Which one is the best doom metal album?
Bell Witch, Mirror Reaper, (2017)
or Witch Mountain, Mobile of Angels, (2014)
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Back in 2021, I almost released a single for "A Dream of Talos" remix called "The Reign of Talos", for my EP TALOS. My memory is a little hazy, but believe I decided to make further changes to the final mix, and I didn't like the #synthwave remix. So I shelved it. I've decided to release it now because I think the synthwave remix kicks ass, and it's way better than I remember. There's also the demo version, which I have no memory of. Seriously, I'm drawing a complete blank. Now it's been 4 years, time has given me distance, and I like it a lot more now. It's pay-what-you-want & incl. video. #doommetal #gothicmetal #stoner #psychedelic
https://darkphotonstudio.bandcamp.com/album/the-reign-of-talos
Which one is the best doom metal album?
Sigh, Gallows Gallery, (2005)
or Khemmis, Desolation, (2018)
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Hello #Fediverse it’s time once again for some #NewMusic from the world of #Metal and all things adjacent with #FletchsFridayReleases. Hails!
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Which one is the best doom metal album?
Shape of Despair, Angels of Distress, (2001)
or Black Sabbath, Master of Reality, (1971)
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Which one is the best doom metal album?
My Dying Bride, The Angel and the Dark River, (1995)
or Ocean Chief, Sten, (2004)
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For #MusicWomenWednesday this week, a cool new find @wendigo and I have been digging- Cincinnati, Ohio's ELECTRIC CITIZEN. This is some great heavy psych rock/doom that has some Heart, Stevie Nicks, Patti Smith or Pretenders vibes but also a lot of Sabbath and Tull. I love their 2014 LP 'Sateen' (https://electriccitizenband.bandcamp.com/album/sateen), they had a couple more LPs after that, and I'm psyched to hear their new one, 'EC4' that comes out June 27 (https://heavypsychsoundsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/electric-citizen-ec4).
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Which one is the best doom metal album?
OM, Conference of the Birds, (2006)
or Procession, Destroyers of the Faith, (2010)
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Which one is the best doom metal album?
Paul Chain, Life and Death, (1989)
or My Dying Bride, Turn Loose the Swans, (1993)
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Which one is the best doom metal album?
Skepticism, Stormcrowfleet, (1995)
or Conan, Monnos, (2012)
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Time for @lpl's #SaturDoom with Witchrot's new album Soul Cellar, released yesterday
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Which one is the best doom metal album?
Anathema, The Silent Enigma, (1995)
or Boris with Merzbow, Rock Dream, (2007)
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Which one is the best doom metal album?
Esoteric, Metamorphogenesis (1999)
or Ufomammut, Idolum, (2008)
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Step right up #Fediverse it’s time once again for #FletchsFridayReleases so get ready for some #NewMusic from the worlds of #Metal #HeavyMetal #DeathMetal #BlackMetal #ThrashMetal #DoomMetal and more!
Which one is the best doom metal album?
Cathedral, Forest of Equilibrium, (1991)
or Mourning Beloveth, The Sullen Sulcus, (2002)
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By Tyme
Before snagging their new album out of the sump pit, I knew next to nothing about Ontario, Canada’s Witchrot. It turns out the band gained a fair amount of notoriety in 2018, after releasing just one EP, when co-founder and original bassist Peter Turik posted an unexpected message on Facebook announcing the band was taking an ‘extended hiatus,’ revealing his girlfriend of seven years had slept with the guitarist. And that, oh, yeah, in a grave, Spinal Tapish post-script, Witchrot‘s drummer had died.1 After soldiering on and bouncing back with 2021’s revenge platter Hollow, Witchrot recorded its live-in-the-studio and Fuzzed and Buzzed Records debut Live In the Hammer in 2023, which generated more buzz in the doom scene. That’s a ton of drama for such a relatively young band, which brings us to 2025. With a newly solidified lineup, Witchrot sets out to release their third album, Soul Cellar. Will this be the record that sees Witchrot break through to the other side or revert to a state of doom anonymity?
