Cristiano Bocci, Beyond the Dark Zones, Italy, Unexplained Sounds Group, USG079 CD (2022) Based in Tuscany, Cristiano Bocci set out
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Triumphs: a bizarre alternative blackened post-industrial world of Rome as a corrupt industrial power
Theatruum, Triumphs, Italy, Xenoglossy Productions, XP057 limited edition cassette (2023) Listening to “Triumphs”, the debut album from mystery raw BM
Continue readingTransmission Errors: a bleak, savage and terrifying soundscape of experimental black metal, industrial, noise and drone
Crown of Ascension, Transmission Errors, Italy, Xenoglossy Productions, XP056 limited edition cassette (2022) Formed in Oxfordshire in 2020, Crown of
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Andrew Raffo Dewar, Ekphrasis Suite (RASTASCAN RECORDS BDR 075) Modernist composition – jazz-ish – for a quartet, comprising Gino Robair,
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The LP by Ambulatorio Segreto is the latest chapter in the stories of Miguel A Ruiz and Siegmar Fricke, whose
Continue readingNON baNd (self-titled): new lease of life for skronky post-punk / new wave cult band’s debut album
NON baNd, self-titled, Germany, TAL, TAL04 clear vinyl LP (2017, reissued 2022) Originally released back in 1982, the only album
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The Bootstrappers group was quite an interesting proposal in 1989, when guitarist Elliott Sharp joined forces with two of the
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Zolder Ellipsis Entropy Override ITALY LIZARD RECORDS LIZARD CD0176 C.D. (2022) Initially released as Zolder Ellipsis by U.S. keyboardist/composer/producer Tom
Continue readingAutuala: blackened post-punk desolation from Finland’s veteran outsider duo
Circle of Ouroborus, Autuala, Greece, His Wounds, NAIL060 vinyl LP (2022) Coming a few months after Album No 20 “Aavikon
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Masche Oxia Chaos ITALY ADN RECORDS DNN031C CD (2022) That rather thorny sleeve design seems to warn us of being
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