5ml, Injection, Hong Kong, Nostalgia Productions, CD NP003 (2014) Listening to this album, I only needed five minutes to discover
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Sistere: an epic debut of fusion post-rock / doom / sludge metal
Izah, Sistere, Sweden, Nordvis Produktion, digipak CD NVP028 (2015) For a debut album, “Sistere” is a whopper at 72 minutes
Continue readingThe Ark Work: epic crash-n-burn techno / black metal / post-rock bombast
Liturgy, The Ark Work, Thrill Jockey Records, thrill 378 CD digipak (2015) Since I heard and reviewed Liturgy’s “Renihilation” years
Continue readingThe Long Goodbye: a solid album that may be crippled by its own success
An Autumn for Crippled Children, The Long Goodbye, Hong Kong, Wickerman Recordings, CD WKM003 (2015) With their fifth album “The
Continue readingNigredo: a melodic post-metal / prog rock reworking of an earlier release
Janvs, Nigredo, Avantgarde Music, CD AV 224 (2014) My interest was piqued when I heard that Janvs had re-recorded an
Continue readingWatershed between Earth and Firmament: a homage to transcendental spiritual power of nature
The Clearing Path, Watershed between Earth and Firmament, Avantgarde Music, CD (2015) The Clearing Path is a solo black metal
Continue readingFrom the Dead Villages’ Darkness: post-metal meets Slavic folk ambient
Sivyj Yar, From the Dead Villages’ Darkness, Italy, Avantgarde Music, CD (2014) Russian one-man black metal projects are a dime
Continue readingTekeli-Li: soundtrack to classic Lovecraftian novella doesn’t quite capture the evil
The Great Old Ones, Tekeli-Li, Les Acteurs de l’Ombre Productions, CD Digipak (2014) Dedicating their career to detailing the stories and
Continue readingGlass Cathedrals: mix of sludge doom, alt-rock and post-metal describing disillusion and disappointment
The Mire, Glass Cathedrals, self-released CD Digipak (February 2014) First off, I should say there are two English bands with
Continue readingPhobos Monolith: a post-black metal excursion into the far reaches of outer space
Mare Cognitum, Phobos Monolith, Italy, I, Voidhanger Records, CD IVR-036 (2014) Translating into English as “the sea that now has
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