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30/12/2020 Ed Pinsent

The Spluttering Engine

Here is Enormous Components Of Motor Unit Vol. 2 (ZOHARUM ZOHAR 199-2) by Different State, the follow up to his

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22/12/2020 Ed Pinsent

Tales that Witness Madness

Last heard from Simon Balestrazzi with his very fine Redshift solo record released in 2018, though he also teamed up

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16/12/2020 nausika

Minnesmärke: a solemn and powerful dronescape work dedicated to the miners of Bergslagen

Mats Erlandsson, Minnesmärke, Switzerland, Hallow Ground, HG2008 vinyl LP (2020) Originally from Örebro in inland central Sweden and currently resident

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15/12/2020 nausika

Ode to the Dark: a fearsome vampiric BM foursome with a taste for the Gothic and the operatic

Umbrivago Sombrio, Ode to the Dark, United Kingdom, Ancient Entity Records, AER 011 cassette (2020) “Ode to the Dark”, the

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14/12/2020 nausika

Darkness Devouring Reality: old-school melodic black metal spanning death, doom, sludge and post-BM

Depths of Despair, Darkness Devouring Reality, Russia, AuToDaFe Productions, A-T-D 20 CD (2020) / Der Schwarze Tod, TOD 72 CD

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07/12/2020 nausika

The Sorcerer’s Sorrow: a spiritual journey at once bleak and desolate, yet hopeful and soothing

Anachitis, The Sorcerer’s Sorrow, Italy, Avant-garde Music, AV397 CD digipak / LP (2020) The sombre artwork for this, Anachitis’ debut

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25/11/2020 nausika

Vines Grow Between My Eyes: a starkly minimal electronic / industrial folk album with an uncomfortable message

Happy Dead Man, Vines Grow Between My Eyes, Germany, Unrock, UNROCK 019 LP (2020) A collaboration of three stalwarts of

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19/11/2020 Ed Pinsent

Dark Staircase Functions

Fairly grim noise-rock-plod grinderoo from Kragrowargkomn on the album TMA (URBSOUNDS URB048) from Urbsounds…recorded in Slovakia and carrying sleeve design,

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14/11/2020 nausika

Par-Delá Noireglaces et Brumes-Sinistres: an ambitious and highly individual mediaeval BM / dungeon synth debut

Crépuscule d’Hiver, Par-Delá Noireglaces et Brumes-Sinistres, France, Les Acteurs De l’Ombre Productions, AO-121 CD digipak / cassette / 12″ vinyl

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11/11/2020 nausika

The Dawn of the Arriving Age: dawn of a solid technical BM trio with Middle Eastern folk and post-metal influences

Ethereal Credence, The Dawn of the Arriving Age, Poland, Via Nocturna, NOX125 DG CD (2020) Formed in Alexandria (Egypt) in

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