Leather Nun america
by Chris Barnes
December 29, 2008
 Leather Nun is like having a slice of the old school Maryland doom scene in sunny and bucolic San Diego, California. On paper, it shouldn't work, people in San Diego are too happy, too tan and too blissed-out for anything as East Coast style as this band. So it comes to no surprise that guitarist/vocalist John Sarnie was steeped in DC Doom from a young age, attending Obsessed gigs put on in High School auditoriums and at biker parties before makin...
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Apostle Of Solitude
by Chris Barnes
December 11, 2008
 Apostle of Solitude appeals to me on many levels, but there is one in particular that resonates with me. I like intense music that is created from the heart, that is put out for public consumption without posturing, gimmicks or mindless PR-created copy. AoS fits that mold – four dudes from Indiana that are very into the music they are playing, have respect for its heritage and tradition and don't make claims of what they are and what they aren't. Their la...
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Maegashira
by Jay Snyder
December 3, 2008
 Taking their name from a rank in Sumo wrestling, New Jersey's Maegashira have the girth in their sound to back up such a literally weighty namesake. Still Maegashira are much leaner and more ferociously agile than a whole ring full of Japanese gargantuan grapplers. Their sound trims the fat and builds a muscular wall of southern-fried EHG styled hate-doom that unfolds majestic, psychedelic swirls of sound; Cathedral sized groove eruptions, slower than slow sludge outbur...
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SardoniS
by Chris Barnes
October 24, 2008
 SardoniS are an amazingly talented two man aural demolition crew from Belgium whose musical output encompass the pure, unadulterated brutality of High On Fire, the atmosphere of 5ive and the vintage swing n' groove of early Black Sabbath. Their self-titled, vinyl-only EP is the best debut on 2008 as far as this heshrock journalist is concerned, a throwback to stoney, blown-speaker Doom of that golden Man's Ruin Records era but with a magic all their own. I...
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Revelation
by Chris Barnes
August 13, 2008
 Undoubtedly, John Brenner's tenure with Revelation was one of most impactful and influential in the history of American Doom Metal. Both of Revelation's early 90's albums, Salvations Answer and Never Comes Silence are defining moments in the genre, one of the first to really successfully add progressive music sensibilities to down-tuned minor chord mayhem. So, it was a shock to many when John decided to put down the guitar in 1993, sell his g...
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Fall Of The Idols
by Chris Barnes
August 05, 2008
 The new release from Finland's Fall Of The Idols, The Séance, has the dubious distinction of being one of the first recordings ever in my experience to send me deep into the throes of depression. Grant it, I was probably a quarter of the way there anyway, but after listening to the entire album, the deal was sealed. Man, The Séance is one dark, bleak friggin' recording, no light to be discerned anywhere whatsoever. But there is a stark beauty in t...
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The Gates of Slumber
by Chris Barnes
July 23, 2008
 I don't like bullshit and pretension in my life and I don't like it in my music, which is why I started this whole thing eight years ago. I love to talk about bullshitless, pretension-free music made by honest (well….for the most part, anyway), hardworking musicians who create heavy music for the sheer love of it. If they can make a few bucks off it, cool. If not, they'll keep playing because they're in love and music is their lady. One of the bands I truly admire...
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Lord Vicar
by Chris Barnes
July 12, 2008
 If you at anytime felt that the demise of Reverend Bizarre would signal the decline of modern true Doom Metal as both an art form and lifestyle, you can rest a bit easier. All three former members continue to be passionately dedicated to dark music with their separate projects. Peter has gone on to be especially prolific with his dark progressive band Orne and more recently, his new True Doom band, Lord Vicar. Steadfast in it's uncompromising dedication to a ...
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Dave Sherman
by Chris Barnes
July 9, 2008
 No one epitomizes DC Doom like Dave "Sherm" Sherman. He, the whiskey-burnt, smoke-chiseled demon voice and/or low-end thundermaster for the fulminate Earthride and formerly of the classic Spirit Caravan and Wretched, has earned a place in the heavy metal pantheon the old fashioned way - he lives the music. Now focusing solely on Earthride, Sherm was gracious enough to talk to Hellride about the re-issue of the legendary Taming The Demons record...
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Humanasaur
by Jay Snyder
July 9, 2008
 Sporting a snide, sarcastic sense of humor and a penchant for the sheer force of extreme heaviness tempered with surging melody Philly's Humanasaur is a unique entity that exists in a dimension entirely of its own. The band makes no effort to conform to any specific genre rules while toying mischievously with noise-rock, doom and indie laden insanity. Layering their songs with deep, amp-scorched blowouts and possessing an equal passion for subtle, harmonic touches, Humanasaur walk...
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