Death-Doom Metal

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Death doom as the name suggests is an extreme metal sub-genre that incorporates elements of death metal into doom. It typically incorporates death growl vocals and aggressive down-tuned guitar parts into slower doom tempos though double kick drum patterns may be used. Its roots can be traced back to the eighties when thrash and early death metal bands started to incorporate doom into their sound. Dream Death are an early example which can be heard on their debut album Journey Into Mystery from 1987 along with bands such as My Dying Bride, Paradise Lost and Autopsy.

Death doom also had an influence on Gothic metal and played a large part in establishing the funeral doom sub-genre in the nineties.

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STILLBEING World Builder

Album · 2023 · Death-Doom Metal
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"World Builder" is the debut full-length studio album by US, Texax based post-metal/progressive death-doom metal act Stillbeing. The album was independently released in July 2023. Stillbeing formed in 2021 under the AEGOS monicker and released the April 2021 "The Great Burst of Light" album, and the November 2021 "The Current" single under that monicker before changing their name to Stillbeing.

As Stillbeing is essentially the same project moving forward under a different monicker, "World Builder" is not really a debut album, or at least it´s not a newbie type debut album. If you´re familiar with "The Great Burst of Light" it´s obvious it´s a blueprint for "World Builder", although AEGOS and Stillbeing are slightly different (or maybe more correctly Stillbeing have evolved). Jei Doublerice (Despite Exile, Abiogenesis) again handles the growling vocals, but "World Builder" also features clean male- and female vocals (and spoken word sections).

Featuring four tracks which are all over 10 minutes long, the material on "World Builder" is quite creative and rather eclectic too, drawing influences from all sorts of musical genres. The basis of the band´s music is heavy riffs and rhythms, but the tracks are also greaty atmospheric (often created with keyboards or lead guitars) and at times even epic in scope. The tracks can rightly be called progressive in structure and they feature many intriguing ideas and elements.

"World Builder" features a well sounding production job, and even the programmed drums (I assume they are programmed because that´s how they sound) feature an acceptable sound production. They are sometimes a bit too simplistic though and to my ears the music could have prospered from a human drummer playing the drums. I wouldn´t be surprised if "World Builder" is actually a bedroom project created by one man, with guests handling the vocals.

Upon conclusion I´d say that "World Builder" is a step up from the previous AEGOS releases, although I wouldn´t call it a giant leap. The riffs are little sharper and more memorable, the atmospheric sections have more impact, but the tracks still feature sections here and there, which aren´t that interesting. If Stillbeing can eliminate the stale sections, and write slightly more memorable parts instead (and have a real human drummer play on the next release), they could well produce something spectacular in the future. For now a 3.5 star (70%) rating is deserved.

OCTOBER TIDE Rain Without End

Album · 1997 · Death-Doom Metal
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This is one of those albums I’d had on my radar for years, but only just gotten around to. As Death Doom, particularly Melodic Death Doom, is my favorite music genre, I had a lot of expectations for this thing.

Well, 30 seconds into track one, my face contorted into a disharmoniously gleeful smile while listening to the aural form of melodic depression, and halfway through track two I prematurely judged this to be a masterpiece, completely meeting all expectations and more. The incredible part is that the album only grew stronger, the main riffs of “Sightless” and “Blue Gallery” in particular absolutely blowing my mind. THIS was the BIRTH of Melodic Death Doom. This was the origin of the brand of music that had come to be my absolute favorite.

Quite immediately, I began thinking “Damn, these guys really listened to Brave Murder Day and just worshipped the hell out of it.” This was less shoegaze-y and more melodic, but the overall style was uncannily similar. I mean hell, the first track was “12 Days of Rain”… you cannot convince me that isn’t a Brave Murder Day reference! Not that it mattered to me. More of something great = a win for me. I later felt stupid, after 17 listens, upon reading that this was composed by the vocalist/drummer and guitarist of Katatonia. And then I was in awe, because the whole thing was done by JUST those two people. Insane how two people crafted an album better than what full bands can do.

Anyway, to talk of the musical merit… some of the best, most melancholic guitar leads ever crafted. Doomy, yet full of energy and power. Ditto to the drumming, simple but perfectly serving the music, generous amount of double bass. Vocals are harrowing and beautiful. Sparse keys/synths round out the atmosphere perfectly. Lyrics are morose, slightly symbolic and poetic. Perfect album, absolutely flawless.

DEAD VOID Volatile Forms

Album · 2022 · Death-Doom Metal
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"Volatile Forms" is the debut full-length studio album by Danish death/doom metal act Dead Void. The album was released through Me Saco un Ojo Records in September 2022. Dead Void have released three demos before being signed for the release of "Volatile Forms" (two rehearsal demos and one studio demo). While the band was formed and is situated in Copenhagen, Denmark, the three members (who go by the stage names D, A, and K) are actually from the UK and Norway.

The "The Looming Spectre" demo from January 2018 (the band´s only studio demo, although it was actually mostly recorded live in the studio) was a very interesting death/doom metal demo, featuring a brutal, slow, heavy, and raw sounding death/doom metal sound. The songwriting was creative, the performances strong, and the sound production perfect for the material. A high quality demo through and through. The "Cranial Demonstration" rehearsal demo followed in August 2021, and while it´s a much more unpolished, murky, and savage release, that demo also showed some great promise.

