Doomherre/Ordos/Hexjakt/Kaiser |Four Altars Of Sin |Majestic Mountain Records

Published on 16 August 2026 at 10:44

Release Date June 26^th, 2026
Format Vinyl/Digital
Genre Doom/Stoner Metal
Origin Sweden, Finland

Doomherre is a Stockholm trio formed by musicians rooted in Sweden’s underground. Their stripped down doom is built on towering riffs, deliberate pacing and an austere approach that strips away ornament. The music chooses blunt impact over ceremonial grandeur, using the space between chords as part of the attack. Their contribution continues the severe, riff centered character that has raised the band’s profile within doom circles. Ordos comes from Uppsala and has moved into darker territory through a mixture of stoner doom, blackened metal and psychedelic color. Their music can turn hypnotic, oppressive or strangely fluid within the same extended form. A newly recruited drummer appears on this release, adding greater physical impact to a style already built around low frequencies and shifting tension.

Hexjakt formed in Westmanland in 2024 and quickly entered Sweden’s modern doom underground as a trio. Fuzz saturated guitars, cavernous bass and broad atmospheric writing define their approach. Occult themes, existential dread and humanity’s place in the cosmos shape the lyrical focus, giving the music a darker scale than ordinary riff worship. Kaiser emerged from East

Helsinki in 2013 and have since toured beyond Finland with a mix of stoner rock, desert rock, punk energy, psychedelia and doom. Following “1st Sound” and “2nd Sound”, the band enters this split with its established fuzz saturated attack intact. Their riffs have a wider rock motion than the Swedish contributions, backed by a larger than life attitude and an instinct for extended, high volume songs.

“Four Altars Of Sin” gathers four unreleased songs on vinyl and digital. The production places guitars and low frequencies at the front, with drums given enough impact to stop the slower tempos from turning inert. Doom metal anchors the release, while psychedelic haze, blackened chill, punk movement and desert rock heat divide it into four distinctly separated shades. The shifts are evident and occasionally abrupt, and the split format remains obvious, preserving the character of each band across the sequence.

A few riffs linger too long, chiefly in the extended songs, though the sustained tension prevents the pace from turning numb. Hexjakt’s occult and existential imagery deepens the darkness, while Kaiser’s rock pulse adds motion after the more oppressive material. Four songs leave no padding, and every contribution contains enough substance to justify the format. The result is a hard, rewarding cross section of Scandinavian doom and stoner music, varied enough to function as a complete album and severe enough to leave a mark.

|8.0