Mario Diaz de Leon, Hypnos, Shinkoyo, CD SHIN040 (2012) Third solo album for this musician / composer and apparently a
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Hitoyogiri: almost easy-listening Japanese noisy psych-guitar rock with a blues touch
Miminokoto, Hitoyogiri, Important Records, CD IMPREC338 (2011) Featuring the kind of bleak, dark noisy psychedelic blues that I usually expect
Continue readingDisciples of Shit – Live Waste: pitiless blackened doom sludge industrial
Sewer Goddess, Disciples of Shit – Live Waste, US, Black Plague / Malignant Records, CD INFECT08 (2011?) Recorded over a
Continue readingOskoreien: self-titled debut heralds a new player in Cascadian black metal
Oskoreien, Oskoreien, Pest Productions, CD PEST048 (2010) “Oskoreien” is an intriguing addition to the world of nature-oriented Cascadian black metal,
Continue readingEcailles de Lune: very pretty black metal / shoegazer pop
Alcest, Ecailles de Lune, Germany Prophecy Productions CD PRO 106 (2010) Bands like Alcest sure do like to mock the
Continue readingBeyond Ancient Space: immersive doom drone becomes an arduous, monotonous journey
Bong, Beyond Ancient Space, Ritual Productions, CD RITE006 (2011) No doubt about it, this is one seriously stoned-out doomy drone
Continue readingArtistry of Exhaustion III: a smooth but still quite dark ambient work
Carbonscape, Artistry of Exhaustion III, www.carbonscape.bandcomp.com (2012) Another online ambient offering from Tad Piecka who masterminds the black metal project
Continue readingBiokinetics: icy electronic dance music still as fresh and beguiling as ever
Porter Ricks, Biokinetics, Type Recordings, CD TYPE 100 (reissued 2012) Originally released by the Chain Reaction label in 1996, this
Continue readingAlexander Rishaug: Shadow of Events
Alexander Rishaug, Shadow of Events, Germany Dekorder 053 CD (2010) A beautifully tranquil and highly immersive recording that for me takes
Continue readingThe fur really flies
A Ukrainian release for the Portuguese duo of Sturqen, who beef up their dark electronic tones with brutally simple techno
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