The Necroblog: Doom, Death and Donuts

Recently there has been a reemergence of doom influence death metal bands coming out of Europe and US alike. More specifically, Finland has been spewing out quite a few of these bands. Most of them take their influence from the Dutch and Swedish bands of the early 90's such as Entombed, Asphyx and Cemetary.

To my surprise, most of these bands that I have found a home on a record label that I have neglected since the release of Ghoul's Splatterthrash, Razordback Records. These releases are some of the most solid pieces of doom and death metal I have heard in quite sometime. Most doom metal bands now fall in the realm of hipsterdom, untrenched in a pretentious muck of SunnO))), Boris and Electric Wizard worship.

Granted, I do have a place in my heart for the obscenely slow and driving sludge/stoner doom metal sub-genre, but there has been something missing for so very long...a sense of humor. When a band takes themselves too seriously at all times something about the integrity of the band tends to take a beating.

Just imagine if Demilich, Asphyx and Candlemass started beating the shit out of each other inside a midnight marathon of B-Horror and snuff films...gorey, stripped down, and extremely enjoyable.

Lurking in the toxic waste soaked cemetary sewers is a list of bands that stick to the guns of the typical lyrical themes of those who call Razorback Records home. These are some of the bands/albums that have been churning out gutteral groovy gooey goodness and are worth your listen:

Crypticus - They Called Me Mad!