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Tag: avant-rock

08/07/2021 nausika

Antediluvian: atmospheric doom jazz journey mucking about in dark gloom

Bong-Ra, Antediluvian, The Netherlands, Tartarus Records, TAR116 cassette / vinyl LP (2021) Originally released digitally through Svart Lava Records in

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29/06/2021 nausika

Oyer and Terminer: Salem witch trials of 1692, religious oppression and persecution through a raw melodic BM lens

Till, Oyer and Terminer, United Kingdom (Northern Ireland), Worship the Void Records, WTV-012, cassette (2021) / United States, Blasphemous Creations

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25/06/2021 nausika

Sompas-Naga: a mesmeric black metal / Thai folk music fusion

Lotus of Darkness, Sompas-Naga, Colombia, Namtaru Records, NR008 CD (2021) Here comes very melodic black metal folk music with distinctly

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24/06/2021 Ed Pinsent

The Mausoleum of all Hope and Desire

Fabulous vinyl album of experimental rock guitar drone from Richard Pinhas on the album Quentin Compson (BAM BALAM RECORDS BBRP077),

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18/06/2021 nausika

Le Pressoir Mystique: a raw depressive black metal investigation into a mediaeval Christian past that reveals its darkness, trauma and agony

Givre, Le Pressoir Mystique, Canada, Winter Sky Records, cassette (2021)  Translated into English as “Christ in the Wine Press”, this

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14/06/2021 nausika

Garabontzia: drowning in a beautiful and lush, if melancholy dimension

Haenesy, Garabontzia, Germany, Purity Through Fire, PTF241 CD digipak / vinyl LP (2021) A three-piece atmospheric BM band from Budapest,

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12/06/2021 Ed Pinsent

Sand Won’t Save You

Summer of Seventeen with their self-titled record (KR081) on Karl Records…this appears to be an American “supergroup” of avant-gardish players,

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01/06/2021 nausika

Náa: atmospheric black metal interpretation of Mayan creation myths from Venus with urgency

Idolos, Náa, France, Non Posse Mori Records, NPM040 CD digibook (2021) Emissaries from Venus with Atlantean genealogies (or so they

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01/06/2021 nausika

Dy’th Requiem for the Serpent Telepath: an extreme and eccentric black / death psychedelic epic adventure

Esoctrilihum, Dy’th Requiem for the Serpent Telepath, Italy, I, Voidhanger Records, IVR156 CD A5-digipak / 2 x 12″ vinyl LP

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30/05/2021 nausika

Hagbulbia: a spectral noise / dark ambient companion piece to “Avow”

Portal, Hagbulbia, Canada, Profound Lore Records, PFL257 CD digipak / vinyl LP (2021) Crikey, what a surprise … these Australian

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