Your Mother's Disgusting Window - Your Mother's Disgusting Window (Album Review)

Release Date: August 22nd 2025. Record Label: Marfa Lights Records. Formats: DD

Your Mother’s Disgusting Window - Tracklisting

1.Untitled

2.Spree Killing

3.Grim Reality 06:21

4.Kill Me 07:24

5.Pig World

6.Obliterate

Members

Darlene

Review

Your Mother’s Disgusting Window debut self-titled album opens with a soundclip from the classic 1990’s film HEAT directed by the legendary Michael Mann which sets the tone for the whole album. As the scene in question is perhaps one of the nastiest and sinister clips from that amazing film. Your Mother’s Disgusting Window is primarily the work of Darlene Aaron who has been part of the Australian underground musical scene for the best part of two decades. 

This record is a violent record through and through with Your Mother’s Disgusting Window fusing Drone, Psych, Punk, Doom, Black Metal, Noise, Sludge, Stoner and Industrial. With a despairing level of ELECTRONICA vibes which can be quite unsettling to fully listen through at times. However, the record does have its fair share of sublime grooves, riffs and extended instrumental passages.

The band is influenced by the likes of SUNN 0))), Corrupted, Grief, EYEHATEGOD, SLEEP, BLACK SABBATH, THE MELVINS. SWANS and BORIS. If that amazing line-up of bands intrigues you then be prepared for an Avant-Garde style of nightmarish sounds, brash vocals and heavy industrialized moments.

The opening song of Untitled is the speech from the classic film of HEAT before the album truly begins with the terrifying Spree Killing. A song so nasty and vicious with Your Mother’s Disgusting Window fully selling their nightmarish creative attitude that feels like Nine Inch Nails, Ministry and SUNN 0))) vying for control of your immortal soul. The sounds are nihilistic, progressive and quite long but one that leaves a great impression of how daring the record actually can be.

Third track Grim Reality adds a subversive Sludge Metal and gloomy Post Punk identity to the record that allows Darlene to fully sell the “outsider” vibe that the record contains. I don’t know why but listening to this track reminded me of classic films by David Cronenberg and the TETSUO films. The tone is once again grimy and beautifully fucked up at the same time, The slow paced mechanics allows the desolate melodies and twisted guitars to build a destructive level of DRONE to force people into actual submission. Perhaps one of the most violent offerings of Blackened Sludge Metal and Noise Rock I’ve heard in quite some time.

Fourth track Kill Me does at least try to aim for a more straightforward riff-centric style of melody but still with twisted amounts of primal Drone and Black Metal. The electronica based beats and industrial glitches add a surreal sense of survival where carnage and chaos reigns supreme. There’s a twisted aura of AMPLIFIER FEEDBACK and LOW & SLOW atmospherics struggling to break out at times but Your Mother’s Disgusting Window always keeps the twisted Drone Metal / Industrial mechanics firmly in control.

Fifth track Pig World follows the same creative path of Kill Me with a less abrasive and violent approach though everything is still catastrophically demonic at heart. This is one of the standout tracks on the record with Darlene laying down twisted melodies of the highest order. 

The final track of Obliterate is a lengthy twenty minute plus number that sees Your Mother’s Disgusting Window just go all out for a final epic assault on the senses. Darlene is joined by Black Metal/Blackwave legend Sin Nanna (Striborg, Sunn o)))) on this number who provides ruthless vocals to this masterclass of SONIC based terrorism that will leave you having nightmares for a very long time to come.

Your Mother’s Disgusting Window is perhaps the most violent and twisted record I’ve heard this year. It has a fearless attitude and violent creative energy you just don’t come across much these days. This isn’t a record you can listen to over and over again. This did take me a few weeks to write this review as it left me a shivering wreck which I’m not afraid to admit to. However, this is an astonishing record to devour especially if you’re a dedicated follower of the EXTREME METAL scene. 

Don’t say I didn’t warn you!!!!

Words by Steve Howe

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Sunbëarer - Uyaga (Album Review)

Release Date: August 13th 2025. Record Label: Self Released. Formats: DD

Uyaga - Tracklisting

1.Devil on the Mountain 01:43

2.Sigil 08:20

3.Gnosis 07:27

4.The Owl 06:21

5.Sunbearer 07:03

Members

Vocals/guitar - Jordan Hunsucker

Vocals/guitar - Alex Marr

Bass - Rob Pedroza

Drums - Elan O'Neal

Review

Uyaga is the debut album by Doom/Stoner Metallers Sunbëarer and the record opens with a totally different vibe than I initially expected. As the opening track Devil Of The Mountain is an instrumental piece with the band exploring Americana, Country and Southern Acoustic Rock sounds which gives a false impression on what to expect throughout the album. Though, it’s a great track that ranks as a superbly instrumental piece. 

