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  Doom noun death, destruction, or some other terrible fate. verb condemn to certain death or destruction. Into The Void When we look at all different genres and styles of doom metal which originated in the late 60-s and early seventies after the decline of the «summer of love» and it's optimistic ideas, we can point out one major theme which unites the doom metal genre - it is a theme of pessimism. This idea has many forms and is presented differently by the bands within the doom-metal style. But starting with Black Sabbath the feeling of dread and despair always has been a major part of this music. In order to understand pessimistic thought we can take for the guidelines of our journey a system and the worldview as described by American philosopher Eugene Thacker in his book In the Dust of This Planet (Horror of Philosophy Vol. 1). Wikipedia: «Thacker's most widely read book is In the Dust of This Planet, part of his Horror of Philosophy trilog...

  Gorod Dit — The Day Will Come (1989) Город Дит — Настанет этот день (1989)  It is time to talk about Russian Metal best kept secret. The cult and extremely underrated obscure band. It has achieved popularity and legendary status on their local scene. Gorod Dit / Город Дит (City of Dis) is a russian band that existed in some form or another from the beginning of 1986 in the USSR. The band name is a reference to the circle of hell in Dante’s «The Divine Comedy». Yet the first recording came into being in the 1988 under the title «Город» simply «The City». The band Gorod Dit was established in Novosibirsk by Leonid Melnikov. The first lineup consisted of Yuriy Nikishin on lead guitar, Yuriy Baranenko on vocals, Melnikov on rhythm guitar, and Mikhail Starusev responsible for the drums. The soviet metal scene at the time was growing and it was time in the spotlight for bands like Aria, Legion and Master, who are the pioneers of russian heavy metal and thrash. Those bands were ext...

  DOOMED & STONED IN RUSSIA: An Introduction To The Scene By Anton Bryukov With prevalent cold weather and a rich history from per-christian folklore to the existentialism of Russian literature and the avant garde art movement of the 1920s Russia has a solid cultural background from which new forms of post-modernist art began to grow. Rock music in general began to shape itself in Russia in the late 1970s. But doom metal came into the country's counter-culture in the very late 1980s. The first few bands at that time played slow Sabbath-sounding heavy metal and epic doom, were not popular yet, but were on a way of becoming a foundation for the early doom-cult. When the '90s began russian doom-death and Gothic doom appeared. The scene was populated by the bands and projects inspired by the gloomy sounds of the european doom-death mainly linked to the Peaceville Trio sound. It was in the later half of the 2000s, when the more traditional sabbath-influenced sounds of stoner and...

Sigil of Time is a side project of two members of the gothic doom metal band "Train to Elsewhere" - Maria K. "Gerard" and Anton "Vargtimmen". She Drowned in this Lake is an archived collection of the project's material recorded between 2009 and 2011, and also includes one new track. The collection is material from three unreleased albums, united by the themes of detachment and emptiness of being. The music is infused with neofolk influences, depressive black metal, dark ambient and industrial elements. Here analog synthesizers, acoustic and electronic guitars, brass ethnic instruments and noise samples have been used, independently recorded for each composition. If we talk about influences, we can name: Autumn, Autumn People, As Autumn Calls, Xasthur, Autumn For Crippled Children, Six Dead Bulgarians, Old Woman Moss, Klever, Majdanek Waltz, Der Golem. Some compositions serve as a frame for Mary's lyric texts such as "South Wind", "Au...

Enigmatic neofolk / dark ambient project of two musicians - Roman Naboka and Sergius Proprius. The idea of ​​creating the project came as a result of cooperation of the main project of Roman "Cherno" with the KRYRART label, which served not only as an impetus for further joint search. The collaboration resulted in the EP "Chapter One: Spirit of the Wind" and in the creation of the sub-label KRYRART AMBIENT ... Alchon´s debut is a polystylistic musical canvas that combines an atmospheric hypnotic dark ambinet, neofolk and spoken recitation, there are also references to gothic rock and the use of extreme vocals. The atmosphere of the music is literally imbued with the pantheistic spirit of nature, pre-storm melancholy, the spirit of freedom blowing across the endless plains of the winds. An excellent combination of atmospheric noise with acoustic instruments can be also noted. Sound-related projects include Mirkwood, Tenhi and the early Tangerine Dream. by Anton ...

