Laser Dracul - Hin Håle Blues (Album Review)

Release Date: October 30th 2026. Record Label: Majestic Mountain Records. Format: CD/DD/Vinyl

Hin Håle Blues - Tracklist 

1.Our King is Forever

2.Bringer of Light

3.Walking the Left Hand Path 

4.The End of Time

5.Hornæus

6.Come to me Witches 

Review

Doom/Stoner Metallers Laser Dracul return after a six year absence with their second album Hin Håle Blues which sees the band offer a heavier, darker and menacing sound compared to their acclaimed 2020 debut album. The band have aligned themselves more closely to the likes of Electric Wizard with their bleakly distorted vision having a classic OCCULT DOOM METAL energy appearing within the lyrics and music written for the album.

Hin Håle Blues means “The Devil’s Blues” in English, well according to GOOGLE but I’m happy to be corrected on that score. Laser Dracul employs a seedy Seventies Metal delivery within the early stages of the record that branches out into areas of Fuzz, Psych Rock and Stoner Metal with a record that never feels OLD or completely out of fashion. The songs are wonderfully constructed with Laser Dracul adding some classic OCCULT and HALLOWEEN themes into their music with a grizzled sludgy atmosphere allowing the music to perhaps be more modern within tracks Our King Is Forever and Bringer Of Light. 

The pounding rhythm section has that classic SABBATHIAN energy that emits a ton of amplified distortion that lurks silently in the background before aiming for a complete control within the heaviest sounds of the album. Laser Dracul never play over the top, flashy or progressive grooves as they fully commit themselves into developing a great style of vintage Doom/Stoner Metal with superb modern psychedelic touches adding a real sense of urgency to everything. 

The lyrics are superbly rooted within the Doom Metal and Occult folklore but offer a grounded take that allows Laser Dracul to deliver some violent harsh growls on certain stages of the record. The majority of the vocals are clean based but be prepared for a certain Blackened Doom approach to develop. 

The main bulk of the music is powered through a gloomy mix of distorted sounds and down-tuned instrumental passages that can be quite isolated and solitary on tracks such as Bringer Of Light, Walking The Left Hand Path and Hornæus being my favourite tracks on the album. The level of Blues Rock/Metal is another highlight of Hin Håle Blues with the whole musical atmosphere dripping in menacing Blues Rock that allows the SLOW-TO-MID played music develop naturally but still with a menacing presence.

The sound can be quite deafening at times which surprised me greatly as Laser Dracul aren’t afraid to play some violently LOUD rhythms, melodies and occult soundscapes that left me turning the volume down on my designated player at times. I mean that as a compliment and not showing my advancing years of reviewing music.

Hin Håle Blues is a delightfully sinister record with Laser Dracul firing on all cylinders throughout and perhaps releasing one of the best Occult Doom Metal albums I’ve heard this year.

Words by Steve Howe

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Hin Håle Blues is available to buy now on CD/DD/Vinyl via Majestic Mountain Records.

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Sundowner - Cesspool (Album Review)

Release Date: October 16th 2026. Record Label: Disdain Records. Format: DD/Vinyl

Cesspool - Tracklist

1.The Deep 05:21

2.Golden Skinned Gods 03:45

3.Grave Wax 03:50

4.Intoxication Blues 03:23

5.Bleach Sniffer 05:02

6.7 Shades Of Shit 04:08

7.Complete And Utter Ruin 01:58

8.Unwilling Subjects 04:54

9.Water Torture 02:56

10.Pond Scum 05:36

Review

Aussie Sludge/Stoner Metallers Sundowner bring another twisted style of filth and debauchery into their music with their third album Cesspool. Taking that legendary NOLA sound and applying areas of Blues Metal, Fuzz Metal and Amplified Feedback where the band still add that classic Australian grimy HEAVY METAL attitude into the mix . This allows Sundowner once again to create a heavily poisoned and filth ridden style of Sludge/Stoner Metal that’s quite violent to hear the best of times especially when the grooves are amplified to fucking hell. 

