Yeah, I don’t know why, but somehow we come across a couple of great interviews lately. Here’s another one, now with Incubate doommetallers Syrach:

What would you name as the top 5 essential doom records for someone who was looking to get into the genre? How about your 5 favorite underground or lesser-known albums?

Kenneth ‘Ripper’ Olsen: In my head this must be a perfect ‘start-kit’ for a new doom fan: Pentagram ‘Relentless’; Candlemass ‘Nightfall’; My Dying Bride ‘Turn Loose The Swans’; Anathema ‘Serenades’; and of course Syrach ‘A Dark Burial’ … hehe …

If I should recommend some more ‘unknown’ bands, I can just mention bands that I really like nowadays; Wall Of Sleep from Hungary, Starchild, Serpentcult from Belgium, of course our labelmates in Ahab, and maybe they’re not such an underground band anymore, but I really like the things Novembers Doom have done.

By Noisecreep.