February 2026 Doom Metal Dominion: "The Fallen" Playlist - Metal Academy Radio

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2rSh9MnfQo9HmPLo2W5MBa

1. Cult of Luna – “Blood Upon Stone”, (from “The Long Road North”, 2022) [submitted by dk]

2. Celtic Frost - "Ground" (from "Monotheist", 2006)

3. Phobocosm - "Beyond the Threshold of Flesh" (from "Gateway", 2025) [submitted by Vinny]

4. Fall of the Idols - "At the Birth of the Human Shadow" (from "The Séance", 2008) [submitted by Sonny]

5. Evangelist - "Deadspeak" (from "Doominicanes", 2013)

6. Ruins of Beverast – “Cathedral of Bleeding Statues”, (from “Tempelschlaf, 2026) [submitted by dk]

7. Amenra - "Nowena | 9.10" (from "Mass V", 2012) [submitted by Vinny]

8. Doomster Reich - "Gimme Skelter" (from "Drug Magick", 2017) [submitted by Sonny]

9. Flesh of the Stars - "Welcome the Night" (from "Hosanna", 2016) [submitted by Sonny]

10. Ramesses – “Iron Crow”, (from “Take the Curse”, 2010) [submitted by dk]

11. Bell Witch - "I Wait" (from "Longing", 2012) [submitted by Vinny]

12. The Atlas Moth - "Horse Thieves" (from "An Ache for the Distance", 2011) [submitted by Vinny]

13. Earthbound Machine - "Rallies in Rage" (from "Destined for the Grave", 2019) [submitted by Sonny]

14. Church of Lies - "Hiding from Devils" (from "No Gods... No Manners", 2015)

15. Batillus – “…And the World is As Night to Them”, (from “Furnace”, 2011) [submitted by dk]

I am sorry to say that I need to raise a complaint about this month's The Fallen clan playlist!

Perhaps we should have a Metal Academy Zoom call to discuss, such is the level of focus I feel needs to be given to this matter as the playlist cannot continue in this manner!

My complaint is......

I fucking love all of this list!  THERE IS NOT ONE BAD TRACK ON HERE!

How am I supposed to work today knowing that this 2 hour slab of doomy, sludgy, deathy goodness is but a click away for me to lose myself in?  I was sat there yesterday, foolishly thinking to myself 'I will just pop this month's playlist on in the background.' and then BOOM, Cult of Luna kicks things off and I am straight away drifting through a sea of turbulent sludge waves that give way to lapping tides of post-metal goodness.  Then, no rest for the wicked, Sonny's landed a Celtic Frost track in there next.  Two tracks later, Fall of the Idols appear out of nowhere and go straight onto my "to do" list along with Evangelist, Doomster Reich, Flesh of the Stars, Ramesses, Earthbound Machine (YOB wannabes) and Church of Lies all courtesy of Sonny (barring Ramesses).

All the while, the silent assassin that is dk having already deraile dmy Sunday "background listening" plans with Cult of Luna is then responsible for a Batillus track to finish things off, having already made me rethink that Ruins of Beverast release might be better than I first thought based on the track he's picked for this list.

Joking aside, an absolutely stellar playlist Sonny, the best one yet.  Keep em' coming!

Wow, thanks Vinny, I was pretty happy with it myself. For most of the picks I made for the playlist, I tried to stick with some fairly obscure acts that haven't featured before. I was a little unsure how they would go down, so thanks for the feedback and I am glad you enjoyed it.

Ha ha. I had the same issue as you Vinny. I put it on to have in background while concentrating on work on Monday, and got pretty much zero work done.

I loved it all, nicely sequenced again Sonny. Straight on my new to listen list went Phobocosm and The Atlas Moth (who I was sure I had listened to before - apparently not) amongst others. I still have a little bit of a problem with the new Ruins of Beverast - the song I nominated is my favourite on the album, but the album as a whole is a 3.5 (maybe just under that).  

I have played the playlist four times over now, end-to-end each time.  This is unprecedented in the history of the MA playlists.  I hear ya dk about the RoB album, each time I go back to it with a planned refreshed outlook I still end up on the fence.  His clean vocals are terrible, and not even in a cool, post-punk manner either.

Thanks for the votes of confidence guys.

I am in agreement as regards "Tempelschlaf". It is perfectly fine for what it is, but it doesn't feel like classic Ruins of Beverast and I would take earlier albums such as "Exuvia" or "Rain Upon the Impure" over it every time.