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There are albums that stay with you long after the music fades. Albums that do not simply fill a room but settle into the corners of your life. Draconian Times by Paradise Lost, released on June 12, 1995, is one of those albums. It carved out a space in the heavy music landscape with its melancholic grandeur, and over the years it became something more personal. A companion in solitude. A voice that knew how to speak when words were too heavy to carry.
Join us as we dig through the murk to bring you three recent releases that are worth the weight. This time, it’s a trio that hits across the doom spectrum, from melodic sorrow to sludge chaos and haunted gloom. Yes, please.
Beneath the rusted frame of Hamburg’s MS Stubnitz, Doomship Festival 2025 launched its inaugural edition. Docked like a steel carcass in the harbor, the ship transformed into a vessel of sonic weight and emotional collapse. The atmosphere was shaped as much by the music as by the ship’s very structure: steel staircases, corroded railings, low ceilings and dripping pipes, all converging to create an environment that felt as if it had witnessed more than music was ever meant to hold.
STATE OF DOOM #11: New and Newer Sounds in Doom Metal
There is a distinct stillness surrounding Never Quite Dead. Terry Jones may no longer be present, but his voice and shrieks remain woven into each riff and careful progression. This is not a conventional posthumous release. The music feels intentional and complete, built from material written before his passing and shaped with commitment.
We reached out to Olli — guitarist for Berlin’s funeral doom group Urza and one of the driving forces behind Doomship, to discover how a simple idea for a tenth-anniversary show evolved into a two-day event featuring some of Europe’s finest doom bands. Here you will find reflections on the origins of Doomship, the collaborative spirit that fueled its creation, and thoughts on the very essence of doom metal.
Inspired by Mizmor and “Woe Regains My Substance”
For me, a festival’s success is measured by who I didn’t know before — musically — and who I’ve become quietly obsessed with afterward. That’s how I track time: not in dates or stages, but in bands I stumbled into, sounds that caught me off guard, and moments I didn’t expect to remember forever.
A short story inspired by Trouble and The Skull. By W.H. Sepulcher
A short story inspired by Bell Witch – By W.H. Sepulcher
