Black Shape of Nexus / Lazarus Blackstar, self-titled, Germany, Alerta Antifascista Records, split LP AA94 (December 2013) I confess I
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Healing Hands
Disappointing Polish murk from Echoes Of Yul on The Healing (ZOHARUM 106-2 / TAR TRAIL RECORDS TT 001-2)…multi-instrumentalist Michal Sliwa
Continue readingDesert Suns: stoner doom band’s time has arrived with reissue of debut album
Desert Suns, self-titled, Ripple Music / HeviSike Records (2016) Hailing from San Diego is a new four-piece stoner doom band Desert
Continue readingPain Cleanses Every Doubt: immense force and power remove doubt about a new black metal band’s worth
Ultha, Pain Cleanses Every Doubt, Ecocentric Records, CD ER#195 (2015) Ultha is a new black metal band from Germany but at
Continue readingHold hard, these ancient minutes
Overpowering and intense grim rock noise from James Welburn on his album Hold (MIASMAH RECORDINGS MIACD031) which appears to be
Continue readingYou’ve Always Meant So Much To Me: this mini-movie soundtrack will mean a lot in different ways
Wrekmeister Harmonies, You’ve Always Meant So Much To Me, Thrill Jockey Records, Thrill 339 12″ vinyl (2013) Originally this one-track
Continue readingEnfants Terribles
The album ÜTOPIYA? (SUB ROSA SR396) by French intellectual free-rocksters Oiseaux-Tempête is slowly growing on me, despite early spins where
Continue readingThis Mountainous Abomination
Mannequin Hollowcaust’s ‘Slow Infector’ (STAND UP TRAGEDY RECORDS SUT14 / HEAD DESTROYER MEDIA HD08) is a magnificent instance of industrial
Continue readingAshen Light: leave out the vocals and this doomy depressive BM album is very good
Taiga, Ashen Light, Russia, Satanath Records, CD SAT067 / METALLIC 030 / LCDS 180/42 (2014) First of all, let’s deal with
Continue readingA Etilla: earnest plod, bombast and a slow pace make for a lacklustre soundtrack
Ea, A Etilla, Solitude Productions, Russia, CD SP081-14 (2014) To have lasted 10 years and produced 5 albums purveying funereal
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