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Indianapolis death-doom band Mother of Graves introduce The Light That Keeps Us with “Through the Pale Shade,” a song they chose to represent their balance of heaviness and dreamlike melody....
At Tmuna Theatre, Methuselian turned stoner doom, throat singing, guest instruments, crowd surfing, and Alejandro Jodorowsky’s The Holy Mountain into the same physical event. The set was ritualistic onstage and...
Houston duo Arsis Thesis use the title track of Ustanak as a four-part statement of the album’s larger arc, from rebellion to its consequences. Brothers Nick and Jake Blevins discuss...
Buzzard pairs banjo, lap steel, fuzz, and rural satire across “Hillbilly Fuckery” and “Appalachian Blood Bourbon.” Christopher Thomas Elliott explains why the songs belong together, how they extend his three-part...
On Circadian Promise, Fires in the Distance change both the human and sampled voices at the center of their melodic death-doom. Brendan Hayter brings clean singing into the band, while...
Godthrymm close their Visions Trilogy by widening the lineup and redistributing the lead voice. On Projections, Catherine Glencross and three guest singers pull the Halifax band's epic doom into faster...
Finnish atmospheric metal band Meret introduce their self-titled EP with “Breath of the Dying Sun,” a debut single built around clean and harsh vocals, melancholy, and collapse. Toni Hinkkala explains...
Barcelona's Litúrgia turn Catalan legends, pilgrimage routes, Romanesque church imagery, and the Catalan language itself into the material of their debut album I. Across six long-form epic-doom songs, local history...
Finnish doom trio Kalmo continue their run of standalone singles with “Feeding the Worms,” which they describe as their most complete statement so far. Mika explains its place after two...
A signal comes before the full transmission. (((SIGNALS))) is Doomnation Radio's space for bands to tell us about their new single and what it points toward: why this song came...