March 2026 Doom Metal Dominion: "The Fallen" Playlist - Metal Academy Radio
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2rSh9MnfQo9HmPLo2W5MBa
1. Zoroaster - "Trident" (from "Matador", 2010) [submitted by Vinny]
2. Benthic Realm - "Untethered" (from "We Will Not Bow", 2018)
3. Coffins – “Drown in Revelation” (from “Noothgrush / Coffins” Spit EP, 2013) [submitted by dk]
4. Ufomammut - "III" (from "Eve", 2010) [submitted by Vinny]
5. Ilsa – “Cult of the Throne” (from “Coffins / Ilsa Split E.P., 2016) [submitted by dk]
6. Karyn Crisis' Gospel of the Witches - "Great Mothers" (from "Covenant", 2019) [submitted by Sonny]
7. Froglord - "They Came From Saturn - Lower & Slower" (from "They Came From Saturn - (Lower & Slower)", 2026) [submitted by Vinny]
8. Encoffination - "Nefarious Yet Elegant are the Bowels of Hell" (from "Ritual Ascension Beyond Flesh", 2010) [submitted by Vinny]
9. Noothgrush – “Thoth” (from “Noothgrush / Coffins” Spit EP, 2013) [submitted by dk]
10. Black Moth - "Blackbirds Fall" (from "The Killing Jar", 2012)
11. Agrimonia - "The Battle Fought" (from "Rites of Separation", 2013) [submitted by Vinny]
12. Warcoe - "The Wanderer" (from "Upon Tall Thrones", 2025) [submitted by Vinny]
13. Witchfinder General - "Invisible Hate" (from "Death Penalty", 1982) [submitted by Sonny]
14. Ether Coven - "This House Is a Tomb of Memories" (from "Everything Is Temporary Except Suffering", 2020)
15. Cardinal Wyrm - "The Resonant Dead" (from "Cast Away Souls", 2016) [submitted by Sonny]
16. Doomsday Profit - "Spirits" (from "Doomsday Profit", 2025) [submitted by Vinny]
17. Indesinence – “Vanished Is the Haze” (from “Vessels of Light and Decay”, 2012) [submitted by dk]
18. Ea - "Laeleia" - (from "Ea taesse", 2006)
Ha ha. Just noticed Noothgrush was autocorrected to Toothbrushes in the list above. Made me laugh anyway.
I finally got around to this playlist and found it suitably gloomy and desolate for my tastes. I like how the list ended on funeral doom, it just somehow seems really fitting for the end of The Fallen clan playlist to finish on such a sombre note. I can't call out any really bad tracks, although I remain on the fence with Karyn Crisis as it was a little too gothic and that Noothgrush track dragged on a bit. I am no fan of Witchfinder General though, I just don't get them.
I am going to be checking out more from Ea, Ether Coven and Benthic Realm
Yes on reflection, and on listening to the playlist, I should have gone for a shorter Noothgrush track. But again a thoroughly enjoyable playlist Sonny - I too like the way we end with some funeral doom. I haven't heard too much from Ea, but they are on my list to explore further, along with Froglord and Black Moth amongst others.
Funeral doom does seem to be well-suited for closing tracks on the playlists and it sometimes feels out of place when buried in the middle as it can result in a bit of a flat spot, whereas it gives a suitably mournful atmosphere with which to end when used as a closer.
I am happy to see some love for Ea, as they are one of my favourite funeral doom bands. They are a mysterious bunch though and have never revealed their identities. They sing in a dead Babylonian language that has been recreated by linguistic archaeology and variously claim to be from St. Petersburg in Russia, Wyoming and even Antarctica!