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Portugal... Death Dooming is the Law

                                                                              
This is not a Review, an Interview, or an Article on the Portuguese Death Doom scene of the 90s. We can call it an appreciation post, for example. I have been planning on doing it for a very long time, but never found the time. 

Today, a few days before Invicta Reqviem Mass burns Metalpoint to the ground for the last time, this shows that Portugal was once an immense force to reckon with in terms of excellent Death Doom.

Below, a few examples of bands that released albums that were, in my opinion, instrumental in designing a solid scene. Even if not valued back in the day, are seen today as classics by some, and should be treasured by all.

From various parts of the country, I am hereby showing you some of my favorite releases from the genre, from Portugal. Pay close attention to the last one: Eerie Litanies, Bragança; probably one the best Dom releases I have heard. Give it a go.

Drawned in Tears - "Abstract Melancholy" (1995)



Drawned in Tears - Metallum

Obscenus - "Salvatore / Nocturnus Exordio" (Museu Heavy Metal Açoriano, 2021)



Sculpture - "Like a Dead Flower" (Art Music, 1998)


Celestial Dark - "Perpetual Tears" (1996)


Celestial Dark - Metallum

Eternal Mourning - "Delusion & Dementia" (Goimusic, 2001)


Eternal Mourning - Metallum

Nocturnal Symphony - "Monsoon Winds" (1997)


Nocturnal Symphony - Metallum

Thanatos (later ThanatoSchizo) - "Melégnia" (1999)


ThanatoSchizo - Metallum

Eerie Litanies - "In Thy Shiver" (1999)


Trás-os-Montes, Reino Maravilhoso, Bragança.






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