Andrew Raffo Dewar, Ekphrasis Suite (RASTASCAN RECORDS BDR 075) Modernist composition – jazz-ish – for a quartet, comprising Gino Robair,
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Tag: avant-rock
Beyond the Crossroads
The LP by Ambulatorio Segreto is the latest chapter in the stories of Miguel A Ruiz and Siegmar Fricke, whose
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NON 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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Step Into My Boots
The Bootstrappers group was quite an interesting proposal in 1989, when guitarist Elliott Sharp joined forces with two of the
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Progtasmagoria
Zolder Ellipsis Entropy Override ITALY LIZARD RECORDS LIZARD CD0176 C.D. (2022) Initially released as Zolder Ellipsis by U.S. keyboardist/composer/producer Tom
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Autuala: 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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Red Planet Crash
Masche Oxia Chaos ITALY ADN RECORDS DNN031C CD (2022) That rather thorny sleeve design seems to warn us of being
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Suicide Social: soundtrack to a personal descent into hell, in a society of forced and false happiness
Broyeur d’Enfance, Suicide Social, France, Acid Vicious, AVCD33 CD digipak (2022) Living in a society where pursuing happiness, comfort and
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Heavy Rocks (2022): putting 1970s hard rock and metal through the wringer of Boris-style experimentation
Boris, Heavy Rocks (2022), United States, Relapse Records, RR7526, CD / vinyl LP (2022) Celebrating 30 years (and a humongous
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Urgrund: blackened doom metal coming from a deep primal subconscious source
Häxenzijrkell, Urgrund, Germany, Amor Fati Productions, AFP210, CD digipak (2022) A black / doom duo since forming in Essen in
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