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Watch rising doom metal shamans Green Lung bewitch Bloodstock festival in pro-shot footage
By Matt Mills published
The folkloric up-and-comers will headline their biggest-ever UK shows in London and Manchester next year

Doom metal mavens Swallow The Sun release evocative, melodic new track Innocence Was Long Forgotten
By Matt Mills published
Listen to the bittersweet song and watch its powerful music video here

“It’s a beast!”: meet the doom metal legend who obsessively collects vinyl versions of Black Sabbath‘s debut album
By Dave Everley published
Candlemass bassist Leif Edling owns way more copies of Black Sabbath’s debut album than you

“He phoned up the Jesus Army and claimed I was possessed by demons and needed help!”: how Cathedral dragged doom metal into the 1990s with their landmark debut album Forest Of Equilibrium
By Malcolm Dome published
Former Cathedral frontman Lee Dorrian looks back on the making of a doom classic

A beginner’s guide to doom metal in five essential albums
By Matt Mills published
From Saint Vitus to Paradise Lost, this is the story of metal’s gloomiest genre distilled into just five albums
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