Paradise Lost – Ascension (2025) – Review

Paradise Lost - Ascension - Album Cover

Is it fall yet? Not quite. But doom ‘n’ gloom promptly appears on the menu again. And this time, wistful roaring reaches us from the cold and windy island nation of the UK.

Together with their brethren from Bradford, Paradise Lost pretty much set the gold standard for all things doom over the years. Especially their return to in-yer-face tearful woe with The Plague Within indeed cemented this act’s place in Doom’s Hall ov Fame.

So, the band’s 17th full-length record Ascension finally appeared on our mighty radar. An impressive feat that not many bands managed to achieve so

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Video: Serpent on the Cross, an invocation by Paradise Lost!

Paradise Lost - Serpent on the Cross - Video Cover

Ah, damn. Vacations make you miss things. When good ol’ RMR was pounding the sand and playing with giant squids, Paradise Lost here snuck in a clip right from Ze Kingdom Ov Doom. Already the title, Serpent on the Cross, should have jolted us awake through esoteric osmosis or something. But it didn’t, and here we are, late already for Ascension, the record dropping tomorrow.

The RMR crew was kind of wondering where PL would take this after Obsidian left us in 2020. And if Serpent on the Cross is any indicator, the going just got better. The … [...] Click to raid more!

The Funereal EP, a lament by – Funeral!

Funeral - The Funereal EP - Album Cover

Ô Solitude, Ô Eternal Misery!

Didn’t get enough doom ‘n’ gloom from the news lately? Well, we’re happy to serve you a large portion of tribulation and woe with your breakfast cereal today. Funeral famously appeared on our radar with their 2024 piece Gospel of Bones that made quite a dent in our obsidian, tear-drenched wastes of melancholy central. A band that – allegedly – gets its lyrics from a psychologist. A disturbing thought, if you think about it. They’re supposed to help people, not wallow in grief themselves.

But the fact is, their newest blurb, The Funereal EP, … [...] Click to raid more!

Tribunal – In Penitence and Ruin (2025) – Review

Tribunal - Of Penitence and Ruin - Album Cover

The last time, the guardian of the review pipe screwed up and the RMR crew finally covered Tribunal‘s 2023 debut with some delay the following year. A ‘faux pas’ that won’t bear repeating yet again. The RMR crew found the Quality ov Doom to be pretty outstanding and compelling for a simple starter package. Material that would have landed on the top 10 with a fair degree of certainty.

So, luckily, the band’s somewhat unwieldily named new piece In Penitence and Ruin reaches our dark shores somewhat early in 2025. Time enough to let its desperate deliberations sink in … [...] Click to raid more!