Welsh experimental blackened doom/post-metal solo project Doubtsower dropped new album »The Past Melts Away With A Sneer«

Cardiff, UK based experimental blackened doom/post-metal solo project Doubtsower by Pantheïst bassist Matt Strangis stream new album, »The Past Melts Away With A Sneer«, which just dropped on November 28th, 2025 via UBAii / Unbidden Audio.

Tracklist:
01. The Past Melts Away With A Sneer (48:29)

»The Past Melts Away With A Sneer« is the 4th LP from Cardiff (Wales, UK) based one-man-band Doubtsower.

Shaped by the principle of album-as-journey, and rejecting the call for artists to release as much content as often as possible, it consists of a single 48 minute long track – a chapter-closing culmination of experimentation and uncompromising dirt, obliterating the lines between blackened/funeral doom, post-rock, sludge, horror soundtrack inspired production experimentation and more.

Aesthetically raw, fuelled by the punk DIY ethic, the album was self-recorded in practice room spaces and at home, with Greg Chandler (from legendary funeral doom band Esoteric) handling mastering duties.

Photo credit: Stina Strangis

Taking inspiration from a slew of underground scenes (outside of Doubtsower, Strangis plays bass in doom merchants Pantheïst, and also produces experimental electronic music under the alias “Kyam”), »The Past Melts Away With A Sneer« is an intensely personal, disorientating descent into a nihilistic free-for-all.

Written and recorded between April 2023 and October 2025.

Available digitally and on limited-run CD, on Strangis’ own UBAii / Unbidden Audio label.

Order your copy here: doubtsower.bandcamp.com

Written, performed, recorded, produced & mixed by M. Strangis.
Mastered by Greg Chandler at Priory Recording Studios.
Artwork by M. Strangis.

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well