Tag: doom metal

Pentagram ‘Lightning In A Bottle’ (Heavy Psych Sounds)

Pentagram ‘Lightning In A Bottle’ (Heavy Psych Sounds)

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When it comes to doom metal, they don’t come much more legendary and influential than pioneers Pentagram. Led by the infamous Bobby Liebling, Pentagram has been around in one form or another for over fifty years now, enchanting new sets of fans as each new generation comes along. Now Liebling is back with a new line-up and some ‘Lightning In A Bottle’, the first new album from Pentagram since 2015’s ‘Curious Volume’ ten years ago.

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Jupiter Cyclops ‘Age Of The UFOnaut’ (Rockshots Records)

Jupiter Cyclops ‘Age Of The UFOnaut’ (Rockshots Records)

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As Monk sat down to listen to this album, and write these words, the city of Phoenix, deep in the heart of the visually but not sonically arid Arizona, has been recorded as one of the hottest places in the Überverse, with temperatures hitting 120 degrees – and that’s on a cool evening with a breeze blowing in from the desert… So, it seems appropriate that the boss should be reviewing one of the hottest albums from one of the hottest new bands he has come across in quite some time, a band who blend a heady cocktail that would have even the most experienced mixologist hanging up their shakers and riding off into that desert sunset, with the lid of their Caddy reclined and the stereo on full blast, of course…

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Gurt ‘Satan ETC’ (When Worlds Collide)

Gurt ‘Satan ETC’ (When Worlds Collide)

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Love doom music but have too much energy and love to party? Well Gurt has curved out a very specific niche just for you… You may have heard of party thrash, but have you party doom yet? Coming hot on the heels of the fantastically named ‘Bongs of Praise’ comes this latest effort from London’s Gurt in the form of ‘Satan ETC’. And while the name of the album doesn’t have quite the same attention grabbing nature this time, I don’t think it needs to because the draw is all there in the music!

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Astralnaut ‘Astralnaut’ (Self-Released)

Astralnaut ‘Astralnaut’ (Self-Released)

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They say that good things come to those who wait, and those of us who have followed Armagh antagonists Astralnaut for nigh on a decade definitely have had to wait more than a few hot minutes for this debut full-length offering. Well, the band had been on an extended hiatus for a little over half that period, before re-emerging with a revitalized line-up and exploding back into the limelight, grabbing this year’s Bloodstock Metal 2 The Masses competition by the throat, giving it a damn good hiding and bulldozing their way through to the final battle… so, what better way to build on that momentum than by finally letting the wider Überverse in on the secret that those of us in the know have been privy to for all these years?

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Bismarck ‘Vourukasha’ (Dark Essence)

Bismarck ‘Vourukasha’ (Dark Essence)

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When she sailed into active service in August 1940, the German battleship Bismarck was the heaviest vessel afloat, weighing in at a (then) massive 50,000 tonnes, and carrying enough firepower to destroy not just one but several enemy fleets, upon whom she was designed to wreck untold chaos and devastation. Now, almost three-quarters of a century later, another heavyweight vessel of the same name has set sail, designed and determined to deliver an equally crushing hammer blow to all that stands in its way.

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