Tag Archives: doom metal

(review) Kanonenfieber – U-Bootsmann

Iako u zadnje vrijeme ima puno black metal bendova koji imaju za tematiku I.Svjetski rat, ovaj bend iz Bamberga, Bavarske bio mi je pravo otkriće. Kanonenfieber je brainchild kreature zvane Noise koji je od 2020.stvarao svu muziku, dok se 2021.oboružao ostalim muzičarima koji su postali pravi bend. I to bend koji daje puno na nastup, svirajući maskirani u njemačke vojnike ili mornare iz I.Svjetskog rata, imajući puno dramatike kao i odličan live nastup. Na ovom novom E.P.-u u trajanju od deset i pol minuta nalaze se dvije stvari koje su naprosto odlične. E.P. počinje sablasnim semplom odnosno introm kako neki njemački zapovjednik govori o pomorskom ratovanju. Da, Kanonenfieber pjevaju na njemačkom. Kampf Und Sturm je odlična stvar koja miksa melodiju, epske rifove kao i blastbeatove i atmosferične skoro doom dionice stvarajući sablasnu atmosferu morskog ratovanja. Vokali su miks black metal pjevanja i death metal growla, ali ako razumiješ njemački, a ja da, sve možeš shvatiti što se pjeva. Pravi hit ovog E.P.-a je druga pjesma Die Havarie za koju je napravljen i video. Ova pjesma miksa brutalnost black metala i epske melodije i stvara atmosferu beznađa i konačnog kraja i potonuća u metalnom lijesu podmornice. Da, naslov E.P.-a na našem se prevodi kao Podmorničar, pa je jasna tematika ove dvije stvari. Sve u svemu, prekrasno otkriće, odličan bend, a ja si dajem domaću zadaću da proučim ostatak izdanja ovog odličnog benda.

10/10

After 14 years CEMETERY OF SCREAM is back with new studio album!

Cemetery Of Scream is one of the leading pioneers of atmospheric doom metal in Poland. Formed in 1992, this band has so far recorded eight studio releases and played plenty of big and small concerts, all of which have always received favourable responses from audiences and music critics alike – both in Poland and abroad.  Cemetery of Scream in their works deal with issues such as the apocalypse, depression, melancholy or sadness. Their latest album “Oceans” was released November 3, 2023 by Sleaszy Rider Records and its concept musically combines the best elements of gothic and doom metal together. CD you can buy at Bandcamp and webstore as well as directly from the band. Music was recorded at FPGS Studio in Cracow except drums which was recorded at Studio 67 in Cracow by Dominik Burzym (Mord’a’StigmataHorrorscope). All was engineered by Piotr Łabuzek. Mix and mastering was done by Jarosław Baran (DarzamatDelightParadise LostVirgin Snatch). Cover artwork by DIA & Michał Zakrzewski.
New album is available at all majors streaming platforms:
Youtube https://youtu.be/t1BNaD-roew
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/0zsoZCi9Vi78YucdPhGgX1
Bandcamp https://sleaszyrider.bandcamp.com/album/cemetery-of-scream-oceans

Tracklist:

1. Oceans
2. In the Blue
3. Along the Coast
4. Sunken Bells on Num-Yabisc
5. Aquarius
6. House of the Fading Sun
7. Time to Let You Go
8. Full of Stars
9. Opening of the Mouth
10. September Folk
11. I Shine
12. Final Experience
13. Everything Rhymes Goodnight

Line-up:

Katarzyna Rutkowska – keyboard
Marcin Piwowarczyk – guitar
Grzegorz Królik – bass
Olaf Różański – vocals
Paweł Gólarczyk – guitars
Tomasz Rutkowski – drums & guitar

Additional Musicians
Marta Mucha – vocals
Piotr Łabuzek – synthesiser & sampling

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Russian Stoner/Doom metal band Astrosail release new album “Целое”

Having gathered in 2015, already in 2016 the band released their debut EP “Океан”. After a few gigs in cult Moscow underground clubs, the band took a break and came back in 2023 with a new album “Целое”.

“Целое” is a concept album, and have the central idea is unity, in the broad sense of the word. Past and future, inner and outer, material and spiritual. As one of the songs of the album says: “the parts are not so important, only the indivisible matters”. Each song on the album is imbued with the idea of the unity of all things, slowly leading the listener to this idea.

The track “Здесь”, which opens the album and was released as a single. This song is about being present in the now, not in the past or the future, about realizing yourself in the moment. The band plans to release a music video for this song early next year.

After a two-year break they went on an expedition to the Altai Mountains in Russia and it is there that they realize how their next album should sound, what it should tell about. Having got out of noisy cities and being alone with nature, the concept of the album was born by itself – Unity, in the broadest sense of the word. The album title was chosen right away – “Целое” (Whole).

The sound of the album is aggressive, but at the same time enveloping. This is due to the occult and almost church-like vocal lines, which act as an additional instrument to create atmosphere, rather than taking a central role in the mix. In this sound, in this atmosphere, it seems to them that they have found theirselves and it is in this direction that they plan to work further.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-pt/album/2zyMF7UkoQ23z0zynNlphZ

“Целое”: https://band.link/astrosail_whole