From this moment Sunbëarer resides in the same world as SLEEP, MONOLORD, YOB, UFOMAMMUT and SHRINEBUILDER with their highly intelligent style of long drawn out Doomed Out drone passages that almost moves over to Drone Rock territory. The music is quite gloomy and has a thunderous Prog Metal effect with Sunbëarer building up mammoth levels of Distorted volume and Cosmic energy which becomes quite Post-Metal obsessed especially with the mixture of clean and harsh vocals. 

Sunbëarer keeps to this style of music on the standout tracks of Sigil, Gnosis and Sunbearer though there’s multiple moments where the band keep with a low-key sound heard within the first track for brief moments at a time. Sonic experimentation is mostly used as a weapon of choice for Sunbëarer to demolish your hearing especially with the neverending use of distorted drones and amplifier reverb adding a level of violent instrumental passages which have a slightly stripped back audio quality to them.

The record is always striving to bring a different style of Psychedelic Doom/Stoner Metal that does have a slight “Appalachian” or “Southern" flow that allows Sunbëarer to bring their own groovy creative and destructive style to the album. The delicate balance of Post-Rock and Ambient Grooves is another epic touch which allows the music to become gloomier, heavier and more threatening with each passing song. 

The excellent vocals from Jordan Hunsucker and Alex Marr work superbly well together that shows the “LIGHT vs DARK” aspect throughout Uyaga that never distracts from the enjoyment from the spectacular instrumental melodies, passages and distorted movements that Sunbëarer plays to the very end. Rob Pedroza on Bass and Elan O’Neal on Drums provide the storming rhythm section that keeps everything ground which is perhaps where the real magic develops so the sludgy guitars played by Alex and Jordan have more than enough space to destroy the Psychedelic soundscapes and COSMOS with.

Uyaga is a highly emotional and psychedelic journey from Sunbëarer who bring their own original and stylish sense of wonder to the underground scene with epic grooves to match.

Excellent and Highly Recommended.

Words by Steve Howe

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Carrion Sky - As Our Hearts Devour Us (Album Review)

Release Date: August 01st 2025. Record Label: Self Released. Formats: DD

As Our Hearts Devour Us - Tracklisting

1.The distance within 08:22

2.I seek protectrion 07:05

3.Watch me drown 08:37

4.Dredge the wound 09:48

5.Lost among ourselves 08:37

Members

Marcin Skarzyński - Bass/Synth/Vox

Paweł Zmarlak - Drums/Synth

Dave Killoran - Guitars

Review

As Our Hearts Devour Us is the debut full length album Carrion Sky which is a musical project featuring ex-members from MAJOR KONG and BLACK TUNDRA. This project is dominated by a harsh Post-Metal landscape with Progressive, Ambient and Drone landscapes holding everything together. Carrion Sky rely quite heavily on dramatic synths which gives the record quite an eerie feeling when the band aren’t playing destructive Post-Metal grooves. 

The record is quite soulful with Carrion Sky inspired by the likes Of Pelican, NEUROSIS, ISIS and SUMAC but with a resonating Shoegaze and Alt Metal energy that also has a Cinematic feeling especially on the excellent second track of I Seek Protection Though, the opening track The Distance Within feels like it’s from a different band with Carrion Sky playing a brutal tour-de-force style of Atmospheric Sludge Metal fuelled by destructive harsh vocals from Marcin Skarzyński that brings a nightmarish approach to this part of the album.

Though, for the most part Carrion Sky pushes their way through an avalanche of different Post-Metal themes and haunting Ambient Drone melodies becoming the main way for the band to dictate their music to. The record is dramatically bleak and opaque with the sullen instrumental passages having a gloomy Experimental quality to them with twinges of Industrial Metal and Electronica emerging. 

Third song Watch Me Drown returns to the Post-Metal vortex of the opening track with Carrion Sky injecting moments of long drawn out Post-Doom and Drone Metal effects. There’s a level of despair being played within the music here which has echoes of Neurosis and Cult Of Luna at times. The sound does become Post-Black Metal at times but it’s a thrilling experience to actually listen to.

