Heavy Cross in town!

With handful of  NWOBHM releases this year from the veterans like Angel Witch (who released As Above, So Below) and Pagan Altar (gearing up for Never Quite Dead), let's turn our attention to a fairly unknown band Heavy Cross churning out glimpse of quality composition on the debut EP Street Wolf with mass load of inspirations from NWOBHM in the vein of Saxon, Tokyo Blade, Angel Witch to classic heavy metal acts such as Oz, Heavy Load etc. Keep an eye on Hells Headbangers for more information. You can listen to the tracks, Street Wolf and Red Light Woman, below.

doom on : PAGAN ALTAR, OM, BONGRIPPER

Many of you already know the internet riot thing that took place on Hellride Forum between Terry Jones and the bassist blaming each other for many things followed by cancellations of shows which naturally many thought because of the departure of  bassist but Terry later announced the original reason as his daughter had to undergo open heart surgery (hope all is good). Now it looks like things have finally been settled inside Pagan Altar camp and they added a new bassist to the line up. Recently Pagan Altar has released an exclusive preview of the upcoming album Never Quite Dead scheduled for Summer release.

Al Cisneros is indeed a busy man and it does not look like he's going to have a free time anytime sooner this year- Sleep's Dopesmoker reissue, tours and now his project OM is all set for the release of a new album on July 24 entitled Advaitic Songs which will be available as 2LP/ CD/ Digital Version. You can watch the teaser for the album below.

Do you remember that post about the longest stoner doom tracks where Bongripper snapped the first place? If you missed the list, visit here. Recently Bongripper has uploaded a new track Fisting (Unmastered) from an upcoming split on the Bandcamp Page which also will be played on April 14 at Roadburn Festival. Listen to the track below.

Preview of Never Quite Dead


Pagan Altar- Dance of the Vampires


Om- Advaitic Songs (teaser)


Bongripper- Fisting (Unmastered)

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Pagan Altar: studio pics and more

Recording Studio Build (Never Quite Dead) [photos courtesy of facebook page]

Pagan Altar, one of the most under- achieved bands announced at the end of last year that they are going to release a full LP Never Quite Dead come this year. A new song titled Dance Of The Vampires was released at the time taking inspiration from a cult classic movie under the same name. Portrait Of Dorian Gray appearing in Pagan Altar vs Mirror Of Deception split also to be included on the new album.





Pagan Altar Official Page