Worship - Last CD Before Doomsday

One of the best known extreme doom metal bands in the underground. Founded by “Fucked Up Mad” Max Varnier from France and Daniel “The Doommonger” from Germany in the late 1990’s, Worship entered the scene with their Last Tape Before Doomsday (MC 1999).

That album contained four songs of minimalistic slow doom metal, driven by the tortured vocals of Mad Max and the mournful guitar solo’s by The Doommonger. Several splits were released on vinyl after that.

Worship was put on ice after the tragic suicide of Max in 2001. But, in 2003, Daniel decided that Worship would go on, and preparations were made for the finishing of the second full length (DOOOM), which was released in 2007.

In 2004, two new members (Kuolema and Satachrist) joined the band, and new recordings were made, which led to the release of the split with Loss in 2005. Worship has played live several times in the autumn of 2005.

(more on Last.fm)

I think I'll play this one at the 21th December 2012...

Worship - Last CD Before Doomsday

(Weird Truth Productions / 2004 / Extreme Funeral Doom / 256 kbp/s)

Tracklist
01. Whispering Gloom 11:49
02. Solicide And The Dawning Of The Moonkult 11:00
03. Eclipse Of Sorrow 8:21
04. Worship 15:23
05. Keep On Selling Cocaine To Angels 8:33

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Worship - Dooom

One of the best known extreme doom metal bands in the underground. Founded by “Fucked Up Mad” Max Varnier from France and Daniel “The Doommonger” from Germany in the late 1990’s, Worship entered the scene with their Last Tape Before Doomsday (MC 1999).

That album contained four songs of minimalistic slow doom metal, driven by the tortured vocals of Mad Max and the mournful guitar solo’s by The Doommonger. Several splits were released on vinyl after that.

Worship was put on ice after the tragic suicide of Max in 2001. But, in 2003, Daniel decided that Worship would go on, and preparations were made for the finishing of the second full length (DOOOM), which was released in 2007.

In 2004, two new members (Kuolema and Satachrist) joined the band, and new recordings were made, which led to the release of the split with Loss in 2005. Worship has played live several times in the autumn of 2005.

(more on Last.fm)

I think, the album name does represent this album best. Fucking extreme dooooom, slow and heavy as it should be.

Worship - Dooom

(Endzeit Elegies / 2007 / Extreme Funeral Doom / 320 kbp/s)

Tracklist
01. Endzeit Elegy 8:38
02. All I Ever Knew Lie Dead 8:25
03. The Altar and the Choir of the Moonkult 8:12
04. Graveyard Horizon 9:42
05. Zorn A Rust-Red Scythe 8:06
06. Devived 8:17
07. Mirror of Sorrow (Solitude Aeturnus Cover) 9:44
08. I Am the End - Crucifixion Part II 11:51

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Warning - Discography

Warning was a doom metal band formed in Harlow, Essex (England, UK).

The band was formed in 1994 by Patrick Walker and Stuart Springthorpe. They were notable for their downtempo, progressive, melodic, heavy and doom-laden sound; the idiosyncratic and poignant vocals of Patrick Walker; and his introspective, darkly confessional lyrical themes.

The band released two demo tapes, Revelation Looms in February 1996 and Blessed By The Sabbath in March 1997 which led them to gain underground metal press attention and label interest.

Warning’s debut album The Strength To Dream was released in 1999 via The Miskatonic Foundation (owned and run by Richard M. Walker of Solstice). With this album Warning gained a cult status within doom metal circles, but they soon disbanded after their 2001 European tour with Jack Frost. They regrouped in 2004 to write new songs and to perform at The Doom Shall Rise festival (Germany) in 2005, and released a second album Watching From A Distance (also via The Miskatonic Foundation) in 2006 to wide acclaim.

Both albums were re-issued on CD in 2008 by the label Cyclone Empire, The Strength To Dream being re-packaged in new sleeve artwork. Similarly the albums were released by the Metal Supremacy label as gatefold double-vinyl editions limited to 500 copies each, 125 of each pressed on coloured vinyl.

