Perennial Isolation, Astral Dream, Darkwoods, FLAMMA VII CD (2015) Perennial Isolation is a Catalan ambient BM band based in Barcelona.
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Fin: a stunning collection of bleak and darkly beautiful soundscapes
Jabladav, Fin, self-released CD-R (2014) This one-man ambient black metal act was very quiet for a few years after the
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Splendid record of avant-rock trickiness, intelligent noodling and wistful brooding sounds from Japanese guitar-bass-drums trio Melt on their debut album
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Kicked Back Into The Crypt (FEEDING TUBE RECORDS FTR131 / SOPHOMORE LOUNGE SL054) is a split LP by Guerilla Toss
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Saw are a Norwegian duo from Trondheim taking a basic rock-mode set-up, guitar and drums, and stripping the concept down
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Modern Feelings (SÄHKÖ RECORDINGS PUU39) lets us know where we’re at from the get-go with its foreboding cover, a monochrome
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We last heard from the sludgy psych-rock combo Expo 70 on Blackout, their 2011 release for Debacle Records, but Justin
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Kellar is another Andy Pyne / Brighton related project (see for instance Map 71, Aeolipile, West Hill Blast Quartet and
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Zirakzigil, Worldbuilder, Anthem, CD (2015) Starting out as a Tolkien-obsessed psychedelic noise-doom metal band in Portland, Zirakzigil – try saying
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Another couple of lovely cassettes from Kjetil Brandsdal and his Drid Machine Records label in Stavanger, Norway. I’m still loving
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