nausika – The Sound Projector

23/12/2020 nausika

Funérailles de feu: minimal raw black metal behind which a rich sonic universe seethes and churns

Sainte Marie des Loups, Funérailles de feu, Germany, Amor Fati Productions, AFP 116 CD / vinyl (2020) Starting out as

21/12/2020 nausika

Fins a reeixir dins la claror de l´amargor: raw atmospheric depressive black metal with an adventurous bent

Amargor, Fins a reeixir dins la claror de l´amargor, Spain, Negra Nit Distro, NN48 limited edition CD-R / United Kingdom,

18/12/2020 nausika

Gona Rubian Ranesa: going on a mystical psychedelic space rock journey with Argentina’s finest foursome

Reynols, Gona Rubian Ranesa, Canada, Outlier Communications, OCOMM2 vinyl LP (2020) After 17 years away from Planet Earth, Argentina’s unique

17/12/2020 nausika

Esse Est Percipi: to perceive is to believe in post-black metal / blackgaze debut

Autumn Nostalgie, Esse Est Percipi, Japan, MAA Productions, MAA042 CD (2020) Black metal has more than its fair share of

16/12/2020 nausika

Minnesmärke: a solemn and powerful dronescape work dedicated to the miners of Bergslagen

Mats Erlandsson, Minnesmärke, Switzerland, Hallow Ground, HG2008 vinyl LP (2020) Originally from Örebro in inland central Sweden and currently resident

15/12/2020 nausika

Ode to the Dark: a fearsome vampiric BM foursome with a taste for the Gothic and the operatic

Umbrivago Sombrio, Ode to the Dark, United Kingdom, Ancient Entity Records, AER 011 cassette (2020) “Ode to the Dark”, the

14/12/2020 nausika

Darkness Devouring Reality: old-school melodic black metal spanning death, doom, sludge and post-BM

Depths of Despair, Darkness Devouring Reality, Russia, AuToDaFe Productions, A-T-D 20 CD (2020) / Der Schwarze Tod, TOD 72 CD

11/12/2020 nausika

Sous l’oeil fermé des paradis: an intoxicating mix of black metal, crust punk, aggression and drama with a message of defiance and escape

Oes Galliath, Sous l’oeil fermé des paradis, France, Fosse Commune Productions, CD (2020) / France d’Oïl Productions, FOP 037 CD

09/12/2020 nausika

Wreathed in Mourncloud: a work of beauty, majesty and emotion that falls short of being a masterpiece

Fellwarden, Wreathed in Mourncloud, Germany, Eisenwald Tonschmiede, EISEN161 limited edition vinyl LP (2020) The Lake District in north-western England is

08/12/2020 nausika

Classical Mechanics: a guide into an immersive, intimate universe no less rich than large-scale sound installations

Michalis Moschoutis, Classical Mechanics, Australia, Room40, RM4124 CD (2020) Based in Athens, Greece, Michalis Moschoutis is active as a guitarist