Dead To A Dying World

Kólga – Black Tides Review

By Iceberg on April 5, 2024 in Reviews, Black Metal, 33 comments

“Texas-based Kólga bill themselves as a “blackened surf rock collective.” With a descriptor like that, and an album cover like THAT, there’s no way I could pass up on seeing what lurked beneath the Lizard People pool. Boasting members from a boatload of bands from across the spectrum (Dead to a Dying World, Cleric, Tyrannosorceress, Sabbath Assembly, to name a few) this is Kólga’s first stab at a full-length: and barely at that, running at a lithe 27 minutes. But if the band calls it an LP, then an LP it is, and a review it receives.” Surf’s up, Smurfs up.

Dead to a Dying World – Elegy Review

By Master of Muppets on April 19, 2019 in 2019, American Metal, Black Metal, Doom Metal, Profound Lore Records, Reviews, Black Metal, Doom Metal, 68 comments

“If endlessly overused adages are to be believed, one might presume all Texas exports to tower over their non-Texan counterparts. I trust silly axioms about as much as I trust the Lone Star State, yet all the biases in the world cannot negate the fact that Dallas’ Dead to a Dying World delivered something downright tremendous with their sophomore full-length, Elegy. A colossal comprisal of epic atmospheric touches, devastating doom and sombre string-ed subtleties reflecting on the lost cause that is humanity, the album is certainly big enough for Texas and melancholic enough for Muppet.” Easy listening apocalypse.

Dead to a Dying World – Litany Review

By Dr. A.N. Grier on October 19, 2015 in 2015, American Metal, Black Metal, Doom Metal, Reviews, Sludge, Tofu Carnage Records, Black Metal, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal, 51 comments

“I’m not sure if it’s “fitting” or “ironic” that I received a promo from a band called Dead to a Dying World. After a week of some unfortunate shit hitting way too close to home, I’m further convinced that “the world is going to hell in a hand basket” (as a close friend would say). The thought of being a voiceless observer watching the world kill itself is a heavy burden to carry into Dead to a Dying World’s sophomore outing, Litany.” When real life is depressing, doomy music like this can actually make things seem a little less bleak.

Sans Soleil – A Holy Land Beneath A Godless Sky Review

By Dr. A.N. Grier on December 22, 2014 in 2014, American Metal, Doom Metal, Drone, Not Metal, Post-metal, Reviews, Tofu Carnage Records, Doom Metal, Drone, Not Metal, Post-Metal, 6 comments

“How often do you think of an instrumental band that substitutes that wishful vocalist with the swooning leads of a viola? My guess is never. You never think of that. Well, the masterminds behind Sans Soleil thought about it for you.” My mom always says “if you have a viola, you have everything.”