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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

19/11/2020 Ed Pinsent

Dark Staircase Functions

Fairly grim noise-rock-plod grinderoo from Kragrowargkomn on the album TMA (URBSOUNDS URB048) from Urbsounds…recorded in Slovakia and carrying sleeve design,