(more on Last.fm)

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Warning - The Strength to Dream

(The Miskatonic Foundation / 1999 / Traditional Funeral Doom / 194 kbp/s)

Tracklist
01. The Return 11:42
02. The Face That Never Dies 7:12
03. Something Hurts 7:48
04. How Can it Happen? 10:10
05. The Strength to Dream 13:30

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Warning - Watching From A Distance

(The Miskatonic Foundation / 2006 / Traditional Funeral Doom / VBR2 214 kbp/s)

Tracklist
01. Watching From a Distance 12:06
02. Footprints 7:31
03. Bridges 11:30
04. Faces 8:31
05. Echoes 10:16

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Warning - Revelation Looms

(Independent / 1996 / Traditional Funeral Doom / 128 kbp/s)

Tracklist
01. Witches Kiss 6:31
02. Revelation Looms 9:07
03. Born as One 4:20

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Warning - Blessed By The Sabbath

(Independent / 1997 / Traditional Funeral Doom / 128 kbp/s)

Tracklist
01. Cemetary Eyes 7:23
02. The Raven 7:50
03. Nightmare Bride 9:13

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Ataraxie - Anhédonie

After the split of his former black metal band, Reign of Evil, Jonathan decided to continue on his own and make a new band. Long time Doom-Metal fan, regretting the lack of Doom-Metal bands in France, he therefore chose to found Ataraxie, along with Clement, that already played with him in Reign Of Evil.

At the end of 2000, Jonathan and Clement met Pierre in Hellion Record’s shop, Rouen’s meeting place for all metalheads. Soon the rehearsal started. Also recruited at Hellion Record’s shop, Sylvain joined the band at the very beginning of 2001.

At that moment, Ataraxie sounded more like a black/death metal band with ‘doomy’ influences. The band even played some Reign Of Evil tunes, rearranged a more “doomier” way. After a few months of rehearsals, the band first hit the stage in April 2001, and yet received good reactions from the crowd.

(more on Last.fm)

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(Weird Truth Productions / 2008 / Funeral Doom Death / VBR2 203 kbp/s)

Tracklist
01. Origin 0:33
02. Silence Of Death 17:10
03. Walking Through The Land Of Falsity 13:48
04. Anhedonie 18:33
05. Avide de Sens 24:00

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Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

Ahab is a German funeral doom metal band, formed by members of Midnattsol and Endzeit. They released an EP named The Oath in 2005 and a full-length album named The Call Of The Wretched Sea in 2006. The classic novel “Moby Dick” by Herman Melville served as a source of inspiration for their music. On the artwork of the album, the style of the music is described as “nautik funeral doom”.

Their new album The Divinity of Oceans has been released in 2009.

(more on Last.fm)

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(Napalm Records / 2006 / Funeral Doom Death / VBR2 218 kbp/s)

Tracklist
01.Below the Sun 11:45
02.The Pacific 10:07
03.Old Thunder 9:55
04.Of The Monstrous Pictures Of Whales 1:53
05.The Sermon 12:37
06.The Hunt 11:13
07.Ahab's Oath 10:11

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Ahab - The Divinity Of Oceans

Ahab is a German funeral doom metal band, formed by members of Midnattsol and Endzeit. They released an EP named The Oath in 2005 and a full-length album named The Call Of The Wretched Sea in 2006. The classic novel “Moby Dick” by Herman Melville served as a source of inspiration for their music. On the artwork of the album, the style of the music is described as “nautik funeral doom”.

Their new album The Divinity of Oceans has been released in 2009.

(more on Last.fm)

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(Napalm Records / 2009 / Funeral Doom Death / 320 kbp/s)

Tracklist
01. Yet Another Raft of The Medusa (Pollard's Weakness) 12:40
02. The Divinity Of Oceans 11:03
03. O Father Sea 7:07
04. Redemption Lost 10:25
05. Tombstone Carousal 7:27
06. Gnawing Bones (Coffin's Lot) 10:48
07. Nickerson's Theme 8:06

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Remembrance - Fall, Obsidian Night

Remembrance is a funeral doom/death metal band from Lille, France, counting 2 members: Matthieu Sachs (see also Semper Dolens and Lethian Dreams) and Carline Van Roos (see also Aythis and Lethian Dreams).
The obsession to create depressive and dark music made Remembrance come alive in June 2004.

The first album “Frail Visions” offers a desperate doom/death metal with sorrowful and gloomy keyboard atmospheres, deep grunts, and heavy but also up-tempo guitar parts. It got released through TotalRust Music by the end of September 2005, Remembrance also contributes to a compilation album : “Asymmetry” which is also released through TotalRust Music. In October 2007 Firedoom Music added Remembrance to the roster. The band and label have negotiated a contract for one album; the much-awaited second full-length Remembrance studio album, “Silencing the Moments…”, was recorded in summer 2007 and got released in April 2008.

(more on Last.fm)

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(Firedoom Records / 2010 / Funeral Doom Death / 320 kbp/s)

Tracklist
01. Ageless Fever 7:05
02. Stone Mirrors 9:25
03. The Omen 7:06
04. Our Memories Are Made of Stones 4:34
05. Ice Cold Conscience 8:31
06. Winter Tides 7:52
07. Obsidian 6:50

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Asunder - A Clarion Call

Asunder is a funeral doom/death metal band that formed in 1998 and hails from Oakland, California. They have been active since their formation and recently released Works Will Come Undone on Profound Lore Records. Their songs have become longer and more sorrowful.

