Ahab - The Divinity of Oceans

Artist: Ahab
Album: The Divinity of Oceans
Genre: Funeral Doom Metal
Lyrical Theme: Literature, The Ocean
Year: 2009
Type: CD, LP
Country: Germany
Label: Napalm Records

Napalm Records

Ahab's Official Website

Full Stream of album

Track Listing:

1. Yet Another Raft of the Medusa (Pollard's Weakness) 12:40
2. The Divinity of Oceans 11:03
3. O Father Sea 7:07
4. Redemption Lost  10:25
5. Tombstone Carousal  7:27
6. Gnawing Bones (Coffin's Lot) 10:48
7. Nickerson's Theme 8:06

Total Time: 1:07:36

     One of my favorites from Ahab, I really have nothing bad to say about any of their releases. Everything is well written and has a lot of depth lyrically having a huge influence from nautical literature including Moby Dick. The concept of "Divinity of Oceans" revolves around a true story the "Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex" which a huge ship was taken down by a sperm whale attack. Being isolated in the middle of a desolate ocean the men were forced to resort to cannibalism.

The band themselves hail from Germany forming in 2004, this album is their second full length and is a MUST listen for new fans.

For fans of Mournful Congregation, Collosseum, Esoteric, and Evoken

Nhor - Whisperers to This Archaic Growth

Artist: Nhor
Album:Whisperers to This Archaic Growth
Genre: Atmospheric Folk/Black/Doom
Lyrical Theme: Nature
Year: 2011
Type: Cassette (limited to 20 copies)
Country: United Kingdom
Label: Prophecy Productions

Prophecy Productions

Listen to the album in full here

Nhor Bandcamp

Track Listing:

1. Whisperers to This Archaic Growth 6:12
2. Ciwth 9:36
3. Aspen Crown 6:37
4. Beneath the Burial Leaves of a Dying Earth 8:59

Total Time: 31:24

Kratein - Trauma

Artist: Kratein
Album: Trauma
Genre: Black Metal/Ambient
Lyrical Theme: Physical and Mental Decay
Year: 2010
Type: CD
Country: Germany
Label: Folter Records

Folter Records

Track Listing:

1. I 3:02
2. II 9:48
3. III 4:48
4. IV 5:00
5. V 5:43
6. VI 6:55

Total Time: 35:16

Krolok - When Moon Sang Our Songs

Artist: Krolok
Album: When Moon Sang Our Songs (Demo)
Genre: Black Metal
Lyrical Theme: Nature, Personal Feelings, Night
Year: 2014
Type: Cassette (Limited to 24 copies), Vinyl 12inch
Country: Slovakia
Label:  Uz Bolo Dost Productions

http://uzbolodostproductions.blogspot.cz/

Purchase here

http://www.discogs.com/sell/list?master_id=771588&ev=mb

Good luck only 2 available


Hailing from Slovakia a fresh new band emerges releasing a demo featuring 5 tracks of groovy cosmic destruction.

Listen to them hear
 
Krolok Media fire

(I don't condone stealing music so if you like what you hear then make the purchase and support! Its also very hard to find any streaming material online...)

Track Listing:

Side A

1. Intro 1:50
2. Ride a Roan Steed 8:53
3. When Thousand Moons Have Circled (Carpathian Forest cover) 3:54
 Side B
4. The Violet Castle in the Sky 7:26
5. Cosmic Rituals 6:28

Total Time: 28:31

40 Watt Sun - The Inside Room

Artist: 40 Watt Sun
Album: The Inside Room
Genre: Doom Metal
Lyrical Theme: Relationships, Longing, Introspection
Year: 2011
Type: Digipack, LP
Country: London, England
Label: Cyclone Empire Records



Track Listing:

1. Restless 10:46
2. Open My Eyes 10:44
3. Between Times 6:55
4. Carry Me Home 9:39
5. This Alone 9:31

Total Time: 47:35

     40 Watt Sunn hails from London, England and is a three piece band featuring Patrick Walker from former Warning on guitars and vocals, William Spong on bass, and Christian Leitch on drums. This is their only release up to date and stays a consistent slow tempo, repetitive doom. Even though the vocals through out the album are completely clean Patrick Walkers vocals are filled with sorrow and grief. I feel like he just lost his dog its just too devastating especially the track "Carry Me Home" its crushing. Although a bit repetitive the structure does its justice in projecting misery but doesn't really have much of a difference from Walkers former project "Warning" their pretty much the same in my opinion. The album is best described as a slow draining atmosphere of intense depression and loneliness, definitely worth checking out.

For fans of Warning, Pallbearer, and The River

Empyrium - The Turn of the Tides

Artist: Empyrium
Album: The Turn of the Tides
Genre: Dark Symphonic Folk Metal/ Neo-folk
Lyrical Theme: Nature, Darkness, Sadness, Sorrow, Romance
Year: 2014
Type: CD
Country: Bavaria, Germany
Label: Prophecy Productions

http://www.prophecy.de/

http://empyrium.bandcamp.com/

Track Listing:

1. Saviour
2. Dead Winter Days
3. In the Gutter of this Spring
4. The Days Before the Falls
5. We are Alone
6. With the Current into Grey
7. The Turn of the Tides


After a decade since their last full length Weiland Empyrium has returned! Their sound has completely evolved since the last album I've checked out "Songs of Moors and Misty Fields' which was many moons ago. The album was much more of a doom folk metal feel but "The Turn of the Tides" is a completely new chapter for the band in my opinion. Theirs much more symphonies used specifically the orchestral strings that do a fantastic job in complimenting everything. I feel a huge addition of classical music implemented into their sound since their earlier releases. The piano and the operatic style vocals by Helm carries a lot of the weight through the entire album. The emotions projected are powerful and effective to the listener and is quite breathe taking at several parts throughout the full length. Empyrium has never really disappointed me and it seems they continuously evolve as a band. Looking very much forward to their next release and hopeful to have the opportunity to see them live one day.

Recommended for fans of Agalloch, Ulver, Dornenreich, and October Falls

Autumn's Kingdom- Autumn's Kingdom

Artist: Autumn's Kingdom
Album: Autumn's Kingdom
Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal
Lyrical Theme: Autumn, Melancholy
Year: 2013
Type: Cassette (extremely limited to 19 copies)
Country: Moscow, Russia
Label: Independant/Unsigned

Track Listing:

1. Into the Woods 2:19
2. Submerged into the Void 7:44
3. As a Lonely Raven 8:59
4. November Remembrances 7:37
5. Eluding, Dissolving 8:02
6. As I Fade into the Night 7:39
7. A Dying Season 7:54
8. The Fall of Autumn's Leaves 8:23
9. Gone with the Last Fallen Leaf 2:35

https://www.facebook.com/AutumnsKingdom

https://fromthedarkpast.bandcamp.com/album/autumns-kingdom

Total Time: 1:01:12

Autumn's Kingdom is a one man project from Russia fronted by B.M. that released two demos and this full length and unfortunately split for whatever reason. The production is pretty raw but atmospheric and overall reminds me a lot of early Woods of Desolation. The music screams the beauty of autumn and is a perfect soundtrack to a hike in the woods during the season. Some of the tracks can get repetitious at times so there's a forewarning for any listeners who prefer to avoid that sort of structure. Overall its a really beautiful yet melancholic album that brings the listener to an land of everlasting fall. I just wish more cassettes were available! B.M. is currently working on a new project called Skyforest.