Another strong release from the experimental rock group Dial, fronted by Jacqui Ham formerly of UT and featuring Rob Smith
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Tag: avant-rock
Operation Fabric
Crossfade Estate (KLANGGALERIE GG340) is a Charles Hayward project from 2005, now assembled and released by the Austrian label Klanggalerie.
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Forced Delight
Here’s another reissue from the Mental Experience imprint in Catalonia (a sublabel of Guerssen) which specialises in finding rarities and
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Gona Rubian Ranesa: going on a mystical psychedelic space rock journey with Argentina’s finest foursome
Reynols, Gona Rubian Ranesa, Canada, Outlier Communications, OCOMM2 vinyl LP (2020) After 17 years away from Planet Earth, Argentina’s unique
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Esse Est Percipi: to perceive is to believe in post-black metal / blackgaze debut
Autumn Nostalgie, Esse Est Percipi, Japan, MAA Productions, MAA042 CD (2020) Black metal has more than its fair share of
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A Pair of Ragged Plectrums
Surprisingly beguiling record from the team of Makoto Kawabata and RG Rough on this self-titled item (BAM BALAM RECORDS BBLP074),
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Sous l’oeil fermé des paradis: an intoxicating mix of black metal, crust punk, aggression and drama with a message of defiance and escape
Oes Galliath, Sous l’oeil fermé des paradis, France, Fosse Commune Productions, CD (2020) / France d’Oïl Productions, FOP 037 CD
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Wreathed in Mourncloud: a work of beauty, majesty and emotion that falls short of being a masterpiece
Fellwarden, Wreathed in Mourncloud, Germany, Eisenwald Tonschmiede, EISEN161 limited edition vinyl LP (2020) The Lake District in north-western England is
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Three Brief Notices from June
Three Danish improvisers making a superb racket of growl / drone / noise / scrape and iron filings in your
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Ernstwhile Pursuits
Loplop Loplop DENMARK GOTTA LET IT OUT RECORDS GLIO 420 C.D. (2019) With only perfunctory bandcamp and discogs entries plus
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