Funeral Doom

Looking back on Decibel Hall of Famer Stormcrowfleet 25 years later with Skepticism organist Eero Pöyry.

Return to distant waters with German funeral doom mariners Ahab as they revisit their legendary The Call of the Wretched Sea debut on Live Prey.

Repent, for “The End is Nigh” and Officium Triste are the bearers of bad news.

Finnish solo funeral doom project Shades of Deep Water crosses Death’s Threshold on their new LP.

What do Amarok, break dancing and Bell Witch have in common? Find out by watching the new video for “Devoured.”

Shape of Despair to play their first-ever live shows next month.

Hear a massive new song from funeral doom crew Un.

Evoken unleash their first concept album with Hypnagogia.

Vouna discusses working with Wolves in the Throne Room to release her first LP and streams the opening track, “A Place to Rest.”

“That pressure is always there when writing a new album. It’s pressure that’s self-imposed… I would be VERY alarmed if that concern melted away.”

Italian post-metallers Apneica play around within doom’s framework for their latest EP.

Fórn explore “Cosmic Desolation” on a crushing new song.

Stream a new song from funeral doom collective Xoresth.

Stream the new album from blackened funeral doom practitioners Barren Altar now.

Amarok are well on their way to becoming masters of sprawling, droning doom if the first single from Devoured is any indication.

Watch a new Evoken song performed live.

Stream a new epic track from funeral doom dark lords Mournful Congregation.

Stream a new song from Et Moriemur now!

Dark, depressing and slow, Pissboiler‘s new album is a powerful release.

Lie down on the floor, close your eyes, and come to know the “The Joy of All Who Sorrow.” Today we bring you an exclusive premiere of the opening track from Horizonless, the highly anticipated sophomore album from Nashville-based doom-death titans, Loss.

Stream Russian funeral doom outfit Funeral Tears‘ third album.

Black Lion Records have released a number of impressive death, black and doom metal albums recently. Check out some of the best.

Frowning perform mournful, crushing funeral doom. “Nocturnal Void” feels like the soundtrack to a funeral procession. 

Shape of Despair has released the first offering from Alone in the Mist, a collection of demos from the early days of the band. 

On this week’s Demo:listen, we lie down on the cool earth and watch the aeons unfurl with Finland’s Burial Choir.

Transience
Quiet bloom of the soul
dB rating: 8/10

An exclusive TASR interview with the two CEOs of Nashville’s Graceless Recordings on their six new tape releases, plus their thoughts on some other tapes currently vying for your hard-earned dinero.

Ordeal
Alone Again
dB Rating: 9/10

Monotony Fields
Killing-it Fields
dB Rating: 9/10

It should come as no surprise that the new Skepticism album, Ordeal, is a monolithic slab of incredible. The group’s status purveyors of the ultra-slow motion (aka funeral doom) isn’t for everybody—even the mustached, carabiner-on-belt-loop crowd—but that doesn’t matter. The magic of stomach-churnin’ heaviness, death rite fervor, and mind-numbing repetition is best when observed, commented on, absorbed, and enjoyed by the few.