Taking influences from the likes of EYEHATEGOD, DOWN, IRON MONKEY and CHURCH OF MISERY it’s the nihilistic lyrics and depressing WEEDIAN afterthoughts that Sundowner have applied to this record makes them a great band in their own right. The use of extreme and difficult vocals gives Cesspool another great reason to consider Sundowner one of Australia’s heaviest Sludge/Stoner Metal bands as they leave no stone unturned in delivering some of the filthiest and violent grooves to emerge from DOWN UNDER.

However, Sundowner never forgot to play some outstanding instrumental sounds that are filled with superb LOW & SLOW and AMPLIFIED DISTORTION passages that are violently melodic throughout the album. The level of filth, grime and distorted textures sometimes align themselves to a CRUST PUNK way of life with some great EXTREME METAL sounds developing when you least expect this.

Cesspool is perfectly named with Sundowner never offering or playing clean uplifting instrumental moments. As the band fully revel in the pain and tortuous sounds they create and expertly play on the entire album. The mixture of down-tuned elements and fast-paced grooves all appear at the right time that allows Sundowner to inflict maximum damage to the actual speakers whoever listens to the album.

Standout tracks to punish yourself with include: The Deep, Gold Skinned Gods, Intoxication Blues, Bleach Sniffer, 7 Shades Of Shit, Unwilling Suspects and Pond Scum. As these tracks are consistently the most violent, heavy and aggressive songs on the whole album but you can still rock the fuck out to.

Cesspool is an epic assault on the senses with Sundowner never apologizing for their massive style of Doom, Sludge and Stoner Metal that destroys everything in their way.

Words by Steve Howe

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Cesspool is available to buy now on DD/Vinyl via Disdain Records.

Links

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Could Seed - French Prog-Rock Collective Unveil Live Video For New Track "Orion"

French instrumental progressive post-rock quartet COULD SEED have unveiled a new live video for “Orion,” another track taken from their forthcoming second album, Terminal, due out October 23 via Klonosphere Records.

Captured live at Studio de la Fuie, the performance showcases the band at their most dynamic, moving between delicate, atmospheric passages and towering crescendos while highlighting the dynamic interplay at the heart of their sound.

Following the previously released “Druids,” “Orion” offers another window into the powerful sonic world of Terminal, an album where progressive rock, post-rock and psychedelia collide with cinematic atmosphere and moments of crushing intensity.

After their critically acclaimed debut The Drop Crisis, Could Seed push their instrumental language further on Terminal, drawing from the cinematic grandeur of Pink Floyd and the progressive psychedelia of Elder to the emotional intensity of Caspian and Russian Circles.

Recorded and mixed by guitarist Jordan Jupin at Studio de la Fuie and mastered by Thibault Chaumont at Deviant Lab, Terminal captures the band's dynamic chemistry with remarkable warmth, depth, and clarity. The evocative artwork by Ana Mady Sun and photography by Régine Cadillac further enrich the album's visual identity.

Terminal will be released on October 23, pre-orders are available at this location.

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http://www.klonosphere.com
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Nephila - Huldra (Album Review)

Release Date: August 28th 2026. Record Label: Majestic Mountain Records. Format: CD/DD/Vinyl

Huldra - Tracklist

1 Mother Of The Woods

2 In Her Hands

3 The Hidden Folk

4 Ash Their Bones

5 Capercailles Hymn

6 Huldra

7 Solar Eclipse

8 The Living Grave

9 F.I.N.N

Members

Josephine Asker – vocals

Linn Edlund – vocals

Anton Athley – guitar

Jacob Hellenrud – guitar

Johan Larsson – organ & keyboards

Charlie Andersson Vistbacka – bass guitar

Johan Lööf – drums

Review

Swedish septet Nephila has been around for a few years and are now unveiling their sophomore album, the excellent 'Huldra'. These Swedes champions transcendent and psychedelic 70's heavy rock with a sharp, clear yet organic sound. Add impeccable musicianship and songwriting skills and you have Nephila. Rarely has an album title befitted a band's music as much as 'Huldra' does. A huldra for the uninitiated is a forest nymph or a forest spirit and that's what Nephila brings forth, as if their music was conjured by a forest deity. Regardless, this is a brilliant album whichever way you look at it! 

