Reviews list for Worm - Gloomlord (2020)

Worm were originally a one-man outfit, hailing from the swamps of Florida and playing straight black metal, the band later expanding to a duo before releasing their debut album Evocation of the Black Marsh in 2017. This their second album, takes cavernous death doom combined with elements of funeral doom and desecrates it with evil black metal shrieks or growling demonic utterances. The production is a bit muddy and while this isn't always a problem with death doom, it does seem to rob this of a little of it's efficacy at times. The riffs are filthy and fetid, as they should be and the drums have an echoing resonance that contributes mightily to the abyssal atmosphere.  Rotting Spheres of Sentient Blackness is a definite highlight with it's lethargic, corpse-ridden doom of death vibe and malodorous vocals that may leave the unwary gagging!  So if you're a fan of doom metal that sounds like it's been disinterred after about three centuries then this should appeal.