It's rare that an album gives me that same giddy feeling I had when I was first getting into death and black metal - you know, when you first "got it" and unlocked a whole new map of musical ideas that expressed those intense teenage emotions you never had a proper outlet for. It ...
Although it wasn't a huge year for landmark doom metal releases, this may very well be Michael's AOTY for the genre (provided the new Candlemass album doesn't end up being even better). Nothing but pure, classic slow 'n' low goodness here from ex-members of Reverend Bizarre, among ot...