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08/11/2020 nausika

VII: darkly monumental drone noise electronics terror for the pandemic age

KTL, VII, Editions Mego, Austria, EMEGO 287 cassette / vinyl (2020) For a project initially established to provide music for

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05/11/2020 Ed Pinsent

Memorial Service

In 2019, we received and heard and very much enjoyed the unique Orféon Gagarin album, originally made by Miguel A.

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28/10/2020 Ed Pinsent

An Alignment of Stars

Quite good instrumental music from 900RPM on their cassette Der Golem (SUBLIME RETREAT SR002), where they perform a modern soundtrack

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18/10/2020 nausika

Sel de Pierre: powerful epic blackened depressive sludge doom with a hint of hope and optimism

Vous Autres, Sel de Pierre, France, Season of Mist Underground Activists, SUA117 CD digipak / 12″ vinyl LP (2020) Not

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17/10/2020 nausika

Eternity of Shaog: deranged blackened death Lovecraftian demonic possession par excellence

Esoctrilihum, Eternity of Shaog, Italy, I, Voidhanger Records, IVR130 double LP / CD (2020) MAD FRENCH BLACK METAL ACT ALERT!

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10/10/2020 Ed Pinsent

Eco Lament

Here’s our old friend “Mr Happy” Dave Phillips, the very extreme sound artist who lives in Zurich, often abbreviates his

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07/10/2020 nausika

Innocence Écartelée (self-titled): raw blackened noise trance music of despair and existential torment

Innocence Écartelée, self-titled, France, self-released, limited edition cassette (2020) Released by the band itself in a limited edition of 50

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30/09/2020 nausika

In Purge There Is No Remission: a fun history tour of black metal in its fusions and sub-genres

Ordinance, In Purge There Is No Remission, Finland, The Sinister Flame, TSF013 CD / LP (2020) It starts off sounding

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30/09/2020 nausika

Timewheel: primeval forces of nature and time, once worshipped as gods, calling to listeners in atmospheric black metal debut

Gloosh, Timewheel, Russia, Slowsnow Records, no catalogue number, cassette / Russia, Casus Belli Musica, CBM 77 vinyl LP / Germany,

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25/09/2020 nausika

The Faintest Hint: minimal folk pop songs are surprisingly strong, precise and intense

Ai Aso, The Faintest Hint, France, Ideologic Organ, SOMA034LP (2020) Tokyo-based Ai Aso has been active as a musician since

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