(taken from last.fm)

[ Life Is Abuse/Nuclear War Now! | 2004 | Funeral Doom | 192kbps | 40:25 ]

Tracklist
1. Twilight Amaranthine - 14:56
2. Crown of Eyes - 13:27
3. A Clarion Call - 12:02

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Skepticism - Lead and Aether

Finland’s Skepticism is one of the pioneers of funeral doom metal. Combining painfully slow Doom/Death Metal styled riffs, solemn keyboards and sparse percussion with deep growling, boundaries were pushed once again.

The band uses four instruments: drums, played with felt beaters, keyboards with organ pedals, guitar, and vocals. With this, they create songs that are both within the range of contemporary doom metal in terms of heaviness and slowness, yet far beyond the range of others where atmosphere and sound is considered.

Besides the music, Skepticism purposefully create a mysterious and abstract atmosphere, in terms of lyrics, artwork, contact with the outside world, and performance.

(Taken from Last.fm)

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[Red Stream Inc (USA) / Funeral Doom Metal / 1998 / VBR@223kbs]

Tracklist

01. The Organium (06:41)

02. The March and the Stream (10:34)

03. The Falls (08:43)

04. Forge (05:49)

05. Edges (06:10)

06. Aether (09:49)

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Ablaze in Hatred - Discography

Ablaze In Hatred was born in the year 2004 (Helsinki, Finland).
Two friends Juhani Sanna and Mika Ikonen had a desire to create music, which was dark, slow and same time very heavy and atmospheric.

In the autumn 2004 Ablaze In Hatred began to write music for the first promo-release. Early 2005 the song material was ready to be recorded in a studio.

In the spring 2005 drummer Antti Hakkala (Searing Meadow)and bassist Miska Lehtivuori (Fall Of The Leafe) joined the band.

In august 2005 Ablaze In Hatred went to the studio to record their first promo-cd called ‘Closure of Life’.

The songs were recorded at the Noisecamp studios with producer Kari Nieminen. The result of that session was three songs over 20 minutes of slow and
gloomy death/doom with growling vocals.

September 2005 ‘Closure of Life (promo 2005)’ was released.
The release gained soon a very positive response in the scene.

In October 2005 the band signed a deal with Firebox Records and started to write/finish the material for the full-length album.
The debut album, titled as “Deceptive Awareness”, was recorded in June 2006 and it will be released in early October 2006. We are all doomed…

(from Last.fm)

Ablaze in Hatred - Deceptive Awareness

Tracklist
1. Lost (The Overture)
2. When the Blackened Candles Shine
3. Howls Unknown
4. Constant Stillness
5. Ongoing Fall
6. To Breathe and to Suffocate
7. Closure of Life

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Ablaze in Hatred - The Quietude Plains

Tracklist
1. A Walk Through The Silence
2. Perfection Of Waves
3. The Wandering Path
4. Beyond The Trails Of Torment
5. The Quietude Plains
6. My Dearest End
7. Therefore I Suffer

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Mournful Congregation - The June Frost

Mournful Congregation is a funeral doom metal band from Loxton, South Australia, Australia which was founded in 1993, and has included members of Chalice.

The music is mainly driven by very slow, depressing guitar harmonies, occasionally mixed with acoustic guitar and is further characterised by minimal drums, and growled and whispered vocals. The main lyrical themes are personal spirituality, mysticism and depression/doom.

(from Wikipedia)

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Tracklist
1. Solemn Strikes the Funeral Chime
2. White Cold Wrath Burnt Frozen Blood
3. Descent of the Flames
4. The June Frost
5. A Slow March to the Burial
6. The Februar Winds
7. Suicide Choir
8. The Wreath

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Mournful Congregation - The Monad of Creation

Mournful Congregation is a funeral doom metal band from Loxton, South Australia, Australia which was founded in 1993, and has included members of Chalice.

The music is mainly driven by very slow, depressing guitar harmonies, occasionally mixed with acoustic guitar and is further characterised by minimal drums, and growled and whispered vocals. The main lyrical themes are personal spirituality, mysticism and depression/doom.

(from Wikipedia)

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Tracklist
1. Mother - Water, the Great Sea Wept
2. As I Drown in Loveless Rain
3. When the Weeping Dawn Beheld its Mortal Thirst
4. The Monad of Creation

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Evoken - Discography

Evoken is a funeral doom metal band from Lyndhurst, New Jersey, USA, which is highly inspired by the Australian band diSEMBOWELMENT. The band name Evoken is taken from the Thergothon song found on Fhtagn-nagh Yog-Sothoth. The band was founded by guitarist Nick Orlando and bassist Rob Robichaud under the name Funereus in April of 1992 and renamed to Evoken in 1994.

