Fans of 2014’s excellent Promulgation of the Fall would have been hoping for more than just two tracks from these Greek death metallers this year but their new EP Sombre Doom satisfies with quality over quantity. Opening with a howling dead wind of feedback, the first track Redemptive Immolation is grave and doom-laden with a thick, dark atmosphere. After the oppressive opener, the up-tempo battering of Wind’s Bane comes as a relief but is still rich in ghostly gloom and haunting guitar. The songs and riffs aren’t the most original but Sombre Doom is all about the vibe and the execution: this reeks of rain, death, evil and graveyards. Proper death metal if you ask me, and one of the best EPs of the year.
HEAVY METAL OVERLOAD 
By your writeup they should have called it METAL ON FRIGGIN METAL!
Like these lines u use…
“howling dead wind of feedback”
and my personal fav..
“the up-tempo battering of Wind’s Bane comes as a relief but is still rich in ghostly gloom and haunting guitar. ”
Everything from band name to album art is enough to make me sleep with the light on tonight!
Haha
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Sleep with one eye open Deke haha! Yup this is definitely very friggin metal!
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Rain, death, evil, and graveyards, eh? Sounds mighty sombre.
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Does what it says on the tin, this one!
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Can’t go wrong with a wee bit evil, eh?
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Definitely not!
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Listening now. This sounds like “Doctor Dave” music!
Personally I’m a little scared now.
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Yeah, more up Dr. Dave’s street I’d suspect! But then again, he didn’t have much death metal on his list. If any.
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I honestly get confused between death metal and black metal and whatever many of his bands are!
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Fair enough haha! We had a few of the same picks but that seemed to be the main difference.
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I’ve seen Gojira on a few lists…although I am still waiting on two lists, hopefully I will get them in time!
My list had no black metal OR death metal! 😦
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Whaaat?! Seen Gojira on (and topping) a lot of lists this year. It only just made mine! So much good stuff this year.
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I’m worried my own list will be predictable and boring compared to the ones I’m reading. But I had to be honest…I liked what I liked!
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Honest is best! And it’s your site so everyone knows what you like.
I’ve only been doing these lists a few years. I’m sure that after a while it’ll start to look more repetitive as my favorite bands bring out new stuff.
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So the sombre doom EP, eh? I’m guessing this is ambient glam flamenco music?
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It is yes. Pretty weird choice of title cause their debut album ‘Ambient Glam Flamenco’ was totally brutal death metal. Yuck!
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Wow. Just… wow. “this reeks of rain, death, evil and graveyards.” Perfect for family gatherings and kindermusik sessions!
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One for the school run definitely.
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My kids and I were rocking Slipknot in the car coming home from school on Friday…
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