This wonderful music journey begins with 'Mother Of The Woods'. Mid-tempo, mesmerizing and seductive with a gradual buid-up before going all out. There are 9 compositions in all where 'F.I.N.N' ends it all and what a closer it is. A bluesy backbone blended with excellent organ-fueled heavy rock weaves  back and forth as if you're on a magic carpet ride. In between Nephila brings 70's psychedelic rock mixed with early Deep Purple and Jethro Tull in the brilliant 'Ash Their Bones' and in the title track 'Huldra' as well. 'Capercailles Hymn' moves in within the same vein where the duelling guitars and the organ in this instrumental beauty.

The band throws down the gauntlet in the bluesy 70's heavy rocker 'The Living Grave' where they go full tilt like their lives depended on it as the verses creates the atmosphere and the chorus erupts. 'Solar Eclipse' brings soft and delicate vocals and sparse instrumentation and it creates a spectacular realm to move within. 'The Hidden Folk' has such a nice groove moving parallel with excellent riffs and when the vocals enters the fray this already brilliant song is elevated even further. Nephila reels you in with 'In Her Hands' which offers captivating and hook-laden chorus and brilliant solos.

Nephila are such a revelation! Blending psychedelia, heavy 70's rock with a great sound and a modern touch has me hooked right from the start. Add Josephine and Linn's amazing vocals and you have this outstanding band. Not boxed in nor shackled they do what they want and how they want it and this freedom is so apparent in their music. Miss Nephila at your peril because they are far too good to be ignored!

Words by Håkan Nyman

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Huldra is available to buy now on CD/DD/Vinyl via Majestic Mountain Records.

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Sundowner - Australian Sludge-Metal Outfit Announce New Album Cesspool Release "Intoxication Blues" Visualizer Video

Adelaide sludge merchants Sundowner are back, and things haven’t gotten any prettier.

Three years after Lysergic Ritual dragged listeners through a feedback-soaked wasteland of nihilism and decay, the Australian quartet have announced their third full-length, Cesspool, due out October 15 via Melbourne’s Disdain Records.

The band are offering the first taste of the album with “Intoxication Blues”, a filthy, swaggering slab of NOLA-inspired sludge accompanied by a brand-new visualizer.

Built around poisoned blues riffs, suffocating grooves, walls of feedback and a thick layer of distortion, “Intoxication Blues” provides an appropriately nasty introduction to an album designed to soundtrack a world going up in flames.

Cesspool sees Sundowner take the caustic, slow-burning sludge that has defined them since their 2021 debut Guns, Knives and Tyre Irons and push it into even more punishing territory across ten new tracks.

The band explain: ‘"Cesspool’ continues on with our brand of sludge, further melding influences from the classic ’90s pioneers of the genre through our own lens out of Adelaide, South Australia.”

For Sundowner, that lineage has always been clear. The poisoned blues of Eyehategod, the ugliness of Iron Monkey and Buzzov-en, and the smoke-filled grooves of Weedeater remain embedded in their DNA. But Cesspool isn’t interested in simply recreating the past. Instead, those influences are fed through Sundowner’s own distinctly Australian strain of hostility.

The album also sees Sundowner reunite with the production team behind Lysergic Ritual. After handling virtually everything themselves during the band’s early years, Sundowner brought Jason Fuller of Goatsound Studios into the fold to mix their second album, with Dav Byrne of Iridium Audio handling mastering.

“We went with the same production team as our last album, but pushed everything further for a more punishing and abrasive sound.” Says the band.

Across its ten tracks, Cesspool doubles down on everything Sundowner do best: filthy blues, crushing grooves, abrasive riffs and pure sludge-soaked hostility. It’s heavier, nastier and more punishing, without straying from the band’s uncompromising roots.

Cesspool will be released October 15, 2026 via Disdain Records, pre-orders for the vinyl release are now available at this location. Digital copies are available here.

