Published: January 29, 2015

It's rather nice to see vinyl making a comeback these days, with sufficient pressing quality to erase the horror memories of the flimsy mass-produced rubbish that was deservedly supplanted by CDs in the late 80s. Leaving aside the audio merits of the different media, there's simply no contest in the superior packaging possibilities for larger formats. 

Making full use of that is this limited edition 7" - yes, a Doom single - marking t...

Published: January 24, 2015

To hold us over until their new full-lengths arrive, doom duo Lycanthia and Atten Ash whetted our appetites with a brand new, split-7″ vinyl single earlier this week. Sydney’s Lycanthia tease us with a new track called “The Harbinger,” while North Carolina natives Atten Ash give us “City in the Sea.” The split makes perfect sense; each group adds its own unique touches, but both end up falling into a broad, melodic de...

Atten Ash are a death-doom trio hailing from North Carolina, USA who will be releasing their debut full-length, The Hourglass, via Hypnotic Dirge Records on 19th February. The tracks were originally recorded and self-released in 2012 but this year Hypnotic Dirge will give it a proper – and rightully deserved one – release on a 4 panel digipak with a 12 page booklet. Additionally, today the band is releasing a 7” split (also vi...