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12/02/2020 nausika

Invisible Cities II: a meditation on cities of the dead and how the living remember them

Aidan Baker and Gareth Davis, Invisible Cities II, Germany, Karlrecords, KR073 180 gr LP (2020) I confess I haven’t heard

10/02/2020 nausika

Magnum Opus Caelestis: journeying into the far reaches of space has its pitfalls

Etoile Filante, Magnum Opus Caelestis, Germany, Northern Silence Productions, NSP 180 CD digipak (limited edition) (2020) Formed in 2013, Paris-based

24/12/2019 nausika

Pyroclasts: companion album to “Life Metal” is a complete work in its own right

Sunn0))), Pyroclasts, United States, Southern Lord, SUNN 333 vinyl (2019) Recorded in the same sessions as the earlier 2019 release

19/12/2019 nausika

Sand Enigma: an ambitious foray into a multi-universe of many possibilities but not plumbing very deeply

Land of Kush, Sand Enigma, Constellation Records, CST146 CD / vinyl double LP (2019) As long as I’ve been writing

18/12/2019 nausika

Acéphale and Arkhé Tenebre: in the midst of sheer horror, despair and catastrophe, beauty and mystery can be found

S.E.K.H., Acéphale & Arkhé Tenebre, United States, Sentient Ruin Laboratories, SRUIN103 limited edition cassette (2019) At the time of writing,

17/12/2019 nausika

Derniers Chants: an expansive and musically varied conclusion to a double-album concept

Ossuaire, Derniers Chants, Canada, Sepulchral Productions, SP053 digital / CD (2019) Just six months after releasing their debut album “Premiers

16/12/2019 nausika

Premiers Chants: an uneven debut of melodic raw BM with much fiery potential

Ossuaire, Premiers Chants, Canada, Sepulchral Productions, SP049 digital / CD (2019) Having formed in Montreal in 2016, Ossuaire was initially

13/12/2019 nausika

Ytenic Blód: a varied set of noisy experimental raw ambient black metal from an obscure British collective

Albionic Hermeticism, Ytenic Blód, United Kingdom, self-released limited edition cassette (2019) Part of a British-based black metal collective known as

10/12/2019 nausika

Homenagem: an old style of fusion Afro-European music has a new lease of life with electronics experimentation

Leonardo V Boccia, Homenagem, Brazil, Lugar Alto, LA001 vinyl LP (2019) Appropriately for a reissue of an album first released

09/12/2019 nausika

Being there: a solid and intriguing expression of art in the process of creation

Grisha Shakhnes, Being there, Belgium, Unfathomless, U61 CD (2019) Israeli artist Grisha Shakhnes is blunt about this release: it’s a