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  • Vallis ex Umbra de Mortuus

    MH-PR028

    Artist: Rigor Sardonicous

    Label: Paragon Records

    No hope, No Future, No Salvation! DOOM. The word has become synonymous with the spawn of Sabbath to the point that metal fans probably think of its musical definition before considering its original implications: An unavoidable fate, and not a positive one. A judgment, a sentence that can't be appealed. THE END. Long Island's Rigor Sardonicous has spent its existence exploring doom in every sense of the word. Guitarist and vocalist Joseph Fogarazzo studied mortuary science, working as a licensed funeral director for a time, and Vallis Ex Umbra De Mortuus is steeped in death and the inevitability of the end—shrouded in funereal imagery and rumbling forth with some of the slowest, densest, most oppressive sounds in doom history. The numb, mechanical pounding of a drum machine sets the crawling pace as Fogarazzo and bassist Glenn Hampton unfurl endless downtuned death/doom riffs and Fogarazzo's lyrics turn decay and mourning into disturbing poetry. Vallis Ex Umbra De Mortuus stands as the final word in doom to be released this year, an experience as cold as a morgue and dark as the grave.

  • Apocalypsis Damnare

    MH-PR015

    Artist: Rigor Sardonicous

    Label: Paragon Records

    Their long unavailable 2nd album totally re-recorded with a brand new layout. Eons more punishing than the original album. Once again, this is only for the truest of DOOM enthusiasts.

  • Principia Sardonica

    MH-PR014

    Artist: Rigor Sardonicous

    Label: Paragon Records

    After a long five years since their last album, Rigor Sardonicous return with their 3rd and darkest opus of Apocalyptic Doom. Imagine Thergothon, early Skepticism, Disembowelment, Symphony of Grief, and Winter stripped to its barest elements. Only for the truest of DOOM enthusiasts.