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01/02/2022 nausika

Turkish Belly: a lively and joyful collaboration but hardly electrifying

Konstrukt featuring Thurston Moore, Turkish Belly, Germany, Karlrecords, KR084 vinyl LP (2021) Over the past several years Turkish freeform jazz

25/01/2022 Ed Pinsent

Seven Angels having the Seven Last Plagues

Another day, another lockdown record…inevitably we have been receiving and hearing a number of releases which since March 2020 which

14/12/2021 nausika

Al Azraqayn: wild and exhilarating ride through a live fusion of contemporary and experimental Middle Eastern music, free jazz and improv

Karkhana, Al Azraqayn, Germany, Karlrecords, KR086LP double LP (2021) An ensemble of various musicians working in contemporary experimental Middle Eastern,

11/12/2021 nausika

XX: a striking and idiosyncratic debut of darkly dissonant psychedelic lo-fi raw black metal

Temppeliraunioilta, XX, Germany, Sol/Deviant Records, DEVMC003 cassette (2020) Here comes a truly dark and deranged raw black metal act from

09/12/2021 nausika

The Headless Terror: a stunning vision of darkness, ghosts and terror in raw BM influenced by Japanese culture

Nukekubi, The Headless Terror, France, Ungaikyo Prod., UnP-05 limited edition cassette (2021) Even by French underground metal standards, this demo

06/12/2021 Ed Pinsent

Heads Will Roll

Extrema Ratio are a four-piece coming out of Turin, Italy, here with their debut album A Dangerous Method (ALMA DI

02/12/2021 nausika

Decimation by Revelation: noisy industrial death metal deconstruction done with relish

Unsalvation, Decimation by Revelation, Finland, Bestial Burst, Be-Bu165 CD (2021) Billed as a Satanic death doom metal duo specialising in

28/11/2021 Ed Pinsent

Airless / Alfa-Art / Mythomen

Cut Worms here with Breath Mule (OPA LOKA RECORDS OL202102), a solo set from Richard van Kruysdijk following on from

19/11/2021 nausika

Dronehenge: a massive improvisatory droning doom noise monster from deep under the prairies

Dojo Kobra, Dronehenge, Canada, self-released, cassette (limited run) (2020) A project originally formed as a duo some years ago by

08/11/2021 nausika

Ataraxia: atmospheric black metal promising serenity and calm with radiant and lively music

Autumn Nostalgie, Ataraxia, Slovakia, self-released CD digipak / cassette (2021) // Germany, Northern Silence Productions, NSP225 CD digipak / cassette