Some quite nice processed guitar work from Alex Durlak. His Seconds (KOMINO RECORDS K0M1N0-001) release is just 20 minutes long
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Empyraisch / The Power to Condemn: a harsh and severe but rewarding compilation of black metal / noise ritual worship
Sutekh Hexen, Empyräisch & The Power to Condemn, Petit Mal Music, PMALCD316 (2013) Black metal / noise duo Sutekh Hexen have
Continue readingComforts in Atrocity: darkly moody and sometimes hellish industrial ambient soundscapes
Mors Sonat, Comforts in Atrocity, Crucial Blast Records, CD CBR92 (2013) On paper at least, Mors Sonat boasts a respectable
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The Infant Cycle Left Ear Revolt (Mysterious Disco 2009-2012) CANADA THE CEILING CEIL035 CD-R (2012) Remarkably and eerily melodic results
Continue readingOctavluv – a puzzle to be unpicked
Caroline Park Octavluv Visceralmedia Records VMR008 Following digital releases, and limited cassettes on Private Chronology and Bathetic, Octavluv is Caroline
Continue readingElegant and Detached: a beautiful and serene work that’s perhaps too remote and unemotional
Pinkcourtesyphone, Elegant and Detached, Room40, CD RM451 (2012?) Elegant and detached this second album from the solo act Pinkcourtesyphone certainly
Continue readingBillow Observatory: insubstantial ambient music that drifts aimlessly
Billow Observatory, self-titled, Felte CD 003 (2012) Billow Observatory is a duo of two musicians, both with a fair amount
Continue readingA View that won’t Change: hard-rocking melodic proposition with mood music and ambient surprises
Vaquez, A View that won’t Change, self-released CD (2012) The work of one man, Andrew Phillips, but sounding much like
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Thought Forms are the trio of Romijn, Dhariwal and Metcalfe, playing a delicious form of acoustic trance music on their
Continue readingScather: a low-key and steady little worker
Daniel Menche, Scather, Taalem, mini-CDR alm23 (2005) Another of the two little CDRs I bought years ago, this one’s by
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