That promise has certainly been carried over to "Volatile Forms" which also features a varied, heavy, doomy, raw, and also pretty aggressive death/doom metal style. Sometimes leaning towards the ultra slow pace of funeral doom, but just as often featuring mid-paced and even faster paced old school death metal sections. The growling vocals range from abysmal deep, to slightly higher pitched and aggressive. It´s great to hear heavy music which is this aggressive. Sometimes slow paces and doom metal in general take the aggression out of music, but that´s not the case here, and "Volatile Forms" is overall a pretty mean sounding release (yeah I often get the urge to smash things while listening to it, and that´s always a good indication that a band is doing something right).

The album features 5 relatively long tracks and a total playing time of 43:59 minutes. Some would probably call the songwriting patchy, but it´s exactly this type of unorthodox and adventurous songwriting which makes "Volatile Forms" such an interesting release. You never quite know what´s lurking behind the next break or tempo change. Well...it´s not melody I can tell you that. While some sections are atmospheric the music never becomes melodic or easily accessible. There´s a crushing darkness to the proceedings that few artists are able to deliver as convincing as Dead Void do.

I praised the savage sounding production job of "The Looming Spectre" demo, but Dead Void have upped their game in that department too on "Volatile Forms". This is still an incredibly raw sounding release, but even more details and nuances are now heard in the mix, and it´s a sound production which is perfectly suited for the material. This pretty much blows me away and a 3.5 - 4 star (75%) rating is deserved.

DEAD VOID Cranial Demonstration

Demo · 2021 · Death-Doom Metal
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"Cranial Demonstration" is a rehearsal demo release by Danish death/doom metal act Dead Void. The demo was recorded during a rehearsal on the 8th of August 2021. Dead Void formed around 2017, and recorded a rehearsal demo in March 2017 titled "Rehearsal Demo 20/03/17". "The Looming Spectre" studio demo (although most of it was recorded live in the studio) was recorded in October 2017, and released in January 2018. It was a demo showing great creative songwriting, impeccable organic musicianship, and a very harsh, ominous, and heavy sounding production job. Jump a few years into the future and Dead Void has recorded another rehearsal demo.

Stylistically Dead Void continue to play a raw, loud, and very dark death/doom metal style, with the occasional more mid-tempo (and sometimes faster) old school death metal part thrown in for variation. These guys can play, which is obvious when listening to this rehearsal demo, which is naturally 100% recorded live. For a rehearsal demo it´s relatively well sounding, but you have to be in the mood for a pretty murky, chaotic, and mean sounding release. You´re not always able to tell what´s going on (especially during the faster parts), but that only adds to the abysmal atmosphere of the release. Featuring three tracks (all relatively long) and a total playing time of 22:30 minutes "Cranial Demonstration" doesn´t overstay its welcome, which it easily could have done given the extremity and noisy nature of the recording, but this one actually ends up being a pretty good quality death/doom metal demo. A 2.5 - 3 star (55%) rating is warranted.

DEAD VOID The Looming Spectre

Demo · 2018 · Death-Doom Metal
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"The Looming Spectre" is the first official demo release by Danish death/doom metal act Dead Void. While Dead Void are based in Denmark, two of the three members are actually British, while the last member is from Norway. The demo was independently released in January 2018. The material was for the most part recorded live in the studio in October 2017. The band had recorded the "Rehearsal Demo 20/03/17" demo in March 2017, but they count this as their first "proper" demo release. "The Looming Spectre" is bookended by another rehearsal demo ("Cranial Demonstration" from August 2021), so this was their only studio demo release before being signed for the release of their debut full-length studio album "Volatile Forms" (September 2022, Me Saco un Ojo Records).

The demo features four tracks and a total playing time of 33:22 minutes, so it´s quite a long demo release, but Dead Void aren´t your average 3-4 minutes vers/chorus act. Instead their compositions are generally long, slow, gritty, and doomy. This is filthy, mean, and raw sounding death/doom metal, which at times lean on the ultra slow pace of funeral doom metal, but also occasionally speed up with some faster sections. It´s actually quite varied for the style, which is a great strength to my ears. One other strength is how good Dead Void are as creating ominous pitch black atmospheres. The vocals are deep and quite aggressive growling, which suits the instrumental part of the music perfectly.

If I should mention an influence it would probably be Autopsy, but Dead Void are decidedly more doomy and while they are filthy, the filth and unpleasant nature of the music, come from another place than what we´re use to hearing from the US legends. The sound production is raw, abysmal, harsh, and unwelcoming, but it creates just the right atmosphere for this type of material, and let me make it clear...this may be unpolished and savage sounding, but you´re able to hear every detail of the music without trying too hard. Bottom line is that this is is a very well sounding demo release, and it could just as well have been released as an official EP (or even album considering the length of it). A 3.5 star (70%) rating is deserved.

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PARADISE LOST Live Death

Movie · 2004 · Death-Doom Metal
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Considering this was actually released on VHS in 1990, Paradise Lost must surely overestimate the passion and loyalty of their fan club. Filmed in Bradford in 1989 to coincide with the band’s debut album, this is a 30-minute video of the band playing on stage. They barely move around, you barely see glimpses of the crowd, and in fact, you barely see vocalist Nick Holmes’ face due to his shaggy hair constantly covering it.

I’m not really a fan of their earlier, death metal growly material anyway, but even if I was, this video isn’t enjoyable or interesting to watch at all. Re-released in 2004 on DVD, this isn’t worth the 50p I spent on it if not for the fact that I do, in fact, actually like this band, and have a compulsive obsession to own everything a band puts out.

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