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30,000 Monkies - Super Rebound (Album Review)

Release Date: September 18th 2026. Record Label: FVN KULT RECORDS. Format: CD/DD/Vinyl

Super Rebound - Tracklist

1.THE GUMS

2.PRISM BREAK 

3.[HORNS WAILING]

4.MOUNTAINESQUE 4

5.UNSOUND HERO

6.[SIREN SINGING]

7.SUPER REBOUND 

8.SWERVER

9.[BELLS RINGING, TALE MELTING]

 

Members

Ruben Savelkoul (Guitar, Vocals, Programming)

Michiel De Naegel (Guitar, Vocals)

Cyril Beerten (Bass, Vocals)

Mattias Jonniaux (Drums)

Review

Doom/Sludge/Noise/Sonic Terrorists 30,000 Monkies return with their sixth album Super Rebound and it’s equally weird and brilliantly fucked as their previous albums. However, this is the band’s most heaviest, creative, riff-centric and dare I say hopefully optimistic despite the harsh and bleak savagery the band put the listener through. Taking the classic Post-Metal template used by the likes of NEUROSIS, ISIS and CULT OF LUNA before applying an experimental vibe that reminds of BORIS and THE MELVINS. 

The added use of Psych Metal, Industrial Metal, Punk Metal and Stoner Metal make drastic appearances throughout the album where 30,000 Monkies not only come to terms with their own musical legacy but also redefining and reinventing everything for the better. This album does have a warped schizophrenic vision but there’s a gloomy sense of rhythm and melody holding everything together with the bombastic vocals being sung violently but with real purpose. 

You can see the band applying a nightmarish delivery to their music but it’s superbly real and grounded even with 30,000 Monkies applying a scattered approach to the overlapping areas of music being played like their lives dependent on it. The Blackened Sludge melodies does remind me of KVELERTAK on certain parts of the album with 30,000 Monkikes developing a non-stop array of grooves, riffs and musical hooks to entice the listener with. 

30,000 Monkies perhaps over do things with the SONIC passages and feedback loops where the music could have a great “LESS IS MORE” delivery but I would be lying to myself if I don’t own up to the fact that the album works best when the band unleash a torrent of fucked up grooves that venture into the Experimental Metal spectrum. 

Super Rebound does feel too long at times but it’s never boring with 30,000 Monkies creating a non-stop symphony of chaotic violence on tracks such as The Gums, Prism Break, Mountainesque 4, Unsound Hero, Super Rebound and [Bells Ringing, Tales Melting]. You will probably need a few listens to fully understand the message that 30,000 Monkies are trying to deliver with Super Rebound. However, it’s worth doing this as I missed quite a lot during my first listen of the album. That’s mostly down to how many different areas of music that 30,000 continues to develop throughout the album.

The whole experience is wonderfully offbeat to the very end but 30,000 Monkies never lose sight on how to have fun with the record even if they’re confronting their own musical legacy and creative mortality within the main themes of Super Rebound. The multi-faceted approach of the album is absolutely groundbreaking in the grand scheme of things as you don’t experience this style of Doom, Sludge and Post-metal very often.

This was a very hard album to review where I must have written about five different versions before settling on this one. I apologise to everyone if I didn’t manage to capture the unique presence of this album but that’s what to expect for such a true original that allows 30,000 Monkies to be one of the most daring and highly original bands within the underground Doom/Sludge Metal scene today.

Words by Steve Howe

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Super Rebound is available to buy now on CD/DD/Vinyl via FVN KULT RECORDS.

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Svjetlost - The Forever Silent (Album Review)

Release Date: July 24th 2026. Record Label: Shadow Of Sorrow Records. Released. Formats: DD

The Forever Silent - Tracklist

1.Above the Mountains

2.Lands of Suffering 

3.The Golden Lilies

4.Between the Peaks

Members

All instruments and vocals by Jamie Kobić

Review

The Forever Silent is the debut album from Sludge/Doom/Stoner/Post-Metal entity Svjetlost which is the creative project from Jamie Kobić who also happens to be the lead vocalist/drummer for Doom/Post-Metallers Garvan. This project takes a slightly different route to Garvan as Svjetlost is primarily inspired by a form of music called Sevdah. Sevdah is the traditional music of Bosnia with minimal, slow and folk based rhythms which transform into different atmospherics and progressive chords. 

