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12/01/2021 Ed Pinsent

Forced Delight

Here’s another reissue from the Mental Experience imprint in Catalonia (a sublabel of Guerssen) which specialises in finding rarities and

18/12/2020 nausika

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

17/12/2020 nausika

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

12/12/2020 Ed Pinsent

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),

11/12/2020 nausika

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

09/12/2020 nausika

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

06/12/2020 Ed Pinsent

Three Brief Notices from June

Three Danish improvisers making a superb racket of growl / drone / noise / scrape and iron filings in your

27/11/2020 Steve Pescott

Ernstwhile Pursuits

Loplop Loplop DENMARK GOTTA LET IT OUT RECORDS GLIO 420 C.D. (2019) With only perfunctory bandcamp and discogs entries plus

25/11/2020 nausika

Vines Grow Between My Eyes: a starkly minimal electronic / industrial folk album with an uncomfortable message

Happy Dead Man, Vines Grow Between My Eyes, Germany, Unrock, UNROCK 019 LP (2020) A collaboration of three stalwarts of

23/11/2020 nausika

G.O.H.E.: an exploration of personal guilt, downfall and self-destruction, and eventual salvation

In Cauda Venenum, G.O.H.E., France, Les Acteurs de l’Ombre Productions, LPAO-126, limited edition CD digipak / limited edition handcrafted CD