Monuments in Ruin Doom Charts Submissions October 2024 
October was a pretty gnarly month. There were a lot of great albums rolling through my email and only so much time to dig into them. Now that we have an additional 33 albums posted on the Doom Charts Peroration List, it might be a good idea to revisit the albums that made it into the listening routine and onto my original Doom Charts submissions for the October charts! Noted in alphabetical order, of course.
List:
DEADFORM - ENTRENCHED IN HELL
ENFORCED - A LEAP INTO THE DARK
LIVING GATE - SUFFER AS ONE
MIASIS - IN AND OUT OF WEEKS
MERCYLESS - THOSE WHO REIGN BELOW
METHADONE SKIES - SPECTRES AT DAWN
NOROTH / GRAVE INFESTATION - SPLIT
OTTONE PESANTE - SCROLLS OF WAR
Blurbs:
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Deadform - Entrenched in Hell
(sludge, punk, metal)
(Oakland, California)
(Tankcrimes)
The tone of the album production sends waves of nostalgia through my ears. It reminds me of the days of trading mixtapes and somewhere in the new batch creeps out something unlike anything else. A guttural scream over low tuned brutality. The curiosity about who they could be, where they may reside or what planet they potentially come from. This is the exact headspace Deadform sends me to.
~ Bobby Rayfield (Monuments In Ruin)
Bandcamp: https://tankcrimes.bandcamp.com/album/entrenched-in-hell
released October 25, 2024
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ENFORCED - A Leap Into the Dark EP
(crossover, thrash, hardcore)
(Richmond, Virginia)
(Century Media)
If you are ready for a full scale, circle pit, stage dive, crowd surf, high energy, spine tingling, gravel throated, chugging riff after riff, pounding, adrenaline packed, music mayhem (not unlike this overly descriptive run on sentence) then your wish has been granted. All of the above and it all happens direct from your living room stereo.
~ Bobby Rayfield (Monuments In Ruin)
Bandcamp: https://enforced.bandcamp.com/album/a-leap-into-the-dark-ep-24-bit-hd-audio
released October 25, 2024
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Living Gate - Suffer As One
(death, extreme metal)
(Belgium)
(Relapse Records)
One can be led to water but no one can force them to drink. Why did my inner voice try to resist this album for so long? Perhaps my fear was that it may not live up to an internal expectation. That was all very silly because this record is scorching! There was no way to be prepared for this level of extreme beauty in a technical, death metal assault. Like a scalpel wielded at the hand of a train surgeon, these riffs cut so clean and smooth while the life-giving blood overflows once that seal of flesh has been broken.
~ Bobby Rayfield (Monuments In Ruin)
Bandcamp: https://livinggate.bandcamp.com/album/suffer-as-one
released October 25, 2024
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Miasis - In And Out Of Weeks
(post-hardcore, metal, noise)
(Naperville, Illinois)
(Independent)
Though it is a short burst, this EP is full scale demolition in the face of it all. With a massive powerhouse of heaviness to welcome you and a melodic passage to connect the two bodies of devastation that begin and end, this is a fun trip down memory lane for fans of Coalese and similar artists.
~ Bobby Rayfield (Monuments In Ruin)
Bandcamp: https://miasis.bandcamp.com/album/in-and-out-of-weeks-remixed-remastered
released October 18, 2024
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MERCYLESS - Those Who Reign Below
(death, extreme metal)
(France)
(Osmose Productions)
It is a cavern of slaughter. Bodies piled high and the screams of those tortured and slain still echo from the blood soaked wall to flesh coated stone. The further we travel the louder those cries ring out. Thunder rumbles and chains rattle. Blast beats and the fierce attacking of blistering riff after riff, slashing and cutting, nothing can stop the butchery. This is the ultimate feast for the death metal demon.
~ Bobby Rayfield (Monuments In Ruin)
Bandcamp: https://osmoseproductions.bandcamp.com/album/those-who-reign-below
released October 25, 2024
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Methadone Skies - Spectres at Dawn
(post-rock, stoner, psych)
(Timișoara, Romania)
(Haywire Records)
Looking up, the clouds slowly turn dark and lightning illuminates the skies like a pulsing light show of horrific proportion. The sludge soaked psychedelia force heat and cold to meet, generating chaotic winds. The music showcases a cryptic dance of ominous destruction. The lands before us provide nowhere to escape and the distant rumble of imminent dismantling slowly grows louder.
~ Bobby Rayfield (Monuments In Ruin)
Bandcamp: https://methadoneskies.bandcamp.com/album/spectres-at-dawn
released October 25, 2024
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Noroth / Grave Infestation - Split 7"
(death metal)
(Seattle, Washington / Vancouver, British Columbia)
(Carbonized Records)
One can almost smell the brutality creeping out of the cover before it starts to play. Throat blistering and abusive vocals flow over each battle driven, double bass and blast beat heavy shovel lunge of riffs. Though my cryptic senses tingle when the bands slow to a crawl, there is no denial that these tunes are well worn at an adrenaline stricken pace.
~ Bobby Rayfield (Monuments In Ruin)
Bandcamp: https://carbonizedrecords.bandcamp.com/album/noroth-grave-infestation
released October 18, 2024
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Ottone Pesante - Scrolls of War
(brass metal, doom, jazz)
(Faenza, Italy)
(Aural Music)
There is a moment within this album of pure, emotional bewilderment. My heart and mind connected to the struggle and sadness being conveyed. It felt as though my body was lost in a soundtrack of malice. Dark and unjust. This was the moment Ottone Pesante had hooked me. My instinct was to make note of the track title and damn near cried when it read, "Men Kill, Children Die".
~ Bobby Rayfield (Monuments In Ruin)
Bandcamp: https://ottonepesante.bandcamp.com/album/scrolls-of-war
released October 18, 2024
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