conceptual – The Sound Projector

18/01/2021 Ed Pinsent

Being Like Both

Claire Rousay‘s work may cross over into performance art and conceptual art to some extent, although she is an improviser

04/01/2021 Ed Pinsent

Little Shop of Horrors

We heard from the recorder player Dominik Strycharski with his 2017 album Ghost, where he did a great job for

11/12/2020 nausika

Sous l’oeil fermé des paradis: an intoxicating mix of black metal, crust punk, aggression and drama with a message of defiance and escape

Oes Galliath, Sous l’oeil fermé des paradis, France, Fosse Commune Productions, CD (2020) / France d’Oïl Productions, FOP 037 CD

09/12/2020 nausika

Wreathed in Mourncloud: a work of beauty, majesty and emotion that falls short of being a masterpiece

Fellwarden, Wreathed in Mourncloud, Germany, Eisenwald Tonschmiede, EISEN161 limited edition vinyl LP (2020) The Lake District in north-western England is

26/11/2020 Ed Pinsent

Four Circuit Protection

Four new releases from the Augsburg label Attenuation Circuit. FezayaFirar are a duo of young Turks, by which I mean

23/11/2020 nausika

G.O.H.E.: an exploration of personal guilt, downfall and self-destruction, and eventual salvation

In Cauda Venenum, G.O.H.E., France, Les Acteurs de l’Ombre Productions, LPAO-126, limited edition CD digipak / limited edition handcrafted CD

18/11/2020 nausika

Allusion: a recording by a band at a crossroads in its career turns out a grind of the wrong kind

Epitimia, Allusion, United Kingdom, Onism Productions, ONISM004 limited edition CD digipak (2020) Not for the first time and certainly not

14/11/2020 nausika

Par-Delá Noireglaces et Brumes-Sinistres: an ambitious and highly individual mediaeval BM / dungeon synth debut

Crépuscule d’Hiver, Par-Delá Noireglaces et Brumes-Sinistres, France, Les Acteurs De l’Ombre Productions, AO-121 CD digipak / cassette / 12″ vinyl

11/11/2020 nausika

The Dawn of the Arriving Age: dawn of a solid technical BM trio with Middle Eastern folk and post-metal influences

Ethereal Credence, The Dawn of the Arriving Age, Poland, Via Nocturna, NOX125 DG CD (2020) Formed in Alexandria (Egypt) in

27/10/2020 nausika

Proclamation ov the Black Suns: a very striking and solid debut album of 1990s’-era second-wave black metal with an experimental slant

Dkharmakhaoz, Proclamation ov the Black Suns, Germany, Iron Bonehead Productions, IBP 476 CD digipak / vinyl LP (2020) A very