Release Date: April 17th 2026. Record Label: Terminus Hate City. Formats: DD/Vinyl.
Dogma - Tracklisting
Adamu - 5:02
Rapture - 4:14
The Sin of Defiance - 4:40
(Bhajan) The Fall - 6:44
Apostasy - 4:42
Misery - 6:31
Pistus Sophia - 9.01
Members
Jens Anderberg — Guitar, Lead Vocals
Joseph Mills — Guitar, Backing Vocals
Joshua Broughton — Bass
Review
Doom/Stoner Metallers LungBurner make a welcome return after a two and half year absence with their latest album Dogma. With the record named after Dogma, you can expect an album that isn’t afraid to touch upon the psychological and spiritual themes of the worldwide belief systems. Some may say that’s a controversial subject to touch upon but that makes this record such a daring and bold experience with LungBurner adding a touch of Atmospheric Sludge Metal heaviness to the record. With the band drawing upon the likes of NEUROSIS, MASTODON, YOB and ISIS to build their conceptual ideas upon.
There’s quite a deft flow of different HEAVY METAL sounds emerging from the darkness such as Prog Metal, Thrash Metal and Southern Metal with LungBurner being quite hard to define at the best of times. The vocals are mostly told through the “HARSH GROWLS” structure though they’re quite easy to understand which allows the listener to either agree or disagree with the hard-hitting lyrics for the whole album.
LungBurner perfectly captures that classic style Nineties and Noughties Sludge/Stoner Metal melodies where everything really did feel quite fresh and brutally exciting back in the day. LungBurner still offer their own great style of musical progression with areas of Post-Rock, Ambient Metal and Distorted Amplified movements which leads the listener into some incredible “uplifting” instrumental solos that float between Post-Metal and Post-Doom surroundings.
This is quite a different sounding LungBurner compared to their previous two albums with Jens Anderberg (Guitar / Lead Vocals) being the only original member left. He’s joined on his “fruitful” sonic journey by Joshua Broughton on Bass and Joseph Mills on Guitars & Vocals. Though, the old magic is still there with a more refined and grounded SONIC TAPESTRY being woven into LungBurner’s DNA on outstanding tracks such as: Adamu, Rapture and Bhajan (The Fall) from the first half of the album. There’s a wealth of different sounding Sludge Metal and Psychedelic Rock soundscapes with LungBurner even adapting a brooding style of Middle Eastern vibes along the way.
Dogma does become more slow paced and spaced out within the second half of the album as LungBurner further explores the more thematic constructs of multiple belief systems. The whole sound does become slightly more vicious and brutal from the final stages of (Bhajan) The Fall which slowly manifests all the way through Apostasy, Misery and the stunning final epic track Pistus Sophia. The music has a more deeper and emotionally charged impact within the second half of the album with LungBurner venturing into heavier and extreme waters compared to the first half of Dogma.
Just be prepared for a journey of pure SONIC excess with that grounded Sludge, Thrash, Post-Metal and Doomed Out approach holding everything together. Dogma is a record that pulls no punches with its undeniably brutal vision. LungBurner may have left the “Stoner Metal” void completely with Dogma which is most definitely a great thing for the band. As they can explore darker themes and create more violent rhythms, soundscapes and grooves with their music.
This album may perhaps be the actual making of LungBurner where they can move forward and really build a name for themselves within the modern Doom/Sludge/Post-Metal scene.
Words by Steve Howe
Thanks to C Squared Music for the promo.
Dogma is available to buy now on DD/Vinyl via Terminus Hate City.
Links:
Bandcamp: https://lungburner.bandcamp.com
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