Sunn0))), Pyroclasts, United States, Southern Lord, SUNN 333 vinyl (2019) Recorded in the same sessions as the earlier 2019 release
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Sand Enigma: an ambitious foray into a multi-universe of many possibilities but not plumbing very deeply
Land of Kush, Sand Enigma, Constellation Records, CST146 CD / vinyl double LP (2019) As long as I’ve been writing
Continue readingAcéphale and Arkhé Tenebre: in the midst of sheer horror, despair and catastrophe, beauty and mystery can be found
S.E.K.H., Acéphale & Arkhé Tenebre, United States, Sentient Ruin Laboratories, SRUIN103 limited edition cassette (2019) At the time of writing,
Continue readingDerniers Chants: an expansive and musically varied conclusion to a double-album concept
Ossuaire, Derniers Chants, Canada, Sepulchral Productions, SP053 digital / CD (2019) Just six months after releasing their debut album “Premiers
Continue readingPremiers Chants: an uneven debut of melodic raw BM with much fiery potential
Ossuaire, Premiers Chants, Canada, Sepulchral Productions, SP049 digital / CD (2019) Having formed in Montreal in 2016, Ossuaire was initially
Continue readingYtenic Blód: a varied set of noisy experimental raw ambient black metal from an obscure British collective
Albionic Hermeticism, Ytenic Blód, United Kingdom, self-released limited edition cassette (2019) Part of a British-based black metal collective known as
Continue readingHomenagem: an old style of fusion Afro-European music has a new lease of life with electronics experimentation
Leonardo V Boccia, Homenagem, Brazil, Lugar Alto, LA001 vinyl LP (2019) Appropriately for a reissue of an album first released
Continue readingBeing there: a solid and intriguing expression of art in the process of creation
Grisha Shakhnes, Being there, Belgium, Unfathomless, U61 CD (2019) Israeli artist Grisha Shakhnes is blunt about this release: it’s a
Continue readingTragediens Trone (self-titled): a dense dissonant style of blackened death metal in need of inspired concept and songs
Tragediens Trone, self-titled, France, Osmose Productions, OPCDL378 (2019) Just when you think the French and the Spanish had cornered this
Continue readingPatience: two gentle instrumental pieces of rich meditative soundscape art
Monotronique / Quiet Evenings, Patience, Germany, Vaagner, VAKNAR 22 cassette (2019) Appearing on quite a few people’s bandcamp collections, this
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