Current listening – The Sound Projector

29/09/2022 nausika

Thurisa: a haunting and mysterious recording of dark ambient / blackened dream pop rock

Circle of Ouroborus, Thurisa, United States, Final Agony Records, Final Agony 56, vinyl LP (2022) Astonishingly for a band that

21/09/2022 nausika

Nahanagan Stadial: non-stop blackened death / war metal chaos is a mess but still a lot of fun

Coscradh, Nahanagan Stadial, Ireland, Invictus Productions, IP185, CD digipak / vinyl (2022) A gloriously messy recording of non-stop destruction and chaos,

14/09/2022 nausika

Ocularchy: occult-themed war metal with a blackened punk / industrial edge

Graal, Ocularchy, Canada, self-released, cassette (2022) Despite the alarming artwork on their debut album and the violent nature of their

08/09/2022 nausika

Fever Collapse: harsh noise industrial electronics and dark ambient describing a world in breakdown

Absolute Key, Fever Collapse, France, Asylum Tenebris, cassette (2022) I only discovered Absolute Key and its prolific output very recently

07/09/2022 Ed Pinsent

New print issue of the magazine!

Published today – The Sound Projector Music Magazine 26th issue. See this page for more information. £25.00 plus postage Click

29/08/2022 nausika

Red Heaven: a powerful style of depressive black metal / post-BM beauty

Ebola, Red Heaven, Japan, Zero Dimensional Records, ZDR083 CD (2022) The front cover artwork of Ebola’s “Red Heaven” album featuring

19/08/2022 nausika

Louhi: a work of beautiful if monotonous atmospheric BM / dark folk immersion

Käärmekristus, Louhi, Death Monument, CD-R (2021) Inspired by the evil witch character Louhi of the Kalevala is this album of

17/08/2022 nausika

Anthology Of Post Industrial And Experimental Music From Italy: a selection of works sounding more similar than different

Various Artists, Anthology Of Post Industrial And Experimental Music From Italy, Italy, Unexplained Sounds Group, USG075 limited edition CD (2022)

09/08/2022 nausika

Celestial Woods: a paradox of rich and lush yet icy and harsh atmospheric / post-black metal / ambient soundscape immersion

Raat, Celestial Woods, Italy, Flowing Downwards, Flow044, CD (2022) Following after second album “Raison d’Etre”, released in late 2020, and

03/08/2022 nausika

The Dystopian World of J. G. Ballard: a dark and sombre sound art compilation with few shocks or surprises

Various Artists, The Dystopian World of J. G. Ballard, Italy, Zero K, limited edition CD (2022) Having read some of