Doom Cinema
Clay and Kabbalah: Der Golem (1920)
Paul Wegener's Der Golem does not adapt Gustav Meyrink's novel. It reworks the older Prague legend into a story of persecution, protection, and delegated power, while Hans Poelzig and Marlene...
Doomnation archive
Special Features
Recommendations, reviews, interviews and more
Interview
Doom From the Wine-Dark Sea: Interview with Catapult The Sun
Athens band Catapult The Sun arrive at their first full-length with a record built from copper engravings, biblical quotation, Greek myth, and live feedback. Guitarist and composer Panagiotis explains how...
(((SIGNALS)))
(((SIGNALS))) Fossile – No King
Fossile are a stoner doom band from Finland, and "No King" is their debut single, arriving ahead of their first full-length album, due in May 2026. Lanke answered our three...
Review
Review: The Ruins of Beverast – Tempelschlaf (2026)
Twenty-three years into one of extreme metal's most uncompromising discographies, The Ruins of Beverast deliver Tempelschlaf: seven tracks of blackened doom that move closer to the live stage than anything...
Interview
The Devastation: Vienna’s Youngest Are Not Waiting for Permission
Demetra Cartsos is fifteen years old. She fronts a band, writes the songs, manages the bookings, runs the social media, attends regular school and music school in the same week,...
Doom Cinema
Daughters of Darkness: ALUCARDA (1977)
Doom Cinema exists because certain films and certain music share the same blood. They were built in different rooms, by different hands, but they arrive at the same place: enclosed...
Review
Beyond the Doom: Darvaza – We Are Him (2025)
Released in December 2025 through Terratur Possessions, We Are Him is a visceral reminder of what happens when black metal is played with genuine, predatory intent. Omega handles every instrument...
Review
Review: Jack Harlon & The Dead Crows – Inexorable Opposites (2026)
Melbourne's Jack Harlon & The Dead Crows built their mythology around a drug-addicted gunslinger moving through a science fiction Western landscape.
Special Features
25 of ’25: Favorite Albums of 2025
As the frost of January 2026 begins to thin and we find ourselves on this final day of the month, it’s time to look back at the tectonic shifts of...
Live Report
De Mortem et Diabolum 2025: Personal Highlights
Another December in Berlin, another weekend spent hiding from the sleet inside the massive concrete shell of the ORWOhaus for De Mortem et Diabolum.
State of Doom
STATE OF DOOM #17: NEW AND NEWER SOUNDS IN DOOM METAL
Review
Review: The Howling Void – The Glow Of A Distant Fire (2025)
The April 2025 release of The Glow Of A Distant Fire, the ninth full-length album by The Howling Void, the monolithic, San Antonio, Texas-based one-person project of Ryan Wilson, is...