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07/07/2020 Ed Pinsent

Heat Resistant

From Alexandria VA, Pat Gillis is a regular face in these pages recording as TL0741 and we last heard his

07/07/2020 nausika

Behold the Silent Dwellers: dissonant BM / post-metal depiction of dystopian repressive city environments

Aversio Humanitatis, Behold the Silent Dwellers, France, Debemur Morti Productions, DMP0188 CD digipak / 12″ vinyl (2020) Those of us

03/07/2020 nausika

Golden Hour: a massive epic of highly immersive and transcendental atmospheric black metal / doom

Awenden, Golden Hour, United States, Realm and Ritual, RAR038 limited edition cassette (2020) Featuring themes that include respect for nature

03/07/2020 nausika

Ancient Death Cults and Beliefs: vast soundscapes of deep silence, space and reverential awe from a dark alternative universe

Sonologyst, Ancient Death Cults and Beliefs, United Kingdom, Cold Spring Records, CSR270CD (2020) In pursuing an alternative dark universe of

29/06/2020 nausika

Spiritual Instinct: post-black metal / blackgaze pioneers celebrating 20 years with a harder sound and a questioning outlook

Alcest, Spiritual Instinct, Nuclear Blast America, NB 5199 CD digipak / LP / cassette (2019) After 20 years, this French

25/06/2020 nausika

Timelapse: homage to synthesiser and electronic music of the 1970s – 80s is a work of delicacy and dark beauty

Meridian Arc, Timelapse, United States, Broken Press, cassette (2020) One of the busiest people in Seattle, Washington state, these days

12/06/2020 nausika

Nona, Decima et Morta: sparse experimental drone and keening singing take listeners to a dark intimate place

Golem Mecanique, Nona, Decima et Morta, Austria, Ideologic Organ / Editions Mego, SOMA-033, vinyl LP (2020) Discovered by Stephen O’Malley

07/06/2020 Ed Pinsent

Transtilla State

Heard Transtilla with their debut album in 2019…their sinister creeping dronery and black-tinged ponderings found favour with our resident grim-dwelling

07/06/2020 nausika

Arba, Dak Arba: a deeply mesmerising and terrifying venture into worlds beyond the material plane

Frédéric D. Oberland and Irena Z. Tomažin, Arba, Dâk Arba, Switzerland, Hallow Ground, HG 2005, vinyl LP (2020) Originally composed

26/05/2020 nausika

Rétablir l’Eternité: a dark doomy post-rock / prog rock commentary on contemporary Western society

WuW, Rétablir l’Eternité, United States, Prosthetic Records, PROS104081 CD / vinyl (2020) For some reason doom metal bands that experiment