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Catacombs - In The Depths Of R'lyeh



7.9 | 35 votes |
Release date: 2006
Style: Funeral doom metal

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01. In The Depths Of R'lyeh
02. Dead Dripping City
03. At The Edge Of The Abyss
04. Where No Light Hath Shone... (But For That Of The Moon)
05. Fallen Into Shadow
06. Awakening Of The World's Doom (Reprise)

Additional info
USA: 2006
Genre: Funeral Doom/Death Metal
Label: Moribund Records

Line-Up:
All Instruments and Vocals: John Del Russi

Staff review by
KwonVerge
Rating:
8.4
Catacombs is a band that was formed during the birth of the first half of the 00s and it is the one-man project of the persona behind the mysterious nickname Xathagorra Mlandroth . After some EPs during 2003/2004 the band managed to return during 2006 with its first full-length release, "In The Depths Of R'lyeh", and what an almighty and utterly promising debut album it is i must confess! Catacombs move in funeral-driven doom/death metal sounscapes, something we can refer to in otherwords as extreme doom metal, and Xathagorra definitely knows what he's doing! While listening to this US band you may notice Evoken references, but in a slower pace, and of course the distressing feeling we all loved in the guitars of diSEMBOWELMENT is present in the agonising floating guitar melodies (without the more upbeat outbursts of the Australian legends), something i highly appreciated since it's not something everyone can achieve if he can't feel it deep inside!

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published 22.09.2006 | Comments (15)

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Comments: 11   Visited by: 148 users
17.08.2013 - 20:19
Rating: 8
Hex_Omega
Gem Seeker
Seriously underrated. 'In The Depths Of R'lyeh' is one of my favourite Funeral Doom songs.
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21.06.2014 - 05:05
Kraterr
Account deleted
IN THE GREAT CYCLOPEAN CITY OF RLYEH, GREAT CTHULHU WAITS
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14.09.2015 - 00:48
Zap
This is one of those albums that really makes me want to explore funeral doom further. This and any Esoteric album.
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20.02.2017 - 09:04
Maco
Pvt Funderground
In case you are interested. Catacombs will release a new album this year.
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11.06.2018 - 18:35
Rating: 9
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
Staff
So yeah, I just gave this album a new listening. It must have been at least 2 years ago. Turns out I like it even more than before. Sounds simple but it's so solid and well written.

Written by Maco on 20.02.2017 at 09:04
In case you are interested. Catacombs will release a new album this year.

You... You lied to us.

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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29
Like you could kiss my ass

Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
Rod, let me love you.

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11.06.2018 - 18:44
Maco
Pvt Funderground
Written by X-Ray Rod on 11.06.2018 at 18:35

You... You lied to us.

Xathagorra Mlandroth is sick. His wife announced it on a facebook post before deleting it.
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11.06.2018 - 18:49
Rating: 9
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
Staff
Written by Maco on 11.06.2018 at 18:44

Written by X-Ray Rod on 11.06.2018 at 18:35

You... You lied to us.

Xathagorra Mlandroth is sick. His wife announced it on a facebook post before deleting it.

Well, thanks. Now I feel like a dick. :\
He did post this on August 2017 though (half a year after your post that is):
Quote:
New releases are imminent. Clips of new album(s) coming soon. Long time coming, but I've been working on three different albums (death/doom, groove-laden faster death metal and an industrial/death/doom album) so it's a lot to work on, though progress being made faster on all three. I'm not sure which will release first but, rest assured, they're all fucking coming. Hails.

Or was that sickness-post later than that?
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29
Like you could kiss my ass

Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
Rod, let me love you.

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11.06.2018 - 19:03
Maco
Pvt Funderground
Written by X-Ray Rod on 11.06.2018 at 18:49

Or was that sickness-post later than that?

The post was around October last year. It was deleted since then.
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06.09.2018 - 01:00
Zap
I wish there was a dark ambient version of this album. If something like that exists, please tell me, okay?
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06.09.2018 - 04:52
Maco
Pvt Funderground
Yall should listen to the EP released back in 2003 if you want some more of this project. It's quality stuff.
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17.07.2022 - 19:54
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
Contributor
Damn - nice oppressive Lovecraftian aura
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