Four cassettes from the Swedish Beläten label sent to us by Thomas Martin Ekelund, who may also be the label
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Horn Beam Fantasmas
Loopy and intense noisy jazz rock blurt from Cactus Truck, a trio which showcases the saxophone malarkey of John Dikeman
Continue readingCold of Ages: a grand and epic black metal / doom fusion recording
Ash Borer, Cold of Ages, Profound Lore Records, CD (2012) Ash Borer’s second album could very well be their breakthrough
Continue readingRegnum Saturni: flowing, raging, hypnotic black metal noise intensity
Fell Voices, Regnum Saturni, Gilead Media, 2xLP RELIC45 (2013) Fell Voices is a black metal band based in Santa Cruz
Continue readingFabriksampler V4: winding its way through different musical territories of Elektronikopia
Various Artists, Fabriksampler V4, Pharmafabrik, PFCD020 (2011) Featuring acts from several countries in Europe and from South Africa, this is
Continue readingRosemary and Garlic
Manitou (ALREALON ALRN034) by Blue Sausage Infant arrived here 21 May 2012. This is the gifted instrumentalist Chester Hawkins of
Continue readingAmesoeurs (self-titled): one and only album is inconsistent black metal pop
Amesoeurs, self-titled, Code 666, CD (2009) At least in a very short career, truncated in part by the unexpected success
Continue readingFragments from the Aethyr: black ambient experimental soundscapes teamed with near-hysterical solo violin wanderings
Funerary Call, Fragments from the Aethyr, Crucial Blast Records, CD CBR100 (2012) A celebration is in order for Crucial Blast Records
Continue readingNegative Reversals
A curiously depressing and moribund piece of abstract noise from Jason Crumer. Let There Be Crumer (SECOND LAYER RECORDS SLR016)
Continue readingBlack and Orange destruction
That path is for your steps alone The Italian percussionist Andrea Belfi has recorded Wege (RM446) for the Room 40
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