Carrion Sky continues to experiment with the themes of Ambient Metal, Drone and Post-Metal for the final two tracks Dredge The Wound and Lost Among Ourselves with a deeply fascinating experimental vibe being displayed throughout both tracks. The vocals are intense yet again but it’s the epic music of Marcin, Pawel and Dave that impresses the most. The guys have really done their homework here by studying the complexities and history of the Post-Metal scene to deliver a record that showcases the best parts of the entire scene and still leave room to put their own highly authoritative stamp along the way.

As Our Hearts Devour Us is a stunning record with Carrion Sky showcasing a more primal and brutal sound to emerge from the highly influential Polish underground scene. 

Words by Steve Howe

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Astral Goat Dominion - Lucifer (Part 1) (Single Review)

Release Date: June 06th 2025. Record Label: Self Released. Formats: DD

Lucifer (Part 1) - Tracklisting

Lucifer (Part 1)

Review

Italian Doom/Stoner Metallers Astral Goat Dominion released their first track LUCIFER (PART 1) from their upcoming debut album which will be released in Autumn 2025. The track is a downbeat and down-tuned offering inspired by the likes of Black Sabbath, Electric Wizard and SUNN O))). You'll be surprised at how quickly the band becomes fully obsessed by the OCCULT and DRONE realms whilst keeping with a sudden shift into desolate Desert/Stoner Rock grooves.

If you ever wondered what KYUSS and BLACK SABBATH would sound like if they were taken over by a SATANIC CULT then Astral Goat Dominion is perhaps the deranged result. The production values are quite LO-FI in places but gives Astral Goat Dominion quite a threatening sound which will no doubt sound even better, bigger and grander on their upcoming debut album.

Lucifer (Part 1) has got me excited to hear more from Astral Goat Dominion and I will no doubt be reviewing subsequent releases from the band as they've seriously gained my attention.

Excellent and Highly Recommended.

Words by Steve Howe

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Doom/Stoner Metallers BREATH unveils their first single “AWEN” from upcoming new album releasing this Fall on Argonauta Records

Having recently signed with Argonauta Records, Portland, Oregon’s BREATH release “AWEN”. The first single and official music video from their much-anticipated new album BRAHMAN, releasing this Fall.

Watch the video below:

The beginnings of Breath can be traced back to childhood friends Steven O’Kelly and Ian Caton. Their bond allowed a drive of songwriting and spiritual seeking to coalesce into a unique foundation that continues to evolve. It's losing themselves in the woods or meditation, and transmuting those experiences into the vibrational space their musical fingerprint holds. Longtime Breath collaborator and engineer Rob Wrong (Witch Mountain & The Skull) was quickly inspired by their new release BRAHMAN, writing and performing guitar for the entirety of their album. Along with Guitar came Keys, which further elevated the sound with the addition of Lauren Hatch.

In the fertile environment of new instrumentation, “AWEN” expands the boundaries of Breath to new places.

The band comments:

“Crawling out from their hermitage, the Druid begins anew in rays shone through the prism of AWEN. Harnessing the addition of guitar, we seek to translate the immutable voice of Mother Nature calling from depths of emerald sanctuary. A song honoring the unspoken confluence, and creative spark between Bard and woods. AWEN binds the overarching metaphysical spirit of our new album BRAHMAN with transformation lifted on the wings of the Morrigan. AWEN emerges in the light of this Goddess, and the transitory half Moon on July 17th .”

Stay tuned for more details on BRAHMAN, coming this Fall on Argonauta Records.

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Thanks to Grand Sounds Promotion for the details.

STOMACH - Low Demon (Album Review)

Release Date: July 18th 2025. Record Label: Hibernation Release. Formats: DD/Vinyl

Low Demon - Tracklisting

1. Dredged - 04:25

2. Bastard Scum - 08:33

3. Get Through Winter - 08:21

4. Oscillate - 04:48

5. Shivers // Drafts - 17:17

Members

John Hoffman - Drums/Vocals

Adam Tomlinson - Guitars

Review

The brutal Doom/Sludge Metal unit known as STOMACH are back with their new album Low Demon and it’s an expertly created exercise in punishing landscapes and violent grooves that will pummel you into submission from the very start. The band is made up of John Hoffman (Weekend Nachos) and Adam Tomlinson (Sea Of Shit and Sick/Tired) where they continue the nightmarish trajectory they created on their outstanding 2023 debut album Parasite. 

