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Author: nausika

08/10/2020 nausika

The Age of Decadence: an epic and complex technical death metal history lesson soundtrack

Gallows Hymn, The Age of Decadence, United States, self-released CD (2020) By the time Gallows Hymn released “The Age of

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07/10/2020 nausika

Innocence Écartelée (self-titled): raw blackened noise trance music of despair and existential torment

Innocence Écartelée, self-titled, France, self-released, limited edition cassette (2020) Released by the band itself in a limited edition of 50

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06/10/2020 nausika

Memoires: a solid start to a career in raw BM with atmospheric and blackened hardcore influences

Inherits The Void, Memoires, France, self-released, CD digipak (2020) As sure as the sun rises in the east and fish

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30/09/2020 nausika

In Purge There Is No Remission: a fun history tour of black metal in its fusions and sub-genres

Ordinance, In Purge There Is No Remission, Finland, The Sinister Flame, TSF013 CD / LP (2020) It starts off sounding

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30/09/2020 nausika

Timewheel: primeval forces of nature and time, once worshipped as gods, calling to listeners in atmospheric black metal debut

Gloosh, Timewheel, Russia, Slowsnow Records, no catalogue number, cassette / Russia, Casus Belli Musica, CBM 77 vinyl LP / Germany,

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25/09/2020 nausika

The Faintest Hint: minimal folk pop songs are surprisingly strong, precise and intense

Ai Aso, The Faintest Hint, France, Ideologic Organ, SOMA034LP (2020) Tokyo-based Ai Aso has been active as a musician since

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23/09/2020 nausika

Aralkum: a melancholy work of ambient electroacoustic immersion skirting around its theme of manmade ecological disaster

Galya Bisengalieva, Aralkum, United Kingdom, One Little Independent Records, TPLP1572 vinyl / CD (2020) A violinist and leader of the

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19/09/2020 nausika

Kryptograf (self-titled): psychedelic doom metal debut plays safe with Sabbath-worshipping pop songs

Kryptograf, self-titled, Norway, Apollon Records, AP072 CD, LP (2020) Proof positive that anything anyone can do, the Norwegians can do

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18/09/2020 nausika

Naiv: black metal eclecticism ends up in Eurovision disco cheese territory

Thy Catafalque, Naiv, France, Season of Mist, SOM552 vinyl LP (2020) As its title suggests, “Naiv” is intended as a

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16/09/2020 nausika

A Mimesis of Nothingness: a series of dark soundscape pieces exploring an individual’s experiences of Tehran

Siavash Amini, A Mimesis of Nothingness, Switzerland, Hallow Ground, HG2006 vinyl LP (2020) Tehran-based composer / guitarist Siavash Amini has

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