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Warning return with Rituals of Shame and keep doom emotionally enormous
By Editorial Team - June 20, 2026
Summary
20 June catch-up: Warning’s Rituals of Shame marks the UK doom band’s return after two decades, bringing slow heaviness and emotional scale back into the release conversation.
Key Facts
- Category: News
- Published: June 20, 2026
- Tags: warning, rituals of shame, doom metal, uk doom, 20 june catch-up, 20 June Catch-Up / Doom Metal
Warning’s Rituals of Shame appeared in Pitchfork’s 20 June weekend guide, and for heavy music listeners, that is not a small footnote. The UK doom band’s return after roughly 20 years carries the weight of expectation that only a deeply felt cult band can generate. Doom metal is often reduced from the outside to slowness and volume, but the best examples are really about emotional scale: grief allowed to move at geological speed, riffs that feel like buildings leaning, vocals that do not rush to resolve the wound. Rituals of Shame sounds like exactly the kind of title Warning should be carrying back into the world. Shame is heavy. Ritual makes it communal. If the band can still translate that into long-form slow-motion force, this return may hurt beautifully.
Source: https://pitchfork.com/news/9-new-albums-you-should-listen-to-now-tierra-whack-evilgiane-sophie/