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03/05/2021 nausika

Portraits: it’s make or break time for Catalonian BM band with a mix of atmospheric BM, post-BM, doom and death

Perennial Isolation, Portraits, Netherlands, Non Serviam Records, NSR036 CD digipak / vinyl LP (2021) Last time I heard anything from

01/05/2021 Ed Pinsent

We Advance Masked

Three items sent from Quentin Rollet who runs the labels Bisou, Rectangle, and Reqords in Paris. First we have another

28/04/2021 nausika

Raison d’Etre: an outstanding epic of atmospheric / post-black metal melodrama plumbing the depths of a world in chaos and despair

Raat, Raison d’Etre, Italy, Flowing Downwards, Flow030 CD / LP (2020) In the past 15 months – or at least

25/04/2021 nausika

Dirges for the Void: sunless BM debut exposes the absurdity of a world beset by madness and hysteria

Uthullun, Dirges for the Void, Netherlands, Wolves of Hades Records, WOLF031 limited edition vinyl LP (2020) At this time of

07/04/2021 nausika

Slonk: a raging blackened monster representing a hidden esoteric reality beyond human understanding

Alkerdeel, Slonk, Belgium, Babylon Doom Cult Records, BDC019 vinyl LP / Consouling Records, soul0156 CD (2021) No fewer than two

29/03/2021 Ed Pinsent

Keeping Up with the Kashubians

Three new items from the Polish Zoharum label. Album by the group ROD is Pòczuj Kaszëbsczégò Dëcha (ZOHAR 217-2), somewhat

27/03/2021 Ed Pinsent

Linked Forest Manipulation Systems

I’m aware of the work of the Centre for Computing History in Cambridge, where among other things they maintain and

26/03/2021 nausika

Fulgor Renegrido: an unusual and striking fusion of atmospheric black metal and Chilean C&W / folk

Aume, Fulgor Renegrido, United Kingdom, Ancient Entity Records, AER023 cassette (2021) Based in Coquimbo, in north-central Chile, Aume is a

23/03/2021 nausika

Desontstijging: fusion darkspace BM / glitch noise electronica the perfect anti-matter jet fuel to send us to the stars

Druon Antigon, Desontstijging, United Kingdom, Onism Productions, ONISM005 CD (2020) “Desontstijging” (meaning “dislocation” in English) is the aptly named debut

21/03/2021 nausika

Toda História pela Frente: atmospheric BM / country / folk fusion coming too soon in the shadow of a masterpiece

Kaatayra, Toda História pela Frente, United States, Mospharic Recording Limited, MOS-20 CD (2020) After the astonishing and exhilarating effort that