Sutekh Hexen and Andrew Liles, Breed in Me the Darkness, Aurora Borealis Records, cassette (2012) (NB Album scheduled for
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Vegan Black Metal Chef: where the sugar is in the food and not in the presentation
Vegan Black Metal Chef, Episode 1: Pad Thai (2011) Satan Almighty, with even Simon Cowell muscling in on the reality
Continue readingVienna (by Crebain): black metal version of pretentious pop classic
Crebain, Vienna, self-released single (2012) Curious that one-man West Coast USBM act Crebain has just one proper full-length recording to
Continue readingGo Back to the Sirius: voyage into multi-dimensional psychedelic realms
VagusNerve, Go Back to the Sirius, Utech Records, URCD073 (2012) Are they serious? No way would you want to return
Continue readingIn Memoriam J. G. Ballard: muzak soundtrack to Ballard’s novels
Altieri / Balestrazzi / Becuzzi, In Memoriam J. G. Ballard, Old Europa Cafe AVS, OECD 159 (2012) First work dedicated
Continue readingFragments from the Aethyr: black ambient experimental soundscapes teamed with near-hysterical solo violin wanderings
Funerary Call, Fragments from the Aethyr, Crucial Blast Records, CD CBR100 (2012) A celebration is in order for Crucial Blast Records
Continue readingBong (self-titled): music to harness mental power for secret ceremonies
Bong, Bong, Ritual Productions, CD RIT018 (2009, reissued 2012) Reissued in 2012 with an extra track “Asleep” that makes the
Continue readingApocryphal Stories: grim tales of descent into avant-black metal / industrial / noise world
Utarm, Apocryphal Stories, Handmade Birds Records, CD (2012) Good thing Utarm called his album “Apocryphal Stories” as I’d hate to
Continue reading… if a night: trippy jazz big on smooth and suave tricks and not much else
Shijo X, … if a night, Bombanella Records / Five Roses Press, CD (2012) A very nice surprise here …
Continue readingYorkshire Black Metal and Beyond: distinctive raw black metal style with associated scene is just the remedy
A Brief Survey of Yorkshire Black Metal (White Medal) and Beyond White Medal is a raw black metal project masterminded
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