#doomstress

Listen to: Rainbow Demon ( Uriah Heep cover) by Doomstress

Sunday morning loot report: What a great show last night! Every band was excellent, and the venue (Black Magic Social Club) was so cool. Breakdown:

- Cloak: back patch, cassette, and pin.

- Red Mesa: patch.

- Doomstress: patch and wood coaster.

As I did not bother to write down a top 100 records of 2019 list let me point to my absolute favorite of the year “Sleep Among The Dead” by Doomstress.

Doomstress Alexis and the guys delivered a perfect Doom record with not a single weak track on it.

Bitter Plea is a hell of an opener. Epic in scope and delivered with such heart it can make stones weep.

Burning Lotus manages to sound classic and modern at the same time.

Dream Spider is in one word dreamy.

Your God is Blind according to my stats my most played track of the record

Superb lyrics here

Reap what you sow You planted hate, now your seed is overgrown Baptized upon the blood of the innocent sacrificed Your sins won't be absolved Complacent in their “holy” lies Forced to your knees-Your god is blind You've been deceived-Your god is blind The eyes that bleed-Your god is blind Your god is blind Live with your shame You brought this world down in flames Too late you see the writing on the wall Beneath your war machines you watch your children crawl

Unlike that blood on your hands today

That stain on your soul, it never washes away Thousands of years of wars the human race Has waged beneath these skies-the silence doesn't lie The cries of orphans echo, answered by The cruelty of their fate-And still they wait In sullen pain, born unto the grave Unlike that blood on your hands today That stain on your soul, it never washes away

Bones and Rust is a Song that makes me envious. The base line in the beginning stays as a constant with the rest of the music kicking in and Alexis building a cathedral of comfortable decay and gloom over it with her killer vocal performance.

Apathetic Existence if there's such a thing as comfortable bleakness that’s what this song is. The line “I never understood what others feel, no need to belong Always on my own When I gaze upon the mirror my reflection's already erased I can see through my face This is my existence and it's all I have ever known Drifting day to day I'm not lost in the haze, it's my home, there's no path No path to see, No path for me, Only apathy.“ is so on point in regards to how so many I highly value feel in this world.

Sleep Among the Dead an other killer track and the finisher for this masterpiece of modern Doom. 

Some of Alexis vocal work on this record reminds me of the stronger moments of One Lana Lane. I’m thinking of “Frankenstein Unbound” in particular.

Get "Sleep Among the Dead” here on bandcamp. Thank me later.

FESTIVAL PREVIEW: Shadow Frost Music and Arts Festival

  Shadow Frost Music & Arts Festival is here and it promises to be a unique experience. The debut the hotel-based fest is brought to you by the producers of Shadow Woods Productions, LLC and Shadow Woods Metal Fest, and is the winter-time companion to the Shadow Woods Metal Fest, expected back in action this summer. The Shadow Frost fest takes place on February 21st and 22d and will feature…

Shadow Frost Music and Arts Festival Announces Set Times and Vendors!

Less than two weeks away, Shadow Frost Music & Arts Festival has announced their daily lineups with set times and all of their amazing vendor options. The debut the hotel-based fest is brought to you by the producers of Shadow Woods Productions, LLC and Shadow Woods Metal Fest, and is set to take place on February 21st and 22d and will feature Oakland’s Vastumas well as a special set from their…