Svjetlost adds a heavy and pulsating style of Doom, Drone, Sludge and Stoner Metal for this record which spans across four individual tracks running for almost fifty six minutes in length. Each track tells a different story to each other where the dominant Sludge/Stoner Metal sound delivers the dense instrumental passages to crush your hearing with. However, Jamie uses a lush style of Ambient Rock, Drone and Post-Rock where that more restrained style of melody becomes the dominant factor. 

This record is inspired by the likes of SLEEP, OM, Shrinebuilder and High On Fire but given a unique Folk Rock sound which allows elements of acts such as Neurosis, Russian Circles and Pelican to give The Forever Silent a fever-pitch experimental energy. Though, the music is brilliantly riff-centric with opening track Above The Mountains traversing the finer realms of Space Rock and Cosmic Doom with that grounded Folk Rock relevance appearing within the vocals and sudden shift to amplifier distorted Post-Metal delivery. 

The lyrics are completely off the charts with some cool strands of weirdness appearing but Jaime does write some deeply meaningful reasons behind them that touch upon his own heritage and close links to Bosnia and Herzegovina in general. Svjetlost works best when the music drifts into Ambient Post-Rock and tranquil Shoegaze movements which gives a sense of calm before the record explodes in a loud aggressive Doom, Sludge and Stoner Metal stance.

There’s a great use of different sound effects and trippy themes that feel inspired by the classic Post-Rock/Post-Metal scene especially on tracks Lands Of Suffering and Golden Lillies. These parts can be quite melancholic with a brooding self imposed style of reflection before the mood changes dramatically for an intense onslaught of Sludge/Stoner Metal grooves. The Forever Silent isn’t always about the heavy destructive journey and even though that’s some of my favourite aspects of the record, you have to experience the lovely therapeutic Post-Rock surroundings that transport you to another time and place.

The vocals are absolutely exquisite and quite heartbreaking in places especially within the quieter moments. Jamie does a wide range of different vocal styles that matches the mood the music brings throughout each individual track’s massive run time. The sound can be quite abstract with a classic “LESS IS MORE” presence before transforming into a commanding Sludge Metal delivery when you least expect this. 

The later stages of The Forever Silent starts merging the early tone of the record with perhaps a bleak and sombre message that results in some epic long drawn out grooves formed by the Atmospheric Sludge and Psychedelic Stoner Metal domains within the standout tracks of The Golden Lillies and Between The Peaks.

Svjetlost have crafted a rich and brilliantly original style of underground music that easily allows the record to be considered as one of the best debut albums to be released this year. The trippy and ambient effects become even more powerful with every repeated listen that leaves The Forever Silent a breathless and unforgettable AUDIO experience.

Words by Steve Howe

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The Forever Silent is available to buy digitally now from all good digital stockists.

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Dutch Doom-Metal Project Svjetlost Releases New Track "Above the Mountains"

Dutch doom project Svjetlost, the solo project of Gavran guitarist/vocalist Jamie Kobić has shared a visualizer video for "Above the Mountains," the lead single from the forthcoming debut album The Forever Silent, due out on July 24 via Shadow of Sorrow Records.

The video is now playing below 

Decibel Magazine, who describe the track as "a lumbering 13-minute crusher in the Sleep vein," introducing listeners to Svjetlost's unique fusion of hypnotic doom riffs, vast atmospheres, and the emotional depth of Bosnian musical tradition.

Speaking about the inspiration behind the song, Kobić explains: "This song is about the pyramid-shaped mountains found in a small town in Bosnia over a decade ago. Where an ancient civilization might have lived that had built these structures to come into contact with aliens or maybe even supernatural forces. Although this is heavily disputed, obviously it's a great story to tell in a song like this."

