Yeti on Horseback - Traditional Addictions (2026)

Delivering one massive slab of Doom, today we have Canada’s Yeti on Horseback and their latest full-length “Traditional Addictions”. While featuring a very traditional musical core, the band masterfully explodes genres like Post-Metal, Sludge, and modern Extreme Metal, creating a very unique and punishing amalgamation of sounds. If you like things heavy, hectic, and aurally haunting, these guys manage to create something that feels familiar and yet is quite dynamic and unique.

Opening with the piercing distorted guitar of “Drug Addict”, one would think this release will go the same way as the heaps of bands that live by the ‘power of the riff”. However, once the song continues to progress, the listener quickly discovers these guys are not your run of the mill band as hellish vocals, Sludge/Post-Metal elements and crafty tempo changes switch things around. By the time “Mariner’s Lament” rolls around with its masterful momentum building guitar work, one can quickly tell this release is special as it is weird and magical in its own atmospheric way.

The band continues with their onslaught with the fierce “Through With This Flesh”, a song that features traditional bleak My Dying Bride-esque riffs alongside crafty drumming and lively shrieks. This track sounds a bit heavier than the first couple, but mostly due to more vocals involved. Our favorite track has to be the funky “Erotic Goth Dad” and its Cult of Luna-esque build up, and vicious instrumentation. Nearly clocking in at 15-minutes, this track is one hell of a rollercoaster ride.

As a whole, “Traditional Addictions” showcases that there are still corners of Doom Metal to explore. All the staple elements of the genre are here, but Yeti on Horseback manage to craft a unique combination of them, and others, into a piercing and relentless style that is unique to them. The heaviness of this release makes it one of our favorites of 2026, and any fan of the Doom riff-driven music should not shy away from these guys and their funky style and name.

Rating: 95/100