Ash Borer, Cold of Ages, Profound Lore Records, CD (2012) Ash Borer’s second album could very well be their breakthrough
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Walking Woods
Composer Daniel Stearns freely owns up to the peculiar mental state of “dissociation”, which manifests itself as unusual occasions or
Continue readingMother: ambient raw black metal in a vast and ancient landscape of flat plains, dry heat and the threat of fire
Cicadan, Mother, US, Eternal Warfare, cassette (2013) Cicadan is a recent black metal act based in Cobram, located on the
Continue readingThe Grain: country music was never so massive or monumental as this homage to wheat fields
Slomo, The Grain, Trilithon, TRCD05 (2012) Here are two very stretched-out tracks of creeping, repetitive droning music that revolve around
Continue readingOld Earth: four-part opus doesn’t quite satisfy as jazz / death metal chamber music piece
Ehnahre, Old Earth, Crucial Blast, CD CBR99 (2011) Ehnahre are new to me but this trio from Boston, Massachusetts, has
Continue readingBong (self-titled): music to harness mental power for secret ceremonies
Bong, Bong, Ritual Productions, CD RIT018 (2009, reissued 2012) Reissued in 2012 with an extra track “Asleep” that makes the
Continue readingWindhand: in danger of becoming a Sabbath clone, and a tired one at that
Windhand, self-titled, Forcefield Records, CDGRIMM25 (2012) A sure sign that Windhand traffick in no-nonsense straight-ahead retro doom metal is the
Continue readingFaemin: a solid and dependable sludge doom metal effort
Process of Guilt, Fæmin, Bleak Recordings (2012) “Fæmin” is the third album by the doom metal band Process of Guilt who
Continue readingV: best work by two soul music brothers
KTL, V, Editions Mego, CD eMEGO 120 (2012) For a band that formed in 2007 to score music for a
Continue readingThe Feather tipped the Serpent’s Scale: album inspired by vivid and unusual concept
Eagle Twin, The Feather tipped the Serpent’s Scale, US, Southern Lord, CD (2012) Reading the fine print on the gatefold
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