NATT, A Better Place, Poland, Zoharum, ZOHAR 195-2 CD EP (2020) NATT is a Polish DJ and producer who
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La Planète Sauvage: a mix of jazz, funk and psychedelic guitar rock / pop in a trippy movie soundtrack
Alain Goraguer, La Planète Sauvage, France, Pathé, 2C 066-12698 vinyl LP gatefold (originally released 1973) Recent news I heard that
Continue readingAnthology of Persian Experimental Music: a tasteful survey of alternative music in Iran
Various Artists, Anthology of Persian Experimental Music, Italy, Unexplained Sounds Group, CD digipak (reissued 2019) First released in digital format
Continue readingThe Earth is Silent: epic death / doom metal album delivers a work of art and beauty in themes of grief, loss and despair
Sun of the Dying, The Earth is Silent, Germany, Art of Propaganda, limited edition CD digipak / 12″ vinyl (2019)
Continue readingMagnum Opus Caelestis: journeying into the far reaches of space has its pitfalls
Etoile Filante, Magnum Opus Caelestis, Germany, Northern Silence Productions, NSP 180 CD digipak (limited edition) (2020) Formed in 2013, Paris-based
Continue readingPyroclasts: companion album to “Life Metal” is a complete work in its own right
Sunn0))), Pyroclasts, United States, Southern Lord, SUNN 333 vinyl (2019) Recorded in the same sessions as the earlier 2019 release
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
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