Yuri Morozov, The Inexplicable, recorded 1978 but never officially released Inexplicable all right, that this 1978 album and its 1979
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Human Extinction: a sprightly soundtrack to end our days with
Yuri Morozov, Human Extinction, recorded in 1979 but never officially released A tip-off from a friend about an old 1980s Soviet
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Meiosis: junk metal noise metamorphosing into a dark and powerful beast
Ferial Confine, Meiosis, Siren Records, CD 022 (2014) Ferial Confine started out in the mid-1980s as the junk metal noise
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Légendes: showcase of French Canadian black metal and folklore
Monarque / Forteresse / Csejthe / Chasse-Galerie, Légendes, Sepulchral Productions, double 7-inch vinyl SP037 (2014) What better way to promote
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The Summoner: portrayal of grief and loss not as affecting as it could be
Kreng, The Summoner, Miasmah Recordings, MIACD039 (2015) Its tracks tracing the six stages of grief from denial to acceptance –
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Hexadic: a new composition method results in something that sounds surprisingly familiar
Six Organs of Admittance, Hexadic, Drag City, DC616CD (2015) Ben Chasny’s ongoing solo project Six Organs of Admittance takes a
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From the Dead Villages’ Darkness: post-metal meets Slavic folk ambient
Sivyj Yar, From the Dead Villages’ Darkness, Italy, Avantgarde Music, CD (2014) Russian one-man black metal projects are a dime
Continue readingTekeli-Li: soundtrack to classic Lovecraftian novella doesn’t quite capture the evil
The Great Old Ones, Tekeli-Li, Les Acteurs de l’Ombre Productions, CD Digipak (2014) Dedicating their career to detailing the stories and
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Open the Coffin: hardcore sledgehammer sludge doom beneath that tombstone
Same Sex Dictator, Open the Coffin, Hanged Man Recordings, cassette HMR017 (2014) With a name like theirs, you’d expect this
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Path IV: another hard-hitting journey on bicycling black metal’s wheel of fortune
Cracked Vessel, Path IV, self-released cassette (21 November 2014) One of the joys of finding self-released tapes is the creativity
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