Glaciation, Ultime éclat, France, Osmose Productions, OP 385, CD / LP / digital formats (2020) Despite forming in Paris back
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Tag: avant-rock
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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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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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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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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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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La Planète Sauvage: a mix of jazz, funk and psychedelic guitar rock / pop in a trippy movie soundtrack
Alain Goraguer, La Planète Sauvage, France, Pathé, 2C 066-12698 vinyl LP gatefold (originally released 1973) Recent news I heard that
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Anthology of Persian Experimental Music: a tasteful survey of alternative music in Iran
Various Artists, Anthology of Persian Experimental Music, Italy, Unexplained Sounds Group, CD digipak (reissued 2019) First released in digital format
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The Earth is Silent: epic death / doom metal album delivers a work of art and beauty in themes of grief, loss and despair
Sun of the Dying, The Earth is Silent, Germany, Art of Propaganda, limited edition CD digipak / 12″ vinyl (2019)
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Desert Song
Abronia are a rather sombre and serious-looking six-piece combo from Portland, and here’s their second LP The Whole Of Each
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