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Tag: avant-rock

07/10/2022 nausika

Heavy Rocks (2022): putting 1970s hard rock and metal through the wringer of Boris-style experimentation

Boris, Heavy Rocks (2022), United States, Relapse Records, RR7526, CD / vinyl LP (2022) Celebrating 30 years (and a humongous

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30/09/2022 nausika

Urgrund: blackened doom metal coming from a deep primal subconscious source

Häxenzijrkell, Urgrund, Germany, Amor Fati Productions, AFP210, CD digipak (2022) A black / doom duo since forming in Essen in

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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

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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,

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20/09/2022 Ed Pinsent

Musical Squares

Three new items from the UK label Discus Music, from 11th October 2021 (and one old one). On Provenance (DISCUS

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15/09/2022 Steve Pescott

Frisian Gold

Zea Witst Noch Dat d’r Neat Wie NETHERLANDS MAKKUM RECORDS MR33 / SUBROUTINE RECORDS SR119 L.P. (2021) With the ‘Zea‘

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14/09/2022 nausika

Fake: dynamic duo leading the way into a retro space jazz dystopian underworld

Lorenzo Feliciati & Dominique Vantomme, Fake, India, Subcontinental Records, SCR049 CD digipak (2022) Two veteran musicians (and long-time friends) in

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20/08/2022 Ed Pinsent

Black Gloves and Knives

Another fine release of obscure, nearly-forgotten music from the Horn Of Plenty label curated by Nick Hamilton. All of his

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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

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14/08/2022 Ed Pinsent

In the Great Rock House

From New York City, rock trio Rhyton have their LP Pharaonic Crosstalk (FEEDING TUBE RECORDS FTR535) presented in a very

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