Rigor Mortiss are a four-piece of players, sometimes joined by vocalist Hans Seved Akesson on these eight studio tracks recorded
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Tag: dark
Ah Puch: debut sludge doom album of Mayan and Aztec vengeance on Spanish conquerors
Dirge, Ah Puch, India, self-released, CD digipak (2018) In ancient Mayan religion, Ah Puch was one of the names of
Continue readingMeltwater in Early Spring: dronescapes capturing the awe and brooding power of changing landscapes
Ambre Antique, Meltwater in Early Spring, Canada, Male Activity, limited edition cassette (2019) I must confess I found Ambre Antique’s
Continue readingMorningside: ambient droning soundscapes of occasional beauty describing Western cultural decline
Ryan Electric Product, Morningside, United States, self-released, limited edition cassette (2019) Almost a decade ago, Ryan Reid released an album
Continue readingCara Neir – Part III / Part IV: marking the band’s decade together with an album of an astonishing blend of several genres
Cara Neir, Part III / Part IV, United States, self-released, limited edition cassette (2019) Contrary to the title, this album
Continue readingNodus Tollens: rich and contradictory post-black metal soundscapes of beauty, brutality and harshness
Calvaire, Nodus Tollens, Singapore, Lithe Records, LITHE009 limited edition cassette (2019) The debut full-length album of Singaporean post-BM band Calvaire,
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Faithless
Last heard from Barcelona duo Escupemetralla with their 2017 album Poison Of Dead Sun In Your Brain Slowly Fading, an
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Gods of War
Truly horrible black industrial death music from MZ.412 on their Svartmyrkr (COLD SPRING RECORDS CSR257) album…I had a surfeit of
Continue readingConcealing a Trace of Exile: a lush ambient soundtrack for the decline and fall of Western civilisation
Lilac Pavilion, Concealing a Trace of Exile, Australia, Vienna Press, Keys to the Field 032, cassette (2019) Here is a
Continue readingHendes Bregneøjne: an inner world of nostalgia within repetitive looping piano minimalism
øjeRum, Hendes Bregneøjne, Russia, Perfect Aesthetics, AEST-040 limited edition cassette (2019) Yes, on one level this is mournful minimalist piano-loop
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