avant-rock – Page 30 – The Sound Projector

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

30/09/2019 Steve Pescott

Misspelt Pacific Island Makes Good

It Dockumer Lokaeltsje Tonger NETHERLANDS MAKKUM RECORDS MR22 LP (2017) Very much in the vein of their then contemporaries; the

24/09/2019 Ed Pinsent

September Shorter Reviews

Found Vegetal Negatives (HALLOW GROUND HG1901) a bit underwhelming at first gazoon, but gradually the low-key electroacoustic compositions of Marja

23/09/2019 nausika

Canyons: new odyssey for slug sludge doomsters off to a shaky rather than slow and steady start

Slomatics, Canyons, United Kingdom, Black Bow Records, BBow029 CD digipak (2019) Slow their music may be … but once the

23/09/2019 Ed Pinsent

Stations and Delays

Latest package from the Polish label Gusstaff Records contains two total gems, as unlike each other as granite and rabbits

18/09/2019 nausika

Cara Neir – Part III / Part IV: marking the band’s decade together with an album of an astonishing blend of several genres

Cara Neir, Part III / Part IV, United States, self-released, limited edition cassette (2019) Contrary to the title, this album

11/09/2019 nausika

Nodus Tollens: rich and contradictory post-black metal soundscapes of beauty, brutality and harshness

Calvaire, Nodus Tollens, Singapore, Lithe Records, LITHE009 limited edition cassette (2019) The debut full-length album of Singaporean post-BM band Calvaire,