For the most part STOMACH play long draw out  Doom/Sludge Metal sounds that retain a horrifying storytelling aspect to them There’s echoes of Weekend Nachos and Sick/Tired heard within their music though the fast-paced aspects has been replaced by a long drawn out style of DRONE which is powerful enough to cause moments of sheer uncomfortable NOISE throughout the album. 

Low Demon is best described as PURE SONIC WARFARE with it’s neverending style of filth and industrial beats with a slight Progressive energy appearing on the longer tracks of Bastard Scum, Decaying Winter and Shivers // Drifts. The album is made up of two shorter tracks of Dredged and Oscillate which are just as bleak and violently heavy as their larger counterparts. 

The vocals from John Hoffman are violent, harsh and quite extreme which does make it hard to understand the lyrics at first but after a few listens I started to understand them more clearly though I wish I didn’t. As STOMACH touch upon some pretty hard hitting subjects with a NO HOLDS BARRED approach which could easily be the perfect nihilistic soundtrack for current worldwide events. 

I wasn’t prepared for how Low Demon would affect me emotionally and musically as this album has haunted me for the last few weeks. The last time I felt like this was for Primitive Man’s classic 2013 album Scorn and STOMACH have a similar creative energy and vibe to that great band. STOMACH’s music maybe more Drone and Sonic based but the use of extreme music is the same with both bands delivering the same results of highly destructive EXTREME DOOM / SLUDGE METAL to great effect.

The standout tracks for me are Oscillate and Shivers // Drifts which sees STOMACH adding elements of Grind and Prog Metal into the mix. These two tracks make up about twenty two minutes of the album’s forty three minutes run time. STOMACH perhaps experimented the most on this part of the album with overlapping layers of distorted feedback with those harsh aspects of Extreme Metal bringing one final blast of decaying filth that will live on in my dreams and nightmares for a long time to come.

Overall, Low Demon is a masterclass of Extreme Metal that gives the modern day Doom/Sludge Metal scene a great sense of twisted Dystopian Paranoia you rarely nowadays fully experience. 

WOW - is all I can say. I’m going to take a well deserved rest after listening to this album. Don’t say I didn’t warn you!!!

Words by Steve Howe

Thanks to Earsplit PR for the promo.

Low Demon is available to buy on DD/Vinyl via Hibernation Release

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Msytic/Spiritual/Doom/Stoner Rockers ETHEREAL RIFFIAN Release New Song / Video For Entering the City of Light

Mystic rock band from Ukraine, releases the music video for the track "Entering the City of Light". It was shot in 4 countries, 7 temples, and took 11 filming days. "I’ve always had the feeling that something is fundamentally wrong with the world humans have created. I had a vision of a better place, and I kept searching for it. I could feel glimpses of it in Jacque Fresco's ideas, in the ashrams of Sri Aurobindo and Sadguru, in the sincerity of morning rituals in Varanasi, in the spirit of freedom in the air of Singapore, and in how they masterfully blend technology with nature. It was inspiring, but still, it was bits and pieces, and I couldn't find the exact place. I have come to terms with the fact that it simply doesn't exist on this planet. "Entering the City of Light" is a very sincere sentiment and an attempt to recreate a feeling of this place. Where wars and tyrants are in history books, and the progress of spirit and technology happens simultaneously. Welcome to the City of Light," comments Val Kornev. The new single complements last year's video for "Eternal Home" and is the second release of the band as a duo.

Credits:

• Director: Val Kornev
• Shoot by Wild Ether and ខ្មែរយូនិក Khmer Unique
• Edited by Wild Ether
• aMusic composed, recorded, mixed, and mastered by Ethereal Riffian

Filmed during May-December 2024

Ethereal Riffian is: Val Kornev - guitar/vocal Max Yuhimenko - guitar ===LINKS=== Ethereal Riffian on Facebook:   / etherealriffian   Ethereal Riffian on bandcamp: https://etherealriffian.bandcamp.com/ Ethereal Riffian on Instagram:   / etherealriffian   Ethereal Riffian on Youtube:    / @etherealriffian   Wild Ether on instagram:   / wild_ether   Robustfellow on Patreon:   / robustfellow   Robustfellow on Facebook:   / robustfellowprods   Robustfellow on bandcamp: http://www.robustfellow.bandcamp.com Robustfellow on twitter:   / robust_fellow   Robustfellow on Instagram:   / robustfellow_prods   Robustfellow on Telegram: https://t.me/robustfellow

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