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Tag: conceptual

06/06/2021 nausika

Apogée.Ivresse.Agonie: delving into past Roman-Celtic conflict with melodic / folk black metal

Autarcie, Apogée.Ivresse.Agonie, Purity Through Fire, PTF233 CD / vinyl LP / cassette (2021) A stalwart of the black metal scene

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01/06/2021 nausika

Náa: atmospheric black metal interpretation of Mayan creation myths from Venus with urgency

Idolos, Náa, France, Non Posse Mori Records, NPM040 CD digibook (2021) Emissaries from Venus with Atlantean genealogies (or so they

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22/05/2021 Ed Pinsent

Manchester of the Future

We’ve been enjoying the music of American composer Alexander Sigman since 2011, when we heard his Nominal / Noumenal for

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18/05/2021 nausika

Au Fleuve de Loire: an epic folk / black metal tribute to the river at the heart of French identity

Hanternoz, Au Fleuve de Loire, France, Antiq Records, CD digibook / vinyl (2021) Formed in 2006, this Breton folk /

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17/05/2021 nausika

Unusta kõik: inventive dissonant black metal with a dark jazzy edge

Kõdu, Unusta kõik, Sweden, Nigredo Records, NP015 limited edition CD (2021) Kõdu is a recent black metal band formed in

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16/05/2021 nausika

The Thousand Buddha Caves: immersive soundscape music tracing a journey and a career

David Shea, The Thousand Buddha Caves, Australia, Room40, RM4125 CD (2021) David Shea has had a long and quite extraordinary

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09/04/2021 nausika

Manbarani: modern Arabic folk in a quest to find physical and spiritual place and purpose

Natik Awayez, Manbarani, United States, Sublime Frequencies, SF116 vinyl LP (2021) It seems astonishing that a composer / lyricist /

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10/03/2021 nausika

Karst Relict: last stage in an epic BM trilogy not quite the stunning culmination it should be

Malist, Karst Relict, Germany, Northern Silence Productions, NSP199 CD / cassette / vinyl LP (2021) Gosh, looks like I’m late

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09/03/2021 nausika

Burning in Heaven, Melting on Earth: theme of religious fanaticism gets a mellow psychedelic doom treatment

Sunnata, Burning in Heaven, Melting on Earth, Poland, self-released, CD / vinyl LP (2021) I’ve heard a previous album of

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08/03/2021 Ed Pinsent

Infinite Quiet

Much to my chagrin it looks as though the Kvitnu label is shutting up shop…we’ve followed this label since quite

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