Published: May 6, 2014

The name Nethermost refers to the lowest point of existence, but it is also a moniker for the melodic and death/doom metal quartet from southern Texas. Alpha is their debut EP containing only four medium length tracks. It is a tribute to nature and its four elements.

All four songs presented here are intense, powerful but also obscure and different. It is rich on melodies and atmosphere which is rather soaking. As stated before t...

Published: November 2014

Nethermost is a very young outfit from Texas that plays Melodic Doom Metal, which is not unlike what, let’s say, Paradise Lost played in their earlier career. This EP is a debut effort, which offers four rather typical melodic and slightly depressively sounding tunes. All songs sound very much alike, constructed using mostly the same formula of composition. The music is very straightforward and pretty monotonous d...

Published: February 9, 2014

The four remaining members of Texas based Nethermost, who began as a five piece, formed in 2009 and laid dormant until the release of their EP Alpha in 2012. The band have recently been taken in by Hypnotic Dirge Records who have re-released their debut and singular album appearance in 2013. The album is said to be a tribute to the elements and that it offers up deep and obscure timelessness. How does this infusion of melodic...

From: Pure Nothing Worship Magazine; Issue 2

Published: February 2014

Coming from the United States, Nethermost is a young band that debuts with their EP entitled "Alpha", releases through Hypnotic Dirge Records. "Alpha" presents four songs of great, dark, melodic death/doom with a fantastic atmosphere and a sound largely reminiscing of such bands from the 90's. With melancholic atmosphere achieved through melodies driven mainly by lead guitars, and mid tempo drums, this EP brin...

Published: December 4, 2013

The debut album for Texans nethermost represents a typical case of discrete band, but that is still immature. 

"Alpha" is in fact a 4-track EP released by Hypnotic Dirge Records, which lasts just over 18 minutes, and that offers a melodic death / doom listenable, but it has two flaws quite important. First, the personality of the band is still far from being well taken care of, and for all the ...

Published: October 17, 2013

The first release by the american band Nethermost is Alpha EP, which is melodic death metal with slight droning elements of doom metal. As a whole it feels like it is still searching for itself and is unfortunately unable to keep the listeners interest up for it’s full running time.

In a way I really do like these laconic kind of moaning guitar melodies, which are quite biting in their own catchy way. Though there is slight little ...

Published: September 14, 2013

Hailing from Texas this band are a relatively new outfit who have so far only released this one EP. It came out originally in 2012 independently before being picked up by Hypnotic Dirge for a bit more widespread recognition. Honed down from a quintet the band obviously stripped unnecessary fat from the equation before laying down these four tracks and they do not beat about the bush giving their intentions away the second play ...

Published: September 7, 2013

Nethermost roughly means something along the lines of being the lowest, farthest down and the lowest point of existence. This Laredo, Texas three piece certainly transcribes those words into musical form, in particular that of a doom/death style, here on their debut EP, 'Alpha.'

Four songs grace this EP, all with deep melancholy sounding riffs, audible bass work, hard growled vocals and a gloomy mood to boot. The death metal ...

Published: September 3, 2013

Nethermost is a young band from Texas. Yet, unlike many courses out there, they do not practice nor the country, nor the brutal death tends slamisante. Alpha is their first EP, who define what level of attention should be wearing them. 

18 short minutes is everything needs nethermost to return us to the middle of the 90s, especially in Sweden and England. The glory of the first Katatonia, My ...

Published: August 5, 2013

Everyone has to start somewhere, and for Texan three-piece Nethermost that place is basically 'from first principles'. Proof, if you like - to paraphrase Voltaire - that if Katatonia did not exist, it would be necessary to invent them. But, of course, the Swedes fairly successfully invented themselves, just in time to create one of the more enduring, recognisable and influential strands of the whole Death/Doom sound. Given that they sw...

