Deathspell Omega, Drought, Season of Mist CD SOM810 (2012) Another mighty missive from Deathspell Omega in the form of an
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Ruins of Morning: a serene and mellow painting of a fresh beginning
Nadja, Ruins of Morning, Broken Spine Productions (2010) Well, this is a surprise for me: I had given up on
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Split for the Coast The eleventh release on the Spectrum Spools label is Soft Coast by No UFO’s, which is
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Photo-Mechanical Transfer The English trio of PMT play bass drums and guitar in a decidedly odd manner on Frosty Lee
Continue readingThe Iron Soul of Nothing: beautifully hypnotic ambient drone music mystery
SunnO))) meets Nurse With Wound, The Iron Soul of Nothing, Ideologic Organ, CD soma005 (2011) My copy of “The Iron
Continue readingThe Path of Liberation from Birth to Death: an epic and majestic soundtrack of buzzing, noisy black metal fusion
Njiqahdda, The Path of Liberation from Birth to Death, US, Pagan Flames Records, CD (2011) Where to begin? Here be a complex album of
Continue readingHitoyogiri: almost easy-listening Japanese noisy psych-guitar rock with a blues touch
Miminokoto, Hitoyogiri, Important Records, CD IMPREC338 (2011) Featuring the kind of bleak, dark noisy psychedelic blues that I usually expect
Continue readingGreat Explorers: gentle surf music and psych-pop amble through Cambridge
The Doozer, Great Explorers, United Kingdom, Pickled Egg, EGG76CD (2010) A very pleasant psych-pop amble through his home town of
Continue readingHands That Pluck: not quite the sterling send-off it could have been
Caïna, Hands That Pluck, Profound Lore Records, 2xCD PFL-082 (2011) This double CD set is Caïna’s swansong release and what a way
Continue readingAngels of Darkness, Demons of Light II: highly immersive yet quiet, laconic and minimal
Earth, Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II, US, Southern Lord, CD LORD149 (2012) Following its predecessor of the same
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