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CHATS
Total: 634 articles (latest: December 29, 2012)
Monolithe: Good Things Come in _III_
Even with all the incredible doom committed to tape this year, Paris space doom collective Monolithe's hour-long crusher _III_ is some of the most colorful and consistently engaging. Head lithographer Sylvain Bégot took some time out to respond to CoC's questions.
Pentagram: It's Never Too Late
Nile: At the Gate of Exhaustion
Wilds Forlorn: On the Heights of Despair
Scott Kelly: The Searcher
Avichi: The Devil's Triad
Judd Madden: Fathoms Below
Wolves in the Throne Room: In the Aftermath
Altar of Plagues: Moving Forward
Liturgy: Scattered Like Landmines
Black Tusk: Swamp Things
EDITORIAL
Total: 15 articles (latest: December 13, 2010)
Weathering the Wicked
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Adrian Bromley
GIGS
Total: 225 articles (latest: December 1, 2012)
Play for All Your Sins
Having seen Pentagram three times previously, I was still unprepared for the totality of the performance delivered by Bobby Liebling, the band's legendary frontman.
Don't Talk, Communicate
Essentially instrumental, Karma to Burn have but the occasional shout to punctuate their guitar, bass and drums jamming, a power trio par excellence.
The Devin Townsend Project / The Ocean / Rome Apart Ziltoid Invasion, Good Vibrations
Ulver / Virus / Zweizz The Wolves Appear on Stage
Rotting Christ / Melechesh / Abigail Williams / Lecherous Nocturne / The Ziggurat The Gates of Sumeria
Agalloch / Worm Ouroboros / Vindensang / Aeriel Ruin The Gods in Ruins
Finntroll / Ensiferum / Barren Earth / Rotten Sound Finnish Pride Parade
RANTS
Total: 54 articles (latest: March 2, 2013)
Withstanding the March of Time: 1992
The best albums of 2012 have been elected. Now it's time to go back in time for a look at the very best 1992 had to offer, and their present day relevance.
Best Albums of 2012
There is discord amongst the CoC staff. No semblance of consensus was even approached when the scribes were asked to submit their choices for the finest ear candy (or harshest ear shredder) they had happened upon in 2012.
Phil Collins: Safe Pop Vocalist or Prescient Funeral Doom Innovator?
Withstanding the March of Time: 1991
Best Albums of 2011
ALBUMS
Total: 5780 articles (latest: May 12, 2013)
Pensées Nocturnes - Nom d'une Pipe!
Sometimes black metal is only an excuse for a band to be playing an altogether different musical style. But then again, Pensées Nocturnes's music is different than most styles and genres out there -- so polarized and wonderful, strange and estranged, sweet and sour, beautiful and decadent -- that it really overshadows anything within its perimeter.
Primal - Prorok
"This work is about madness, darkness, cruelty and beauty of apocaliptic [sic] prophecies, and about insanity of man's minds creating them." So states the minimalist monochrome cover art that accompanies the brutally raw five-movement statement called _Prorok_ by Polish solo project Primal.
Way to End - Various Shades of Black
_Various Shades of Black_ is a product of dissonance and adventurous musical maneuvers, where unorthodox structures collide and crash into more conventional, familiar songwriting approaches, overall providing an alien, intricate, schizophrenic, mildly morose musical piece
Victim Path - Surrounded by Pain
Another fine band from Belarus, showcasing another altered state of musicianship charged with lunacy and bleak sonic vistas; however, the band's debut _Surrounded by Pain_ is not a musical product that will easily be swallowed, and that's an understatement.
Neurosis - Honor Found in Decay
This hour long beast comes five years after the highly regarded _Given to the Rising_, and that really tells you how much time and effort these gentlemen have dedicated to _Honor Found in Decay_.
Mourning Beloveth - Formless
The doom/death that comes out of Mourning Beloveth remains consistently interesting, cohesive and recognizable throughout, even as they explore new paths within their compositions.
7 Abske Fides - Abske Fides
7.5 Door Into Emptiness - Sviata
6.5 Funeralium - Deceived Idealism
5 Phavian - Meridian II
7 Wormlust - The Wormlust Collective
7 Anarchy - Scriptorium
7.5 In Vain - Ænigma
3 Alpthraum - Chronophage
8 Byzantine - Byzantine
7.5 Chosen - Resolution
9 Cult of Luna - Vertikal
8 Nails - Abandon All Life
2 Zephyra - Kämpaglöd
8 0XiST - Nil
7 Aevangelist - De Masticatione Mortuorum in Tumulis
8 Hell United - Aura Damage
5 Inner Sanctvm - Christi Testamenta
9 Khaos Aeon - Koenigreich
8 Mors Principium Est - ...And Death Said Live
7.5 Nar Mattaru - Enuma Elish
DEMOS
Total: 698 articles (latest: November 27, 2012)
3.5 Human Cometh - Evolution
4 Hello Jackie - Unspeakable Territories
3.5 Lion Splicer - Valkyrie
4 Secrets of the Sky - Sunrise / Winter
4.5 Jupiter's Wake - Temporal Slide
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