The Forever Silent marks the debut full-length from Jamie Kobić, guitarist of Dutch post-metal outfit Gavran. What began during the isolation of the pandemic as a personal songwriting project gradually evolved into something far more ambitious, merging the crushing weight of doom and stoner metal with the haunting melodies and emotional richness of Sevdah, the traditional folk music of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Although inspired by the monumental heaviness of Sleep, OM, and High on Fire, Svjetlost quickly carved out its own identity by weaving Bosnian musical heritage into slow-burning riffs, vast atmospheres, and deeply emotional compositions.

The album's themes draw heavily from history and personal experience. Songs explore war, displacement, memory, and cultural identity, while paying tribute to Bosnia's landscapes, folklore, and the stories passed down through generations. The result is an album that feels equally intimate and monumental, transforming personal history into a meditation on resilience, loss, and belonging.

Recorded by Freek van Rooyen (Gavran), mixed by Marius Prins (Throwing Bricks), mastered by Alan Douches, and featuring artwork by Tinus Kardolus, The Forever Silent delivers a distinctive take on modern doom, balancing immense heaviness with rich atmosphere and emotional storytelling.

The Forever Silent will be released on July 24 via Shadow of Sorrow Records.

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Doomherre, Ordos, Hexjakt & Kaiser - Four Altars of Sin (Album Review)

Release Date: June 26th 2026. Record Label: Majestic Mountain Records. Formats: DD/Vinyl

Four Altars of Sin - Tracklisting

01 - Doomherre - Blood Relics of Old - 6:51

02 - Ordos - Inferno - 10:50

03 - Hexjakt - Svartkonst - 6:38

04 -  Kaiser - Sonic Satan - 11:14

Review

Majestic Mountain Records are releasing Four Altars Of Sin which is a compilation record featuring four of the most outstanding bands from the Scandinavian Doom, Sludge and Stoner Metal underground scene. The four bands Doomherre, Ordos, Hexjakt and Kaiser offer one unreleased track each. All of the bands have featured on the blog multiple times so it’s good to hear them contributing for this superb release.

All of the tracks are what we expect from the bands involved with some subtle stripped back sounds being played to the listening audience. The album runs for thirty six minutes and I offer my thoughts here on each track below.

Doomherre’s track Blood Relics Of Old merges Old School Doom, Proto-Metal and Stoner Metal melodies with an underlying Occult Rock energy merging with an epic modern day psychedelic sound. The vocals tap into the classic heavy metal world with a great perspective that’s grounded at the same time. The music becomes quieter and restrained for the final moments with a classic Grunge element holding back the dark heavy forces of Doom and Stoner Metal with only small amounts appearing allowing Doomherre to close the song superbly well.

Ordos’s track Inferno is the second longest track running over ten minutes which gives the band plenty of time to create an unsettling Post-Doom and Gothic atmosphere. Shades of Type O Negative can be heard within the first few moments as they capture a bombastic and overblown style of Doom Metal which works to the band’s favour. As the music becomes heavier, weirder and moving into deeper progressive waters. Flashes of Seventies Rock is spliced with that modern Post-Doom narrative. 

Ordos do bring their well known HEAVY METAL persona into the mix as the music and vocals becomes a bit frenzied with flashes of sludgy guitars sealing the deal. This is another stunning track from Ordos who are in absolute blistering form with some fantastic instrumental passages being played through the track with all the hallmarks of a great underground band waiting to be discovered for the very first time.

Hexjakt’s track Svartkonst could have easily fitted on their 2025 debut album Blessing Of The Damned with the band exploring a heavier CAVEMAN DOOM sound compared to the other tracks on the album. Things start slowly with Hexjakt laying down the Sludge/Stoner Metal framework to pulverize listeners with. The violent FUZZ METAL riffs once again have a certain High On Fire aspect to them. 

However, Hexjakt once again embraced a heavier Doomed Out and Cosmic attitude into the mix. The song is played at an aggressive slow-to-mid pace where a sullen distorted energy once again is played with an almighty conviction. The song becomes more vibrant when Hexjakt lean heavily into their psychedelic influences which results in some of the best melodies and sludgy movements on the whole album.

