Aidan Baker and Gareth Davis, Invisible Cities II, Germany, Karlrecords, KR073 180 gr LP (2020) I confess I haven’t heard
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Tag: dark
A Bilious Nature
Quite taken with Bile Noire (ARPAVIVA AVLP 001), which is a vinyl item housed in a moody black cover on
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Rebuild all your Ruins
Welcome return, I think, of the highly distinctive Polish occult-folk combo 23 Threads, led by driving force Marek Spazm Marchoff
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Collective Group Mind
On Égrégore (COLD SPRING RECORDS CSR271CD), we have a very convincing set of acoustic murmuring drone dredged up from the
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Kollapsible Tank
Pretty hideous industrial noise racket from Melbourne in the form of new trio Kollaps, with their second release Mechanical Christ
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Five Crops from June
Sombre electronic tones, subdued half-hidden drones, and ominous beat-like pulsations from Hüma Utku on her Gnosis (KARLRECORDS KR068) record. This
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Acéphale and Arkhé Tenebre: in the midst of sheer horror, despair and catastrophe, beauty and mystery can be found
S.E.K.H., Acéphale & Arkhé Tenebre, United States, Sentient Ruin Laboratories, SRUIN103 limited edition cassette (2019) At the time of writing,
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Derniers Chants: an expansive and musically varied conclusion to a double-album concept
Ossuaire, Derniers Chants, Canada, Sepulchral Productions, SP053 digital / CD (2019) Just six months after releasing their debut album “Premiers
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Forbidden Rituals for the Destruction of Purity Pt II: more raw psychic vampiric BM bait for unsuspecting prey
Chaînes Fantôme, Forbidden Rituals for the Destruction of Purity Pt II, United States, Ancestral Flame Productions, AFP-014 limited edition cassette
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Spatters of Paint, Bloody Wrist: more peaceful, radiant and serene than what the title says
Appropriate Savagery, Spatters of Paint, Bloody Wrist, Russia, Perfect Aesthetics, AEST-043 limited edition double cassette set (2019) Active since 2017
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