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Tag: avant-rock

26/05/2020 nausika

Rétablir l’Eternité: a dark doomy post-rock / prog rock commentary on contemporary Western society

WuW, Rétablir l’Eternité, United States, Prosthetic Records, PROS104081 CD / vinyl (2020) For some reason doom metal bands that experiment

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15/05/2020 nausika

Ascension: a transition from melodic post-black metal / sludge to a more alternative mainstream metal style

Regarde les Hommes Tomber, Ascension, France, Season of Mist, SOM549 CD digipak (2020) Since releasing second album “Exile” way back

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10/05/2020 Ed Pinsent

The Worm That Gnaws

Pretty brutal noise-rock from Austrian group Bug on their Calamitas (INTERSTELLAR RECORDS INT043) album. These guys come from Innsbruck and

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08/05/2020 nausika

Ralf und Florian: a transitional Kraftwerk album from the duo’s psychedelic origins to an electronic pop universe

Kraftwerk, Ralf und Florian, Germany, Philips, #6305 197, vinyl LP / #7105 147 cassette (1973) In the wake of news

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06/05/2020 nausika

Kuolemajärvi (self-titled): a debut album of depressive yet catchy BM pop songs

Kuolemajärvi, self-titled, Russia, COD / Der Schwarze Tod, CD (2020) I may just have found the sleeper cult black metal

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04/05/2020 nausika

Old Smoke: a slow-burning sludge doom album that brims with soul

Barishi, Old Smoke, France, Season of Mist, SOM551 2 x 12″ vinyl LP (2020) I must confess this was a

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30/04/2020 nausika

Ultime éclat: a new and very epic beginning for a veteran French BM band

Glaciation, Ultime éclat, France, Osmose Productions, OP 385, CD / LP / digital formats (2020) Despite forming in Paris back

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29/04/2020 Ed Pinsent

Freedom Writer

Now for a concept album of Norwegian gloom delivered by Norway’s finest noise-rock combo joined by a doomy percussion-vocal group…the

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28/04/2020 Ed Pinsent

Chaos and Repression

American musician Aaron Turner is growing into an avant-rock hero. Besides being the guitarist and vocalist in Isis, he was

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25/04/2020 nausika

Mestarin Kynsi: a unique psychedelic black metal universe unlike any other

Oranssi Pazuzu, Mestarin Kynsi, Germany, Nuclear Blast, 292960 CD (2020) After releasing their fourth album “Värähtelijä” in early 2016, Oranssi

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