Published: August 1, 2013

Another release that leaves me with mixed feelings. On one hand I think this four-track EP is cool because its melodic doom/death in the vein of old Katatonia, October Tide, Daylight Dies or Rapture. In general you cant do anything wrong to me with this kind of music. Still I do have some complaints about Alpha. It all sounds very much the same and there are only four songs. The melodies by guitarist Cinthya are all alike ...

Published: July 29, 2013

In such a peaceful and a calm night, a Doom / Death Metal music is the only thing that can make the air seem fresher, and the NETHERMOST was my choice for tonight, NETHERMOST is a Doom / Death Metal band that hails from Texas, and creates extreme doomy riffs in the veins of the old KATATONIA and OCTOBER TIDE, with a lot of 90s Doom Metal riffs that have the ability to suck the air around you and replace it with ultra melancholic a...

Published: July 28, 2013

If you consider Texas as the birthplace particular country or southern rock, you are absolutely right. But Texas comes from, inter alia, a band that leans more to the melodic and very, very dark metal music. Nethermost , as is the title of this four-member band from Laredo, this year released their first EP "Alpha" and hopefully this review will help at least a little deciding whether to Nethermost...

Published: June 24, 2013

"Alpha" is the debut of a young band from Texas called Nethermost, which recently became part of the Canadian seal rooster Hypnotic Dirge. Its core consists of the couple and Cinthya Waldo Rocha on guitars, John Johnston on vocals, and drummer Edgar Pinto.

Their sound is the prototypical death-doom-nineties, where in front of a cavernous, guttural voice, the weight of the melody is suppo...

Published: July 13, 2013

The attack of "Alpha" stinks so much of his early Katatonia: "Phasing Currents" opens up into a vein melancholic doom as only the legendary "Dance of December Souls" was able to do. Rhythmic and very linear in the belly of the music, moves a plucked guitar, distraught and dusk, which leaves only a glimpse of the darkness of night. Here is the debut of the nethermost, coming band from T...

Published: July 5, 2013

Nethermost come from Texas and present with Alpha their debut EP, on which they have to melodic doom metal and want to spread on four songs Weltschmerz, which they succeed well. Thus, EP is supported by sluggish bass and a monotone grueling electric guitar, discreet use of keyboards and guitar solos provide showers and mood a good momentum within the individual pieces. Although the vocals are...

From: Alternativ Musik
Published: July 5, 2013
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Nethermost come from Texas and present with Alpha their debut EP, on which they have to melodic doom metal and want to spread on four songs Weltschmerz, which they succeed well. Thus, EP is supported by sluggish bass and a monotone grueling electric guitar, discreet use of keyboards and guitar solos provide showers and mood a good momentum within the individual pieces. Although the vocals are not ste...

Published: June 2013

Undoubtedly, Katatonia have with their distinctive mid-90ies sound inspired and influenced countless bands. While some influences are processed subtly, others provide turn off almost perfect "Black breaks". Nethermost are measured at their debut mini-rather to the latter category. "Alpha" is the work of three Texans who have the melodic Death Doom prescribed and shine through bluntly that t...

When a group claims to be a mash of several genres, I usually only expect the worst. Long has the use of experimentation been something only occasionally successful. Even Metal tyrants such as Celtic Frost had issues when they tried to merge several different styles and genre tropes together. Into the Pandemonium was a monumental flop compared to their previous albums, what would follow (Cold Lake, Vanity/Nemesis, etc) was recei...

Published: June 5, 2013

Alpha, the new debut EP by this South Texas band known as Nethermost will be unveiled to the world on June 14, 2013.  Since 2009 what started as a husband and wife project has now manifested into a full band. So what type of style do they play?  Well they take the styles of the 90's mid paced death doom and add their own flavor of extreme to it. The sound of intense, melodic guitars with an extraction of melancholic bliss s...

Originally released as an independent EP, today we have Nethermost debut EP “Alpha”. Hailing from the USA, one would have never imagined this by just listening to the band’s excellent Melodic Death/Doom Metal. With clear influences of early Katatonia, October Tide and similar bands, the band delivers nearly 20 minutes of very well crafted tunes that are quite melancholic and melodic in nature.

When researching the band ...