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21/06/2022 nausika

Consecration of the Spiritus Flesh: intense blackened death psychedelia of nihilism and despair in a collapsing society

Esoctrilihum, Consecration of the Spiritüs Flesh, Italy, I, Voidhanger Records, CD A5 digipak (2022) Up to his seventh album for

07/06/2022 nausika

Douleurs: dolorous raw French black metal with a mediaeval folk edge

Vipère, Douleurs, France, Vetus Capra, limited edition CD digipak (July 2022) I had heard of French raw BM duo Vipère

31/05/2022 nausika

Worship the Degenerate: Saudi stalwarts Al Namrood deliver a punishing hybrid of black metal and Middle Eastern folk

Al Namrood, Worship the Degenerate, Canada, Shaytan Productions, QUAYAMAT-31 CD / vinyl LP (2022) Since releasing “Wala’at” back in 2020,

28/05/2022 Ed Pinsent

Gateway The Hard Way

UK improviser Alex Ward was, when he started out, something of a wonderkind in the world of UK improvisation and

27/05/2022 nausika

Thanatos of Funk: reissue of a whimsically eclectic album of electro-disco funk, light metal and hip-hop

Minoru Fushimi, Thanatos of Funk, France, 180g, 180GRELP02 vinyl LP (1985, reissued 2022) For nearly 40 years after its first

17/05/2022 nausika

W: a work of calm and serenity through deep, immersive soundscapes

Boris, W, United States, Sacred Bones Records, SBR287 CD / vinyl LP (2022) Into their 30th year together as Boris,

12/05/2022 Ed Pinsent

An Infinite Capacity

Liverpudlian player Phil Hargreaves hasn’t surfaced here for many a moon – I think the last we heard was his

08/05/2022 Ed Pinsent

A Last Desperate Zocken

Hefty slab of studio-based avant-rock and electronics from Zoku Metsu, comprising American players Robert L. Pepper and Ron Anderson…Pepper has

13/04/2022 nausika

Ahamah (self-titled): a terrifying blackened doom drone ambient meditation

Ahamah, self-titled, The Netherlands, Blood Coloured Beast, cassette (2021) A terrifying experience combining black, doom, drone and ambient music, this

10/04/2022 nausika

The Eldorado Spell: retro-70s psychedelic doom / stoner rock becomes more polished hard rock devotion

Kryptograf, The Eldorado Spell, Norway, self-released CD / vinyl LP (2022) The foursome from Bergen may still be in their