Galya Bisengalieva, Aralkum, United Kingdom, One Little Independent Records, TPLP1572 vinyl / CD (2020) A violinist and leader of the
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Category: Current listening
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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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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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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Ressources Humaines: depressive / suicidal black metal treated as near-experimental ambient music to portray depression in all its chaos and darkness
Déception, Ressources Humaines, France, self-released CD (2020) Its four members known only by three-digit numbers 501, 735, 739 and 813,
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Viimeinen Juoksu: outsider black-gaze / post-punk rock finally in from the cold with a mix of defiance and despair
Circle of Ouroborus, Viimeinen Juoksu, Greece, His Wounds, NAIL006 gold vinyl LP (2020) In a fair universe that exists in
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Grief: epic atmospheric and dreamy black-gaze concept work on the hopes and aspirations of Russian peasantry
Sivyj Yar, Grief, Italy, Avantgarde Music, AV380 CD digipak (2020) After four years of relative quiet in contrast to the
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Everything Evaporate: a remarkable sound art experience in which boundaries between worlds all dissolve
Félicia Atkinson, Everything Evaporate, France, Shelter Press, SP121 cassette (2020) Félicia Atkinson is a French-born, Belgian-based musician with a considerable
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Wampyric Rites / Demo III: wery wampyric musick from Ecuadorian raw BM band
Wampyric Rites, Demo III, United Kingdom, Death Kvlt Productions, DKP-69, 12″ vinyl limited edition (2020) Since forming in 2019, this
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Revenant Marquis / Lamp of Murmuur (self-titled split): two different yet complementary acts of epic atmospheric raw black metal together
Revenant Marquis / Lamp of Murmuur, self-titled split, Canada, Les Fleurs du Mal Productions, LFDM666 cassette limited edition / United
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