Caïna, Christ Clad in White Phosphorus, Apocalyptic Witchcraft Recordings, digipak CD APW011 (2016) Since reforming in 2012, Caïna continues to
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Roll Up for the Ghost Train
Last noted Swedish electro-acoustic composer Åke Parmerud of Göteborg with his Growl collection, an album which appealed to some of
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Song from a Black House
We’ve got a lot of time for Paul Baran, the modern composer whose work has always posed challenging questions about
Continue readingRe Un: dark grinding doomy post-black metal with a strong individual style
Conjuro Nuclear, Re Un, Italy, Avantgarde Music, digipak CD AV294 (2016) Curious about what was actually behind this album with the
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Hurricane Fighter Plane
Austrian multi-media performer Opcion might be Nikos Zachariadis, who has previously traded his brand of harsh techno-inflected noises as Ab-Hinc
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In February this year we noted a couple of CDRs from Emanuele Lago, a highly prolific Italian fellow who makes
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The Owls Are Not What They Seem
Owl Rave’s self-titled LP (INTERSTELLAR RECORDS INT 038) is a set of ambient mood music and slow atmospheric songs, attempting
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The Terrible Comet Salt
Four sides of claustrophobic electronic doom-drone from Austria by Regolith, on their double LP I (ROCK IS HELL RECORDS RIP67).
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The Secret Soul
I never really heard much from Étant Donnés when they were around in the 1980s and 1990s, apart from perhaps
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The Revenant
The record by L’Eclipse Nue was sent to me with one of the most elaborate press packs I’ve ever clamped
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