Keiji Haino, Jim O’Rourke, Oren Ambarchi, Imikuzushi, Black Truffle Records / Medama Records, CD BT07 / MR 03 (2012) Starting
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Category: Current listening
Artistry of Exhaustion II: trickles of sound blown up into mighty grinding glaciers
Carbonscape, Artistry of Exhaustion II, www.carbonscape.bandcamp.com (2011) Carbonscape, the ambient twin of black metal act Petrychor, has three digital albums
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Effigies and Epitaphs: black metal meets melodic flamenco guitar
Petrychor, Effigies and Epitaphs, Khrysanthoney, 2xCD (2011) The set under review includes the Effigies and Epitaphs album proper plus the
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Solus Patior: power electronics meets black metal in tirade against modern capitalism
NRIII, Solus Patior, Neon Doom Records, CD (2011) It had to happen one day: an album where Whitehouse-styled power electronics
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Three meaty bites from Sutekh Hexen’s “Larvae”
Sutekh Hexen, Larvae, Handmade Birds, HB034 (2011) A fairly new band to my ears and already notching up Album No
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Blizaro: City of the Living Nightmare
Blizaro, City of the Living Nightmare, United States, Razorback Recordings, RR61 CD (2010) A surprisingly lively and fresh recording of
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SerpentCult: Raised by Wolves
SerpentCult, Raised by Wolves, France, Listenable Records CD POSH 154 (2011) You may recall a few years ago I reviewed
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The Wounded Kings: In the Chapel of the Black Hand
The Wounded Kings, In the Chapel of the Black Hand, Sweden, I Hate Records, IHRCD096 (2011) Since I reviewed this
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Deathspell Omega: Veritas Diaboli Manet in Aeternum: Chaining the Katechon
Deathspell Omega, Veritas Diaboli Manet in Aeternum: Chaining the Katechon, Norma Evangelium Diaboli, Flame 49 CD (2008) One of the
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The Pavilion of Dreams
Harold Budd, The Pavilion of Dreams, UK Editions EG EGED30 / USA EGS 301 (1981) First released on Obscure Records
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