Baxaxaxa, The Old Evil, Germany, self-released cassette (2019) Formed as a one-man project for a brief period in 1992, this
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Kitchen Music: easy-going folk experimental jazz soundtrack to a laidback and pleasant day
Adrian Løseth Waade, Kitchen Music, Norway, Nakama Records, CD / vinyl (2019) Surely dedicated to those who are still doing
Continue readingThe Forcing Season: Further Acts of Severance – impressions of Planet Earth being engulfed by a chaos from within
Sky Burial, The Forcing Season: Further Acts of Severance, Opa Loka Records, OL1904 CD (2019) Sky Burial is the solo
Continue readingDoctrine: first step on a long dark (and hopefully fruitful) journey in the Left Hand Path
Qayin Regis, Doctrine, Spain, BlackSeed Productions, SEED052 CD / vinyl (2019) With a name that includes the Hebrew form of
Continue readingForgotten Hill: a soft droning anodyne electronic music soundtrack
Chihei Hatakeyama, Forgotten Hill, Australia, Room40, RM4111 limited edition coloured vinyl (2019) Inspired by a trip to Asuka district in
Continue readingHechicero (Perspectives on Afro-Peruvian Music. The Collection Vol 2): paying homage to a very distinct and inventive Peruvian musical tradition
Cotito, Hechicero (Perspectives on Afro-Peruvian Music. The Collection Vol 2), Peru, Buh Records, BR114 CD / vinyl (2019) Juan Medrano
Continue readingPyrefication: a raw ambient noise BM universe of unending darkness, pain and spiritual torment
Pa Vesh En, Pyrefication, Germany, Iron Bonehead Productions, CD digipak limited edition (2019) For a band that put out its
Continue readingVoice of Opprobrium: a well-presented and polished, if flawed, work reviving 1990s second-wave black metal
Runespell, Voice of Opprobrium, Germany, Iron Bonehead Productions, CD digipak limited edition / vinyl 12″ limited edition (2019) With the
Continue readingLorca / Lost Tapes (1989 – 1991): a remarkable collection of strange and unearthly recordings by a Peruvian music veteran
Miguel Flores, Lorca / Lost Tapes (1989 – 1991), Peru, Buh Records, BR121 limited edition vinyl 12″ / CD (2019)
Continue readingInterdimensional Invocations: a dense package of clean and kitschy thrashy death metal
Xoth, Interdimensional Invocations, United States, self-released, CD (2019) Like its tongue-twisting title and the intricate cartoony artwork, this album, the
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