Finally, it’s Kaiser’s turn to impress with the longest track on the album with Sonic Satan which continues the sonic journey laid out on their acclaimed 2025 album 2nd Sound. The AMPLIFIED sounds opens the song is reminiscent of the mighty SLEEP with areas of pure distortion that’s set against a dominant religious sermon and speech which hammers the message of this track quite close to the home of the underground. Though, we would just light a BONG and just journey into the next dimensional abyss with Kaiser laying on heavier Space Metal sounds to a highly explosive style of Fuzz, Sludge and Stoner Metal. 

The song just becomes a force of nature as Kaiser opens the door into some of the heaviest sounds we’ve heard from them. The vocals are quite GRUNGE based with a sublime Nineties flow rising upto the surface. With this being the longest track on the album, Kaiser plays around with different levels of Fuzz Rock that’s spliced with that monolithic Sludge Metal energy that becomes quite droned out, disjointed and broken down into brilliant individual soaring SONIC ROCK odysseys that leave you brilliantly refreshed.

Four Altars Of Sin is a surprisingly bleak and brilliantly heavy release featuring the very best music the Doom, Sludge and Stoner Metal scene has to offer. Though, it also shows the amazing work that Majestic Mountain Records brings to the underground scene to this day and by releasing this great album everyone should be applauded for joining forces for such an outstanding compilation record that may rank as one of the very best ones that will be released this year.

Words by Steve Howe

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Four Altars Of Sin is available to buy now on DD/Vinyl via Majestic Mountain Records.

Follow Doomherre

Bandcamp: https://doomherre.bandcamp.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Doomherre
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Follow Hexjakt

Bandcamp: https://hexjakt.bandcamp.com
Facebook: https://facebook.com/hexjaktband
Instagram: https://instagram.com/hexjaktband
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@hexjaktband

Follow Kaiser

Bandcamp: https://kaiserfuzz.bandcamp.com
Facebook: http://facebook.com/kaiserfuzz
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaiserfuzz

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Bandcamp: https://ordosofficial.bandcamp.com
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Doomherre, Ordos, Hexjakt & Kaiser Join Forces for Four Altars of Sin

Four of Scandinavia's heaviest underground forces have joined together for a special release that celebrates everything we love about doom, stoner rock, fuzz, and atmosphere.

On June 26, Majestic Mountain Records will release Four Altars of Sin, a split featuring exclusive and previously unreleased tracks from Doomherre, Ordos, Hexjakt, and Kaiser.

Check out the album's teaser now!

More than a compilation, Four Altars of Sin feels like a gathering of kindred spirits. Across four brand-new songs, these bands explore different corners of the heavy spectrum, from classic doom and occult psychedelia to blackened atmospheres, crushing fuzz, and hypnotic riff worship.

Representing Stockholm, Doomherre deliver their trademark brand of classic doom metal, channeling the spirit of Candlemass, Trouble, and The Obsessed through towering riffs and deliberate, uncompromising heaviness.

From Uppsala, Ordos continue their descent into darker and more oppressive territory. Combining stoner doom, blackened textures, and cosmic psychedelia, their contribution marks the beginning of a new chapter for the band and showcases a heavier, more focused incarnation of their sound.

One of the newest names on the release, Hexjakt have quickly emerged as one of Sweden's most promising doom acts. Massive fuzz-drenched guitars, cavernous low end, occult themes, and an overwhelming sense of atmosphere define a track that further establishes the trio as a force to be reckoned with.

Completing the quartet are Finnish heavyweights Kaiser, whose blend of desert rock, stoner doom, punk energy, and psychedelic grooves has earned them a devoted following across Europe and beyond. Their contribution brings another dose of the colossal riffs and larger-than-life fuzz that have become their trademark.

Together, these four bands create a journey through the darker, heavier, and more atmospheric corners of the Scandinavian underground, united by a shared devotion to volume, groove, and the transformative power of heavy music.

Four Altars of Sin will be released on June 26 via Majestic Mountain Records on vinyl and digital formats. Pre-orders are now available here.

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@hexjaktband

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Bandcamp: https://kaiserfuzz.bandcamp.com
Facebook: http://facebook.com/kaiserfuzz
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaiserfuzz

Follow Ordos

Bandcamp: https://ordosofficial.bandcamp.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ordosofficial
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