Barishi, Old Smoke, France, Season of Mist, SOM551 2 x 12″ vinyl LP (2020) I must confess this was a
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Sand Enigma: an ambitious foray into a multi-universe of many possibilities but not plumbing very deeply
Land of Kush, Sand Enigma, Constellation Records, CST146 CD / vinyl double LP (2019) As long as I’ve been 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 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
Continue readingAevum: a technically accomplished work that falls far short of greatness
Vukari, Aevum, Germany, Vendetta Records, vendetta records #183 CD / LP (2019) Originally formed as Vucari in 2013 – strange
Continue readingTattoo Vampire
Happy to hear this new album by Bram Stoker, No Reflection (BRAMCD18001), which arrived as a complete surprise following a
Continue readingThe Furnaces of Palingenesia: a rebirth, in less grand form, of a veteran black metal band
Deathspell Omega, The Furnaces of Palingenesia, France, Norma Evangelium Diaboli, NED047 CD digipak (2019) After 20 years – whut, 20
Continue readingCalm Black Water: psych-stoner doom and urban saxophone blues in the service of Lovecraftian horror
REZN, Calm Black Water, The Netherlands, Off The Record Label, OTRL025 limited edition CD / LP (2019) If this Chicago
Continue readingCanyons: new odyssey for slug sludge doomsters off to a shaky rather than slow and steady start
Slomatics, Canyons, United Kingdom, Black Bow Records, BBow029 CD digipak (2019) Slow their music may be … but once the
Continue readingMade in Japan: occasional bursts of guitar and vocal fire not enough to warm up a tepid album
Flower Travellin’ Band, Made in Japan, Atlantic Records, vinyl P-8187A (1972) Pedantic TSP readers may say the album should really
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