Doom The Dark Ages is an interesting little beast. Itās still Doom at heart, in the vein of the last two games. But the vibe is just so very different, and not just because of the medieval setting. Itās the Army of Darkness of Doom games, if you follow. That goes double for the music, and while thereās, uh, obvious reasons for that. Fact remains, this is a game where youāre an absolute unit, ripping demons to shreds; but thereās way more Warhammer shit in its veins than before.
Doom 2016 and Eternal may have sparked a whole new fire under the djent-ier side of metalāto the point that thereās folks trying to make the name āArgent Metalā happenābut The Dark Ages is slotting into a deep tradition of metal portraying high-fantasy Hell, without swaying too far in either direction. So, if you were one of those folks who fell down a metal rabbit hole after the first two games, and need something to match the vibes a little better this time around, or if this is your first step into a larger, more brutal world, letās walk you a little further down the path with an appropriate six more albums to go hunting down to keep the brutal times rolling long after youāve Shield Sawed your last demon in half.
