Canada's Altars Of Grief deliver an excellent immersive and cruelly emotional Black/Doom sophomore.
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Slow, heavy epic doom metal with clean vocals. Their album 'Sorrow of the angels' picks up where Candlemass left off with 'Night...
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USA - Active.
| Traditional Doom First formed in 1986, as simply Coven, this Detroit-based four-piece came across as an eclectic mix of influences that probably deserve the label 'proto-Doom' or 'doomy' rather than outright Doom. The overall pace, and plentiful guitar leads, nod as much towards the likes of AngelWitch and Cirith Ungol's Heavy Metal as to Black Sabbath or Solstice's Trad and Epic/Nordic Doom. After several reformations over nearly 30 years, Coven 13 have now begun recording again, sounding faithful to their original blend of '70s/early '80s elements. |
| Demo | 1986 | Self-released | Tape |
| Worship New Gods | 1987 | Crom Records | LP |
| Ragnarok | 1991 | Crom Records | Tape |
| Worship New Gods (Remaster) | 2012 | Shadow Kingdom Records | CD |
| Worship New Gods (Ltd) | 2013 | High Roller Records | LP |
| Destiny Of The Gods | 2013 | Shadow Kingdom Records | CD |
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| The band was active from 1986 - 1991, becoming Coven 13 for the second album release. They reformed briefly in 2005, then again in 2011, and now have a stable line-up with 3 of the 4 original members, a new bassist and second guitarist. |
