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Tag: dark

25/03/2022 nausika

Communion with the Vile: a mini-opera of sheer black / death / ambient terror

Reflection of Misery, Communion with the Vile, Nicaragua, Exnihilo Records, ENR04 CD EP (2022) Even after hearing this EP a

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24/03/2022 Ed Pinsent

The Heretics in their Tower

Here’s a grim beast from Sweden in the form of Lidaverken Del I: Att I Vadeld Forgas (COLD SPRING RECORDS

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21/03/2022 Ed Pinsent

Gall of the President’s Men

Latest item from Matt Weston, that New York based all-original musician from Chicago, is another blinder – we seem to

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17/03/2022 nausika

Sielunsoahti: raw blackened punk delving in Sámi culture and mythology

Ruohtta, Sielunsoahti, United States, Realm and Ritual, limited edition cassette / Sweden, TormentRex, TR023 CD (2022) Based in Gällivare in

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16/03/2022 Ed Pinsent

Coronal Discharges

Neil Chaney here with Aura (COLD SPRING RECORDS CSR296CD), a soundtrack album for a recent-ish exorcism movie of this name

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15/03/2022 nausika

Future Fossils: dark and confronting drone soundscapes of oppression, melancholy and regret

Insect Ark, Future Fossils, Belgium, Consouling Sounds, SOUL0172 CD / vinyl LP (2021) Before hearing this album, I confess I

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05/03/2022 nausika

Star Corsair: a lively ambient / industrial / electronic soundtrack to a sci-fi novel

Cluster Lizard, Star Corsair, Germany, Prostir, Prostir + 4 CD / vinyl LP (2021) A very light and lively work

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27/02/2022 nausika

Submerge: a short work of power and melancholy musing on the fate of ships lost at sea

Uzlaga, Submerge, United Kingdom, self-released limited edition cassette (2022) Not for the first time was my attention to an album

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26/02/2022 Ed Pinsent

A Centaur in your Garden

Gaap Kvlt has the lowest of profiles and the real name of this dark isolationist droner remains a mystery. Heard

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15/02/2022 nausika

Inperspectycon Vol. 1: an ambient / electronic soundscape portrayal of a society in lockdown shock

Distant Fires Burning, Inperspectycon Vol. 1, Belgium, self-released limited edition CD digipak (2021) Distant Fires Burning is a solo ambient

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