Combat Astronomy, Flak Planet, Zond, zond03CD (2011) Stars Wars it ain’t without George Lucas’s Industrial Light & Magic company that
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Spear of Gold and Seraphim Bone Pt. 1: a series of black metal / noise / improv soundscape nightmares
Aderlating, Spear of Gold & Seraphim Bone Pt. 1, Consouling Sounds, CD SOUL0013 (2010) Aye, it be a series of soundscape
Continue readingThe Killer: not quite the killer techno dub experience it should be
Shed, The Killer, 50 Weapons, 50WCD08 (2012) Well you wish this could have been the soundtrack to that John Woo
Continue readingThe Choko King: oddball solo eccentric with a playful and eclectic style
Jono El Grande, The Choko King, Norway, Rune Arkiv, RACD107 (2011) Not quite my brand of oddball solo music eccentric
Continue readingHewers of Wood and Drawers of Water: a varied album of dark folk, apocalyptic visions and unexpected toughness
Kiss the Anus of a Black Cat, Hewers of Wood and Drawers of Water, Zeal, zealcdee 029 (2010) It took me
Continue readingNazoranai: a gripping and terrifying debut from Dark Overlord Keiji Haino’s new trio
Nazoranai, self-titled, Editions Mego / Ideologic Organ, CD SOMA009 (2012) No sooner had I heard of Keiji Haino’s revival of
Continue readingPhase Two: acoustic guitar meets noise-glitch electronics on tiny release
Anonymeye, Phase Two, Australia, Sound & Fury, 3″ CD-R, S&F011(2007) Sitting in its tiny blank green sleeve among shelf-loads of
Continue readingDusk Dawn / Follow You Beloved: immersive darkwave ambient mood pieces of temporal borderlands and sinister obsessive love
Aelter, Dusk Dawn / Follow You Beloved, Crucial Blast, 2xCD (2011) A repackaging of two recordings that were originally self-released
Continue readingDoom in Bloom: more bloom, less doom needed here
The Botanist, Doom in Bloom, Israel, 2xCD Total Rust Music, TRUST025 (2012) After the first two albums, reviewed in an
Continue readingThe Suicide Tree / A Rose from the Dead: hmm, a sort of Gothic steampunk eco-black metal offering here
The Botanist, The Suicide Tree / A Rose from the Dead, US, Tumult Records, 2xCD TM244 (2012) Imagine that in the
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