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Doom Cinema: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
When Robert Wiene released The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari in 1920, Europe was still marked by the shock of war. Cities broken, men returned hollowed, authority both feared and obeyed....
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The Sound of Gray: Revisiting Warning – Watching from a Distance (2006)
Twenty years after Watching from a Distance, Warning have finally made another album. Patrick Walker's own account complicates the mythology around the 2006 record: it was written under deadline, built...
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333: Three New Releases That Deserve Your Full Attention | Postmortal; An Tóramh; Nortt
As spring decays, three albums rise to pull us back into the soil. Grief and the slow collapse of light - this is death-doom reduced to its essence.
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Into the Cosmic Void: Void Sinker’s Solaris (2025)
Instead of describing Solaris in typical terms, we imagined it as a recovered journal from an astronaut adrift in deep space. This fictional narrative reflects the atmosphere of the music:...
Doom Cinema
Doom Cinema: The Black Cat (1934)
Released in 1934, during the brief and lawless Hollywood's pre-Code era, when filmmakers were free to explore darker themes that would soon be censored by the Production Code, Edgar G....
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Review: Ghost Bath – Rose Thorn Necklace (2025)
North Dakota's Ghost Bath has always walked the line between raw black metal and mournful doom, shaping music that feels cold yet deeply human.
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A Beauty in Despair: 30 Years of Draconian Times
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...
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333: Three New Releases That Deserve Your Full Attention | Dawn of Solace; Melvins 1983; Cwfen
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,...
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Review: Pagan Altar – Never Quite Dead (2025)
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...
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Q&A: Rosary
Doomnation Radio caught up with frontman Misha to talk about the meaning behind the band’s name, the evolution from Telestai to The Broken Sacrament, and what makes the Polish doom...
Doom Cinema
CineDoom: The Lingering Terror of Hour of the Wolf (Vargtimmen, 1968)
Ingmar Bergman’s Hour of the Wolf (Vargtimmen, 1968) is a chaotic descent into paranoia and existential horror, a film that erases the boundaries between reality and nightmare. Starring the brilliant...
Interview
Q&A: Faustian Slip
Faustian Slip is the doom metal project of Jason Sullivan, a solo artist from Florida whose music blends classic doom influences with personal convictions, creating a sound that captures the...