Rubbed Raw, “Volume IV”, Ormolycka, cassette (2013) Wacky sped-up chipmunk vocals and glitchy rubber electronics herald this collection of often
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Deimos: scary little quartet of occult sounds taking listeners on a trance journey
Un Festin Sagital, Deimos, Black Horizons, cassette BH-72 (2013) In ancient Greek mythology, Deimos was the god of terror and
Continue readingSnowland MMXII: revisited debut album has a grand and epic quality
Sorcier des Glaces, Snowland MMXII, Mankind’s Demise Records / Les Productions Hérétiques, CD mdph-03 (2012) An interesting record in itself in that this
Continue readingFolk Songs for an Obscure Race: freaky combination of noise junk industrial and faux naif folk
Grim, Folk Songs for an Obscure Race, Haang Niap Records, CD HAANG-002 (2009) A weirdo industrial junk folk record, this
Continue readingColonial Patterns: repetitive techno minimalism doesn’t go far with pretty tunes and textures
Huerco S, Colonial Patterns, Software Records, SFT037 CD (2013) A very curious album title indeed: “Colonial Patterns” suggests that the
Continue readingBody Horror: a brooding work of heavy industrial metal dub and ambient dronescapes
Iron Forest, Body Horror, Crucial Blast, CD 020 (2013) Iron Forest is a fairly new experimental music project by US
Continue readingWhat was Once there is Now Gone: desert-Western blackened sludge doom packed into tiny CD-R
Bird of Omen, What was Once there is Now Gone, Hand Hewn Timbre, 3″ CD-R (2013) Bird of Omen is a
Continue readingDakhmandal: a solid slab of droning sludge doom occult psychedelia
Dark Buddha Rising, Dakhmandal, Svart Records, SVR206CD (2 x CD) (2013) Dark Buddha Rising: it’s an excellent name for a
Continue readingThey Awoke to the Scent of Spring: repetitive nature-themed black metal with nothing to say
Lustre, They Awoke to the Scent of Spring, Italy, De Tenebrarum Principio, DTP023 CD (2012) A nature-themed atmospheric black metal
Continue readingRedundant / Rotary / Rotations: running the gamut of electropop, dark minimal techno and harsh noise
Wouter van Veldhoven, Redundant / Rotary / Rotations, United Kingdom, The Tapeworm, cassette (2013) You’d be surprised to discover, as
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