The Mercurial Dose

This is the seventh and final installment in my overview of the Skepticism discography. I am really getting sick of typing the name Skeptici...

This is the first time I heard Skepticism. It was 2003 and I was getting curious about this “funeral doom” style I had been reading about. A...

Beginning with what sounds like the pumping of mighty pipe organ bellows, “Process of Farmakon” introduces the latest progressions in the so...

1998 saw the release of Skepticism’s second full length album. This record begins with a couple massive stabs from the pipe organ. This part...

This EP charges right into ceremonious and hypnotic sludge riffs lead by keyboard synth strings, buzzing guitars and mind-numbing bass throb...

In 1997, two years after their first album, Skepticism released this EP. This must be a solidification of the intent behind their “Aethe Kae...

For some reason, Finland has produced a large share of the most unique and innovative bands within the tiny and obscure world of Funeral Doo...

Considering how many Amebix patches you can see on kids at any given crust punk show, you gotta wonder why more of those bands don’t sound l...

Mysterious blackened stench-Metal from Wisconsin, this album collects tracks from a wide variety of sources scattered throughout the history...

Chopsmonkey Allan Holdsworth is one the most enigmatic musicians ever to bend a string. A long and storied career includes stints with every...

Something about trying to relax in the depth of wintertime told me to sit back and get all lost in a thick blanket of funeral doom; but ther...

“Death Doom will never die!” proclaims the insides of this strange, futuristic album. Even from the cover art, it is hard to believe that th...

Though usually lumped in with the RIO scene of the late 70s, Aksak Maboul stand out as one of the more indefinable recording artists of the ...

After hearing this album 6 or 7 times at my place of employment (a record store, big surprise, eh?), I was struck by how fresh and exciting ...

As mentioned earlier, I recently took a new look at the pop music of the early 80s. I will use this post to explain one particular quirk tha...

Here is the first installment of what will likely be a reoccurring topic. My interest in the French pipe organ traditions started with ...

Don’t know why I put this album on today. Some rare occurrence where I both have an impulse to listen to something totally out of context ...