Artist: Worm
Title: Gloomlord
Label: 20 Buck Spin
Cat #: SPIN174
Release Year: 2020
Duration: Album
Format: CD
Packaging Type: Jewel Case

Worm’s second album, the early 2020 release Gloomlord, was a precursor to the massive impact that would make the world tremble on 2021’s Foreverglade. Itself a large stylistic leap forward from Worm’s debut album, Gloomlord brought the band to wider attention and the Floridian Funeral Doom contained within has since amassed a cult-like following of its own.

Until now Gloomlord has been a somewhat difficult score in the States and often unavailable. As such, with the band now looking to make its first live appearances in 2023 it was time to sate the increasing demand and make Gloomlord easily available to the masses.

As an added bonus the album has been completely re-mastered by Greg Chandler of the funereal legends Esoteric at Priory Recording Studios in the UK. And like the Foreverglade and Bluenothing vinyl releases, the reissued Gloomlord now comes with a huge poster insert. With those added aspects lead progenitor Phantom Slaughter considers this the definitive version of Gloomlord.

Recommended if you like: Disembowelment, Katatonia, Mournful Congregation, Thergothon, Goatlord, Spectral Voice

Track Listing:

1. Putrefying Swamp Mists at Dusk
2. Rotting Spheres of Sentient Blackness
3. Apparitions of Gloom
4. Melting in the Necrosphere
5. Abysmal Dimensions