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Been casting my net out to broaden my horizons lately to see if I missed anything in this series of threads. I have hit a bit of a rut for a while in terms of hearing new stuff that I liked, so I have been sampling literally dozens of albums from many different bands; a bit of late night wandering if you will. Here is what caught my attention:
1. Doom:VS - Aeternum Vale and Dead Words Speak: GREAT band. I love the slow crushing tempo of the music and the harsh/clean vocals are good (the clean parts sound very Ozzy-esque at times).
3. Ulver - Shadows Of The Sun: Perfect chill out music late at night. I really feel exactly like I have been transported to the scene of the cover of the album.
4. Therion - All Albums: This will take forever to fully digest, but having already been a fan of Secret of the Runes, I wanted to give the rest a try. I tried the much hailed Theli first, and even though I like Secret of the Runes more (at least currently), it was a good album. I will play them sporadically, but I like what I hear so far...
5. Skepticism - Alloy: Love the atmosphere and variation of this band. They manage to keep the slow dirge-like doom metal sound without being overly repetitive at all. Great use of organs hiding in the background throughout. It gives the funeral feeling without being too in your face about it. I have all the rest of their albums, and hopefully they will be as good as this one...
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Nice Work Matthew
Continue to listen to all Skepticism works, they're all awesome. Therion can sometimes be a bit hit and miss, the ones I recommend apart from those already listened to are
Lepaca Kliffoth,
Lemuria and
Sirius B. I have yet to get into Gothic Kabbalah but that's on my "listen to more attentively" list. Deggial and Vovin are probably worth purchase if you enjoy their sound / style.
I too enjoy Ulver as well, I have Kveldssanger, Blood Inside and Shadows of the Sun and I enjoy all 3, actually really enjoying their newfound style.
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I have the following as well due to curiosity and good reviews/sound like they would be up my alley:
Draconian - All Albums: I hear Doom:VS is a side project of the lead singer
Esoteric - All Albums: Epic doom metal = high expectations
Mournful Congregation - All Albums: Same as Esoteric
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Draconian I recommend buying Where Lovers Mourn and Arcane Rain Fell and stop there. Newer stuff not as good, I feel they reached their potential with Arcane Rain Fell and then fell backwards never to recover.
Arcane Rain Fell is much like Ian stated, Where Lovers Mourn doesn't quite have that completeness about it, but it's still a very good album.
Esoteric Fantastic stuff, gods of funeral doom along with Skepticism, really does need a good sit down as albums are abysmally long. The weak shall suffer and the strong shall sit there with ears perched and faces grinning
Mournful Congregation Fantastic stuff, you'll love the sound of their Monad of Creation CD as well it's very well mastered. This funeral doom is more romantic and minimalistic than the great walls of sound of Esoteric or the eerie marshes of Skepticism. No keyboards present, they use the dead silence of the background in the music to great effect and often have a few acoustic guitar pieces.
I'm actually going to see them live in March at their first ever live gig
I also definitely recommend if you're getting into more Funeral Doom to check out
Evoken - Quietus. Their newer stuff is a lot different in sound (same style of course) but I felt this was their perfect album. The atmosphere is agonizing and sickening but if you're enjoying Skepticism and Esoteric, you should love this as well.
Also if you haven't already you might want to grab
Morgion - Cloaked By Ages, Crowned in Earth but I think you might already have it (from years ago memory).
