Prophets of Thwaites - Vulnerant Omnes Ultima Necat

 

Prophets of Thwaites - Vulnerant Omnes Ultima Necat
Self released – 2026
Metal, Doom
Rated: ***

The three musicians behind this project seem haunted by the passing of time itself, by doomsday, the end of all things, and the slow procession of hours that wear us down until the final one arrives. For they’ve named themselves Prophets of Thwaites, after the Antarctica glacier, known as the fastest melting glacier on earth. And they’ve given the new two track single the ominous title: Vulnerant Omnes, Ultima Necat. Which is the ultimate reminder that time is forever running out and your final hour is closing in…

Founded in the year of our lord 2024, the trio recorded the new two track release in January of 2026 and will release Vulnerant Omnes, Ultima Necat with haste, so it seems, on March 17th. A highly atmospheric doom metal affair that implores influences from the more psychedelic and progressive sides of the heavy underground. Drifting on top, are the ghostly vocals of Esma Larabi, which sound absolutely wonderful, have a slight gothic touch, but could perhaps be a bit louder in the mix. 

But as the two tracks unfold you glide with the band through all of the shadow and light one can handle. There are towering walls of psychedelic fuzz, as the bass throbs and chops away at the foundation. And always at the center, Esma Larabi’s haunting vocals guiding the listener through moments of calm and turmoil, while the rhythm section shifts from restrained pulse to crushing force. Powered by drummer Nico Beemster, also responsible for the drums in Accabadora, the movement is forever relentless and relentlessly forever. For each movement feels like a passing hour, some gentle, some devastating, echoing the idea that time wounds all things, until the final moment arrives: Vulnerant Omnes, Ultima Necat.

(Written by JK)

Listen to 2025 single I Am The Winds now, and come back for Vulnerant Omnes, Ultima Necat on March 17th! 



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Accabadora – Mazzolu

 

 

Accabadora – Mazzolu
Self-released – 2026
Metal, Doom, Black
Rated: ***

After a quiet knock heard at dusk in an old and dusty village, one will know the end has come. A new three-piece dragged from the depths of a twisted night and the brink of demise. They’re called Accabadora and hail from the Netherlands. Fronted by Maurice de Jong, the man behind the experimental project Gnaw Their Tongues. Their first EP Mazzolu will be out on February 1st and will undoubtedly move all Conan and Amenra heads. This is doom metal not played but administered. As if summoned from a shadowed dimension where time slows and every breath is heavy.

As are the vocals, suffocating benediction that crushes the ear and leaves silences trembling in its wake. There is a ritual here, pitiless and steady like a funeral march. Those riffs, rough and jagged one moment and then almost calming, for an instance, as if mercy briefly flickers like moonlight across a blade. Doom is here the last sacrament, and the drums hit with the weight of finality, each blow echoing that final heartbeat heard in that ancient house in that old and dusty village… 

(Written by JK)

Out on Bandcamp February 1st... 

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