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

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

1. Funeral Circle - "Corpus of Dark Sorcery" (from "Funeral Circle", 2023) [submitted by Sonny]

2. Smote – “Lof” (from “Clyppan”, 2025) [submitted by dk]

3. Purple Lung - "Beware the Bog Witch" (from "Mystic Vision", 2026) [submitted by Vinny]

4. For My Pain... - "Autumn Harmony" (from "Fallen", 2003)

5. ISIS - "The Other" (from "Oceanic", 2002) [submitted by Vinny]

6. Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean - "An Abundance of Mercy" (from "Let Us Not Speak of Them but Look and Pass On", 2026)

7. Novembers Doom - "Not the Strong" (from "To Welcome the Fade", 2002) [submitted by Andi]

8. Concept of God - "Visions (Nightmares) (from "Visions", 2007) [submitted by Sonny]

9. Unearthly Trance – “Raised by Wolves” (from “Season of Seance, Science of Silence”, 2003) [submitted by dk]

10. Neurosis - "Blind" (from "An Undying Love For a Burning World", 2026) [submitted by Vinny]

11. Departure - "Emanations of Hopelessness" (from "Mired in Descension", 2025) [submitted by Sonny]

12. Space Sugar - "Graveyard Keeper" (from "Ride Your Panic", 2025) [submitted by Vinny]

13. Sumac – “Will to Reach” (from “What One Becomes”, 2016) [submitted by dk]

14. Oreyeon - "Nothing but Impurities Pt.2" (from "The Grotesque Within", 2026) [submitted by Vinny]

15. Dawn of Winter - "The Peaceful Dead" (from "The Peaceful Dead", 2009)

16. Ennui - "Antinatalism" (from Qroba, 2026) [submitted by Sonny]

I listened to this in two halves today and gave a firm "no" to For My Pain (Gothic ain't my thing), Unearthly Trance (cannot get my head around this band), Concept of God (Rob Lowe is someone I have to really be in the mood for) and the dreadful attempt to sound like Messiah Marcolin that was Dawn of Winter.

On the plus side, I am lapping up the sludgey goodness of Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean, a band who I have long admired from afar.  That Departure NH track piqued my pecker too.  I have also been lured in by that Sumac track, albeit warily after I sat through The Healer once and genuinely wanted to pull my ears off.  Ennui where a superb ending to the playlist, I thought.  

The "obscure" bands still work best for me though Sonny so keep them coming.

The "obscure" bands still work best for me though Sonny so keep them coming.

Will do. 

The "obscure" bands still work best for me though Sonny so keep them coming.

Will do. 

I am becoming increasingly frustrated by the fact that so many aren't available on Spotify though. I will have to try a bit harder to promote some of them via reviews etc.