Review: Worm Altar – Pillars of Eternal Dusk

Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 16th October 2026 Portland, Oregon natives Worm Altar have finally birthed their highly anticipated debut record, ‘Pillars of Eternal Dusk’, into a world that may not be ready to receive it. Released by Gurgling Gore Records as well as through Dawnbreed Records and in cassette through Contemn Light, the band have been refining their ugly, cavernous brand of death doom since their excellent debut EP ” a few years ago. But I think ‘Pillars of Eternal Dusk’ is going to be the real test as whether this is a band that can really step up to the plate. A truly toxic guitar tone rumbles and slithers from opener ‘Under the Shadow of Night…’, snaking between an ominously slow and powerful drum beat and trembling under what feels like an oppressive, slimy shroud of blackness above. This is how you start a death/doom record by the way, sheer oppression and heaviness and nothing has really even happened yet! The crawling brutality sets in, with an almost…

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