From the depths of Tilburg and Utrecht in The Netherlands, Yama delivers a thunderous blend of stoner, doom, and post-rock, fusing atmospheric jams with razor-sharp songwriting. Their raw, riff-fueled sound has landed them alongside heavyweights like Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats, Graveyard, and Orange Goblin, while setting stages ablaze at festivals like Roadburn, Freak Valley, and Into the Void.
After a six-year slumber, Yama roared back to life in 2024 with a Dutch-Belgian reunion tour, paving the way for a full-scale return. With a German-Belgian tour set for May 2025 and the release of their upcoming split album Tempus Deorum with L’ira del Baccano (Subsound Records) in early 2025, the first recordings since 2014’s Ananta, the fire is lit once more—louder and heavier than ever.
After hearing about this upcoming split, I decided to dig a little deeper into Yama. I was very pleasantly surprised. So here are a few things to catch you back up as well!
Title track from Yama debut, Ananta:
There is a lot to love about this album, so I encourage you to go check it out for yourself. Here is another personal favorite if you’re not yet convinced.
About Tempus Deorum
In the summer of 2015, deep in the Italian Dolomites, a bond was forged between two titans of the European heavy underground. Nearly a decade later, Roman psych-doom voyagers L’Ira Del Baccano and Tilburgian doom rockers Yama unite for Tempus Deorum—a split album of cosmic weight, arriving March 28th via Subsound Records.
L’Ira Del Baccano stretches time itself with a sprawling 19-minute instrumental odyssey, weaving doom-laden heaviness, hypnotic psychedelia, and razor-sharp progressive precision into a sonic rollercoaster. Meanwhile, Yama channels their darkest, doomiest energy, blending crushing riffs with eerie psychedelic drones, guided by producer David Luiten (Autarkh).
Tempus Deorum (“Time of the Gods”) is more than an album—it’s a celestial eruption of psychedelic heaviness, where doom and transcendence collide. Prepare for the ascension.
On this album we have explored the darker dimensions of our songwriting. First off is the galloping heavy rock belter ‘Wish to go Under’, followed by melancholic doomer ‘The Absolute’ to finish up with the blues infused song ‘Naraka’.
In this triptych the figure Yama takes a central role. In Vedic tradition Yama was the first being that died, and later became the lord of death. From his abode (Naraka) he rules over what is (in)definite.
Single, “Naraka” from Tempus Deorum
‘Naraka’ represents hell in Vedic lore and is Yama’s abode. As a song it also brings home our band’s past and future. It’s a heavy blues track, with a fierce doom metal punch. The final part of the track reflects the redemption that sinners (Narakas) achieve, after settling their ‘debt’. Something each one of us could long for.
