If dark ambient soundscapes are your thing, then you’ll wave your antennae with glee to know that drone master insectarium just dropped the necrophage emerges divine. Wriggle right into this sonic cocoon as we journey through the lowest moments in life and out the other side.

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Monovoth continues to set the bar higher with every release. If you’re looking for a soundtrack to our collective plod toward nothingness, then this is it.
Clamor Resonat is particularly introspective, with a distant howl drawing ever nearer. This funerary slog has the slowest of builds, but manages to avoid predictability at every turn. When the next note finally drops it’s low and slow enough to satisfy the most discerning doomheads.

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Parasomnia feels like a warning, or maybe a premonition, of how much worse things can get. These songs are constantly in flux, shifting between graceful melodies and dissonant noise. But above all, these tracks are undeniably HEAVY. These Sheffield-based doomers offer up a feast of technical musicianship and audacious songwriting that will keep you enthralled from beginning to end.

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Wilting Within is rich with hypnotic grooves, creeping drones, and withering vocals. Every song on this album is a unique and deadly bloom in Haurun’s poison garden. Rarely will you find six tracks so darkly emotive. Check out my full review at: doomanddead.com/post/729480634932838400/hauruns-wilting-within-is-as-fresh-as-they-come

Exploding Triangles is so heavy it’s bursting at the seams. Crashing drums and otherworldly growls meet beguiling clean vocals. The harmonies in this fucker will leave you with goosebumps. If entropy had a soundtrack, this would be it.

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Torch Bearer toys with tension— sometimes laid back and ponderous, and sometimes taught with nervous strumming. The hammering heartbeat of the drums keeps things moving forward. The shining, ecstatic crescendo is a brain freeze in the Sahara.

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Listening to List Do Borykan is like stepping into a stoner movie where four buddies heading to the corner store end up on a wild interstellar adventure. It’s a thrilling escapade centered around mind-bending riffs and deep friendships, with musical twists and turns I never saw coming. If you’re looking for a soundtrack to your psychedelic summer, then this is it.

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If you’re into dark folk with a doomgazey sensibility, try out this solo project from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It’s a meticulous remaster of the band’s 2021 release by the same title. The benefits of the remaster are immediately evident. The lithium melody of "don’t open till doomsday" leaves me with goosebumps every time I listen to it. Tracks like "unnatural habits" nurture opposing concepts, simultaneously ethereal and intense.

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