If “Fuzzy Wuzzy Was a Bear,”2 then Witchrot‘s Soul Cellar is a grizzly. Drenched in reverberant haze and heavily Windhanded, Turik’s fat n’ fuzzy, mid-paced riffs serve Witchrot well, and whether they’re bruisin’ (“Spinelss”) or bluesin’ (“Tombstoned”), douse the whole of Soul Cellar in sheets of sludgy, sonic sleaze. John Ferreira’s weighty bass lines, often aswarm with bees, buzz hard enough that even Will Rahmer3 might take notice (“Soul Cellar”). Myles Deck (Cauldron) keeps Witchrot in check and on track with his doom-hearty drumminations, deftly weaving ground-pounding beats with a reservedly soft touch that adequately wrangles Soul Cellar‘s sonic situations. Freshly added keyboardist Patrick Sherrard carves a new wrinkle into the Witchrot sound, expanding the instrumental palette with some well-crafted Hammond cheese. And, of course, one can’t forget the star of the Witchrot show as Lea Reto turns in another stirring performance, her dynamic range on full display. Soul Cellar finds Witchrot broadening its scope and widening the path by which it continues to march toward doom dominance.
The crushing, sludgy doom Witchrot is known for remains intact, but there’s a softer, more soulful side to Soul Cellar that’s as effective. From the beginning strains of album opener “Possession Deepens” to the magical mystery of the too-short “Green River,” Sherrard’s impact is evident. Whether it’s the uncommonly smooth, silky bass lines and psychedelically patchouli-scented keys of the former or the shimmery strums and couch-crashing, laid-back attitude of the latter, both are perfect vehicles for Reto to show off her huskily hypnotizing octave, a clone of Dorthia Cottrell. On the flip side of Reto’s range, however, is an amazingly Danzig-esque croon and wail, manifested most in her cadence and choice of vocal progressions that take deeper root the more I listen (“Tombstoned,” “Tongue Cutter,” “Spineless”).
Soul Cellar‘s biggest problem is that there are no problems, for as much as Witchrot does nothing overtly bad, neither do they accomplish anything that stands out from the rest of the fuzz-doom crowd. If I had to poke at something, I suppose the rather loud production tips the scales of Reto’s higher, more manic vocals into the shrill category at times, but not so much as to cause pain, and God forbid we deduct for production. And I suppose Witchrot could stand to shave a minute or two, here and there, to tighten things up, but Soul Cellar clocks in at a respectably edited forty minutes, so there aren’t even glaring issues of bloat to whinge on about at least not for a doom album that could have easily suffered from such a malady. I dig the stoner-rock, dust-desert, and sex vibe of the cover art, courtesy of ZZ Corpse, which fits in nicely with everything else on Soul Cellar, and that is, it’s all just perfectly fine.
Soul Cellar is a collection of decently executed doom that does neither too much nor too little to warrant patent praise or critique; it simply is what it is. Fans of this fuzzed-out style should have fun with Soul Cellar, even though I don’t plan on returning to it once free of the review. However, this five-piece version of Witchrot is the band’s most effective iteration, and I hope no more instances of infidelity or faux-deaths prevent them from coalescing further and releasing something top-notch.
Rating: 2.5/5.0
DR: 5 | Format Reviewed: WAV
Labels: Fuzzed and Buzzed Records (USA) | Majestic Mountain Records (EU)
Websites: Bandcamp | Facebook
Releases Worldwide: May 23rd, 2025
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Which one is the best doom metal album?
Mythological Cold Towers, Remoti Meridiani Hymni, (2000)
or Dirge, Wings of Lead Over Dormant Seas, (2007)
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Which one is the best doom metal album?
Saint Vitus, Saint Vitus, (1984)
or Thergothon, Fhtagn-nagh Yog-Sothoth, (1991)
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Which one is the best doom metal album?
Pentagram, Day of Reckoning, (1987)
or YOB, Clearing the Path to Ascend, (2014)
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