Muknal, self-titled, Crepusculo Negro, cassette CN-22 (2012) (Note: At this time of writing the EP’s third pressing of 300 copies
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Bloodlands: a description of a black hell of depression and nihilism
Ash Borer, Bloodlands, Gilead Media, EP RELIC47 (2013) Ash Borer hails from California and since I buy a lot of
Continue readingMother: ambient raw black metal in a vast and ancient landscape of flat plains, dry heat and the threat of fire
Cicadan, Mother, US, Eternal Warfare, cassette (2013) Cicadan is a recent black metal act based in Cobram, located on the
Continue readingAnarchic: an intriguing work of dark atmospheric transcendental black metal art
Skagos, Anarchic, The Flenser, CD (2013) At this time of writing, “Anarchic” is an enigmatic work: not all of it
Continue readingCendre: beautiful music trapped in land of Melancholia
Fennesz + Sakamoto, Cendre, Touch, CD TONE-32 (2007) Sometimes I wonder if I’m missing out on much by various artists
Continue readingFabriksampler V4: winding its way through different musical territories of Elektronikopia
Various Artists, Fabriksampler V4, Pharmafabrik, PFCD020 (2011) Featuring acts from several countries in Europe and from South Africa, this is
Continue readingThe Grain: country music was never so massive or monumental as this homage to wheat fields
Slomo, The Grain, Trilithon, TRCD05 (2012) Here are two very stretched-out tracks of creeping, repetitive droning music that revolve around
Continue readingAethyrvorous (self-titled demo): an intense and deeply committed immersion in the black art
Aethyrvorous, self-titled, self-released cassette tape (2009) While looking at something else on Youtube.com, I glanced to the right-hand side of
Continue readingKuopio: cool electronic minimalism gets a nervy beat-driven treatment
Vladislav Delay, Kuopio, Raster Noton, CD R-N 144 (2012) I only hope our man Sasu Ripatti knows what he’s doing
Continue readingAmesoeurs (self-titled): one and only album is inconsistent black metal pop
Amesoeurs, self-titled, Code 666, CD (2009) At least in a very short career, truncated in part by the unexpected success
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