songs might be about drinking beer and smoking pot for all i know. either way one of the best albums of 2008.

Lords Of Bukkake - Self Titled

(2008, Odio Sonoro)

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Monarch!

Throne Records is accepting pre-orders for the new Monarch, Mer Morte now. "Mer Morte is their most ghostly and hypnotical release to date, comprised of one 35 minutes long track (divided in two parts). Essential minimalistic and atmospheric Sludge here."

only 666 copies will be pressed, so get yours while they last.

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Gate Is Dope & Kayoma-Sdyeane

quickpost, two cd-r's from japan.

gate is dope is a 50 minute slab of mammoth riffs and droning ambience. i would have hoped for some groove among the doom and gloom, but overall a decent effort.

kayoma-sdyane are a bit more straight forward, and follow the teachings of sunn o))) . short bursts of sunn-like droning riffs mixed with almost bluesy basslines.

Gate Is Dope - Question

(2008, Self Released)
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Kayoma-Sdyeane - The Living Dead And The Dying Man CDR
(2008, Self Released)
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Black Sun

Hour Of The Wolf (Maximum Volume)

hateful doom/sludge from glasgow. an extremely dark and claustrophobic post swans and khanate brew of slow, crushing riffs, noise abstractions and seething demons. mixed & mastered by james plotkin (khanate/kknull/khlyst) with additional mixing by billy anderson (swans/melvins/neurosis).

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Quttinirpaaq

Dragged Through The Streets [2008, Blackest Rainbow]








Quttinirpaaq [2008, Faunasabbatha]






i like that the "band" seems to be named after a national park at the northern most tip of canada which is basically a frozen wasteland. it fits the music. doomy, sludgey instrumental goodness from this one-man wrecking crew from texas named Matt Turner. monster slow-mo riffs slathered in feedback and noise, broken up with periods of heavy drones and eerie ambient passages. two great releases on two great labels. one for Blackest Rainbow and one for Faunasabbatha.

Dragged Through The Streets:
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Quttinirpaaq:
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