Monument of Urns, The Ancient Method, Hand Hewn Timbre, 3″ CD-R (2005) Mysterious and reclusive act Monument of Urns was
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The Colonial Script (III): blackened doom drone metal meets dark ambient industrial / electronic dance music
Necro Deathmort, The Colonial Script (III), Distraction Records, CD DIST25 (2012) Opening track “Imperial” is a real shock to the system:
Continue readingDeteriorated Broadcast: another dimension where strange drones and textures glide by in dark liquid ambience
Vertonen, Deteriorated Broadcast, CIP, CDR16 (2011) A short series of muffled voices, as though from an expectant audience gathering to watch
Continue readingThe Iron Soul of Nothing: beautifully hypnotic ambient drone music mystery
SunnO))) meets Nurse With Wound, The Iron Soul of Nothing, Ideologic Organ, CD soma005 (2011) My copy of “The Iron
Continue readingThis is Dubstep: double compilation set of dubstep is music for a new Dark Age Britain
Various Artists, This is Dubstep (Expanded Edition), GetDarker, GD001CD (2010) Ain’t my usual line of music reviewing business here but
Continue readingJerusalem: powerful stoner doom metal initiates listeners in a ritual aiming at a higher, richer plane of existence
Sleep, Jerusalem, UK, Rise Above Records, CDRISE 19 (1998) It’s taken me a lo-o-ong time to listen to any of
Continue readingSjukdom: consistent depressive urban black metal pop from Lifelover but have they hit a dead end?
Lifelover, Sjukdom, Prophecy Productions, CD PRO 113 (2011) “Sjukdom” sees Lifelover maintaining its consistency as suppliers of depressive metal with
Continue readingExtinction: powerful and bleak black metal fusion work of humanity’s destruction
Nekrasov, Extinction, Crucial Blast Records, CD CBR86 (2010) Australian BM artist Nekrasov creates a powerful and bleak work of humanity’s
Continue readingDextronaut: showcase of distinctive and deranged black metal pop songs
Velvet Cacoon, Dextronaut, Khrysanthoney Records, CD (2010) The version of Velvet Cacoon’s first album under review is the one released
Continue readingDrowning Witches: restrained noise recording of oppression, foreboding and fear
Blue Sabbath Black Cheer & The Rita, Drowning Witches, Debacle Records, CD DBL043 (2010) With a name like Blue Sabbath
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