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21/12/2019 Ed Pinsent

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

18/12/2019 nausika

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,

17/12/2019 nausika

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

29/11/2019 nausika

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

21/11/2019 nausika

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

20/11/2019 nausika

Aevum: a technically accomplished work that falls far short of greatness

Vukari, Aevum, Germany, Vendetta Records, vendetta records #183 CD / LP (2019) Originally formed as Vucari in 2013 – strange

19/11/2019 Ed Pinsent

Into Frosty Waters

Finding very little to enjoy in the murky textures of Nekyia (ART FIRST RECORDS ATF072), an album created by the

17/11/2019 Ed Pinsent

The Grey Dawning

An intense and foreboding set is Den Förföljdes Gryning (iDEAL RECORDINGS 178), realised by the formidable Daniel Rozenhall in Stockolhm,

14/11/2019 Ed Pinsent

Domestic Violence

Here I am enduring yet another release by The New Blockaders, the original noise band with whose output I have

14/11/2019 nausika

The Forcing Season: Further Acts of Severance – impressions of Planet Earth being engulfed by a chaos from within

Sky Burial, The Forcing Season: Further Acts of Severance, Opa Loka Records, OL1904 CD (2019) Sky Burial is the solo