(from Last.fm)

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Regular Studio Albums

Evoken - Embrace the Emptiness (1998)

Tracklist
1. Intro
2. Tragedy Eternal
3. Chime The Centuries End
4. Lost Kingdom Of Darkness
5. Ascend Into The Maelstrom
6. To Sleep Eternally
7. Curse The Sunrise

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Evoken - Quietus (2001)

Tracklist
1. In Pestilence, Burning
2. Withering Indignation
3. Tending The Dire Hatred
4. Where Ghosts Fall Silent
5. Quietus
6. Embrace The Emptiness
7. Atrementous Journey

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Evoken - Antithesis of Light (2005)

Tracklist
1. Intro
2. In Solitary Ruin
3. Accursed Premonition
4. The Mournful Refusal
5. Pavor Nocturnus
6. Antithesis of Light
7. The Last of Vitality

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Evoken - A Caress of the Void (2007)

Tracklist
1. A Caress Of The Void
2. Mare Erythraeum
3. Of Purest Absolution
4. Astray In Eternal Night
5. Descend The Lifeless Womb
6. Suffer A Martyr's Trial [Procession At Dusk]
7. Orogeny

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Doom:VS - Dead Words Speak

Johan Ericson is a multitalented musician and producer with a number of projects of his own. The most distinguished of these is Draconian; a gothic/doom act which Johan established in 1994. Johan started out as a drummer but soon expanded his field of capacity. From the profound elevation of this distinct mind calls also the spirit of Doom:vs; a project born from the idea of constructing something utterly dark in the unique field of doom metal, closer to bands such as Shape of Despair and Mourning Beloveth. Although his worship of bands like Pentagram (U.S.) and Trouble didn’t reflect on his plans this time.

(from Last.fm)

An epic, misanthropic and melancholic Funeral Doom masterpiece. One-man project of the Draconian guitar player. For fans of Shape of Despair, Skepticism and Longing For Dawn. Enjoy!

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Tracklist

1. Half-Light
2. Dead Words Speak
3. The Lachymal Sleep
4. Upon The Cataract
5. Leaden Winged Burden
6. Threnode

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The Fall Of Every Season - From Below

The Fall Of Every Season is the main project of Norwegian artist and songwriter Marius Strand. From at first being an underground Internet-phenomenon in 2004, this band project arose as a doom metal force to be reckoned with when the debut album, From Below, was released in 2007. All instruments and vocals were handled by Strand, defining The Fall Of Every Season as a one-man-band. Apart from just being a melodic doom metal production, this album also featured acoustic guitars and an emphasis on dynamics between the brutal and the melancholic.

With the recording of a new album in 2009 entitled Amends, The Fall Of Every Season’s emphasis on the typical down-tempo repetitive riffing is less present, while the melodies and variations in riffs play an even more important part than before. In that sense, the band could now be categorized as more of a progressive metal band. The spirit of doom and melancholy is still very present in the atmosphere of the songs, though.

(from Last.fm)

This album has the best lyrics I've ever seen. Great Doom Metal in the vein of Agalloch, The Morningside and Doom:VS. Enjoy!

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Tracklist

1. From Below 11:53
2. Sisyphean 4:27
3. The Triumphant Beast 12:35
4. Escape of the Dove 3:40
5. Her Withering Petals 15:13

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Moss - Tombs of the Blind Drugged

One of the most extreme doom acts out there. Moss is sort of like an unholy mixture between funeral doom and sludge doom. Ultra slow, Ultra heavy music that will appeal to all fans of extreme doom metal. The sick screams add even more to the distorted musical view of Moss. The music however also knows some more ambient parts, which help the foreboding atmosphere even more. Moss is one of the most interesting Doom acts of recent times, but only for those who are into extreme Doom.

(Taken from Last.fm)

Tombs of the Blind Drugged is the latest record that has been released Moss. Four crushing doom/sludge songs in about fourty minutes (including a Discharge cover), enjoy!

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Tracklist
1. Skeletal Keys
2. Tombs of the Blind Drugged
3. Serpent
4. Mained and Slaughtered (Discharge Cover)

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Wraith of the Ropes - Ada

A funeral doom project including from Hamilton, Ohio USA including E.M Hearst from Torture Wheel on guitar, bass and drums. Enjoy!

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Tracklist
1. Chamber of the Wraith
2. Final Reflection
3. Lake of Decay
4. Alone
5. Death Bed
6. Snow Dragon
7. Untitled

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