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Tag: avant-rock

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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08/03/2020 Ed Pinsent

One Touch Of Venus

Highly experimental rock-noise thing from the English combo Mosquitoes, with their album Vortex Veering Back To Venus (FEEDING TUBE RECORDS

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04/03/2020 Ed Pinsent

Telescopic Sight

Very good drone-rock psych-noise thing from The Telescopes. Stone Tape (COLD SPRING CSR267CD) arrives with a little mental baggage to

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