avant-rock – Page 29 – The Sound Projector

22/11/2019 nausika

Bantou Mentale (self-titled): more lively and easy listening than challenging as African-Western fusions go

Bantou Mentale, self-titled, Germany, Glitterbeat Records, GB073LP (2019) Bantou Mentale is a recent quartet based in Paris, of which three

20/11/2019 nausika

Aevum: a technically accomplished work that falls far short of greatness

Vukari, Aevum, Germany, Vendetta Records, vendetta records #183 CD / LP (2019) Originally formed as Vucari in 2013 – strange

05/11/2019 nausika

Pyrefication: a raw ambient noise BM universe of unending darkness, pain and spiritual torment

Pa Vesh En, Pyrefication, Germany, Iron Bonehead Productions, CD digipak limited edition (2019) For a band that put out its

26/10/2019 Ed Pinsent

A Spicy Meatball

On Tolerancia Picante (CONRAD SOUND CnRd330), we have the team-up between Norwegian rock-noise trio MoE, and the out-there free sax

26/10/2019 Steve Pescott

Move Over Rover!

Dog Dimension Area of Outstanding Beauty GERMANY BOHEMIAN DRIPS BD011 MINI L.P. (2019) …”Contemporary Alternative Rock Music”…”Moshable”…”Grunge”…”Experimental Funk”…”Primus”… Berlin trio

16/10/2019 Steve Pescott

For Spelunkers Everywhere

Cave Allways U.S.A. DRAG CITY RECORDS DC 654 L.P. (2018) That example of composite titling could be a nod towards

15/10/2019 nausika

The Furnaces of Palingenesia: a rebirth, in less grand form, of a veteran black metal band

Deathspell Omega, The Furnaces of Palingenesia, France, Norma Evangelium Diaboli, NED047 CD digipak (2019) After 20 years – whut, 20

11/10/2019 nausika

Credo: an epic summation of the work of a 20-year veteran band in the Quebecois black metal scene

Akitsa, Credo, United States, Hospital Productions, CD / vinyl 12″ / cassette (2018) / Canada, Profound Lore Records, PFL 207

08/10/2019 nausika

Calm Black Water: psych-stoner doom and urban saxophone blues in the service of Lovecraftian horror

REZN, Calm Black Water, The Netherlands, Off The Record Label, OTRL025 limited edition CD / LP (2019) If this Chicago

06/10/2019 Ed Pinsent

Plague of the Firstborn

Fine China Superbone are a noise-rock band from Holland. Normally I welcome such records defined under this genre, but I’m