Uhushuhu, Long Songs Pleasant for Hearing, Russia, Zhelezobeton, CD ZHB-XLI (2014) If you think the band’s name looks weird in
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The Stolen Bacillus
Three cassettes from Jeff Surak‘s Zeromoon label in Chevy Chase arrived 24 February 2014. Two of them have unique hand-torn
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From January 2014 we received another hand-made parcel of tapes from Rinus Van Alebeek and his Staaltape Label. As ever,
Continue readingXothist (self-titled): astral black metal psychedelic soundscapes of pain, torment and damnation
Xothist, self-titled, Fallen Empire Records, vinyl (2013) Remastered and reissued in 2013 by Fallen Empire Records, this self-titled debut by
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20.SV The Great Sonic Wave CAVITY CD04 (2013) The great sonic wave is a 27 minute endurance test of thin
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Another two items from Every Contact Leaves a Trace, again with distinctive embossed card covers. The item Music Of Sound
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Taiga Remains Works for Cassette USA HELEN SCARSDALE AGENCY HMS 026 LP (2014) Deliquescent as a requiem, though bursting with
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Three cassettes we received in January 2014 from the Voice Studies label which, along with its parent venture My Dance
Continue readingRessentiment: a jaundiced view of humanity and a revelation of potentials in chaos
Jute Gyte, Ressentiment, Jeshimoth Entertainment, CD JE066 (2014) Missouri’s one and only micro-tonal experimental black metal act Jute Gyte brings
Continue readingPrimitive and Deadly: a rich ore of atmospheric and terse desert-Western soundscape doom rock
Earth, Primitive and Deadly, Southern Lord, CD lord 195 (2014) Since reinventing themselves as an instrumental doom rock band with “HEX:
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