  Formed in UK in 1978, this traditional doom metal / NWOBHM act is truly a cult band in every sense of the word. It took them more than a decade to record their debut album Judgement of the Dead (1982). It was certainly worth to wait. This music takes the listener on a journey through British pre-christian Pagan traditions. You become a part of a UK folk-horror classic like “The Wicker Man” or “Blood on Satan's Claw” when you listen to this. Trevor Portch plays the bass. Drums are handled by John Mizrahi. Alan Jones is responsible for the music and the perfectly crafted guitar while his style of playing can be considered on the level of the best masters of classic hard-rock and heavy-metal and is often sadly overlooked by the general rock audience, for whom the bands themes seem too weird and obscure. The guitar is really what makes them sound outstanding. Terry Jones  wrote the occult and pagan themed lyrics and was the vocalist. He passed away in 2015. His vocals are not go...

  The conceptual mini-album of "The Proprius Project" by Sergius Proprius is dedicated to the topic of the man-made disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant that occurred on April 26, 1986. This disaster demonstrated all the naivety of technocratic optimism. The album presents an atmospheric contemplative journey through the abandoned nooks and crannies of the nuclear power plant. Listening to him, one thinks about the ethical, philosophical consequences of such disasters, realizing that they are not only a matter of the past, but, unfortunately, with a high degree of probability of the future. The eschatological atmosphere is stylistically achieved at the junction of old-school industrial and classic dark-ambient. I recall such significant projects for the dark scene as Throbbing Gristle, Raison d'être, Necrosphere. Sergius notes the influence of the work of contemporary composer Akira Yamaoka. Here you can hear multilevel noises, ambient harmonies and dull percussi...

  Trouble's second album «The Skull» is a crucial and hard-hitting, highly technical album. Created in the time when the proto-doom metal sound of the 70's began being reworked by the bands of the heavy metal wave of the early 80's. The result was the incorporation of the NWOBHM style guitar in the classic Sabbath/Pentagram sounding song structure. One of the blueprints of the original Doom Metal sound is the cult and extremely underrated Illinois based «Trouble». The band was formed in 1979 and set out to play gloomy but energetic music. After the 1984 impressive debut «Psalm 9» the band decided to record a follow up «The Skull». It was recorded with Eric Wagner on vocals, Bruce Franklin, Rick Wartell on guitars, Sean McAllister responsible for the bass and Jeff Olson on the drums. This is what most considered «the golden» Trouble lineup. And for a good reason. The riffing and rhythm section on the album are just superb and can be easily compared to the more skilled trash ...

  August 26, 2021 Satanath Records (Russia), Kryrart Records (Germany) and Death Portal Studio (USA) are releasing a new album "Pretium" of international death/black metal band Atra Haeresis. ATRA HAERESIS is an international death/black metal project, performed at the intersection of the styles of the Scandinavian and European ancestors of the genre. The material absorbed the graceful power of brutal riffs, full of melodic lines, filigree united by the atmosphere of chaos. Collaboration of musicians from such projects as ETHIR ANDUIN, OBSCURATION and НАВЬЯРА allowed the material of ATRA ANDUIN STUDIO member to be released into the "PRETIUM". The debut album is the quintessence of thoughts of such topics as: misanthropy, philosophy, history. Therefore, the material is filled not only with a rich musical component, but also with serious lyrics. Cover artwork by Vladimir "Smerdulak" Chebakov. For fans of Behemoth, Belphegor, Dissection, Septicflesh, Rotting ...