Happy to hear this new album by Bram Stoker, No Reflection (BRAMCD18001), which arrived as a complete surprise following a
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The 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
Continue readingDark Side of the Moon: a gentle if dark and depressive UK ’70s psych folk rock album
Medicine Head, Dark Side of the Moon, United Kingdom, Dandelion Records, LP 2310 166 (1972) British 1970s blues folk band
Continue readingZwai: an obscure fusion of 18th-century Baroque classical music and progressive rock – and no electric guitars allowed!
Häx Cel, Zwai, Germany, Garden of Delights, CD 056 (reissued 2001) For those keen on old 1970s progressive rock but
Continue readingMotiffe (self-titled): virtuoso if self-indulgent guitar work on a moody prog jazz rock album
Motiffe, self-titled, Germany, Shadoks, vinyl LP SHADOKS 087 (2006, originally recorded 1971) Recorded live and released by Deroy record label
Continue readingAnywhere: legendary ronin samurai rockers starting down the highway with four cover songs
The Flower Travellin’ Band, Anywhere, The Netherlands, Philips, LP FX-8507 (1970) While these guys’ first original album “Satori” is the
Continue readingKirikyogen: early doom metal collaboration with a surprising amount of variety and flexibility
Kuni Kawachi & Flower Travellin’ Band, Kirikyogen, United Kingdom, London Records, vinyl LP SKK(L) 3003 (1970) For a band that
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