progressive rock – The Sound Projector

18/09/2020 nausika

Naiv: black metal eclecticism ends up in Eurovision disco cheese territory

Thy Catafalque, Naiv, France, Season of Mist, SOM552 vinyl LP (2020) As its title suggests, “Naiv” is intended as a

05/08/2020 nausika

A new solo atmospheric black / funereal doom metal protagonist’s debut explores alienation and death as creation in “Act I: The Protagonist”

Eyeless In Gaza, Act I: The Protagonist, Russia, Solitude Productions, SP. 152-20 CD digipak (2020) I must admit I had

16/07/2020 nausika

Ainsi Passe le Gloire du Monde: a solid beginning and foundation in melodic black metal / prog rock for more varied work

L’Eclat du Déclin, Ainsi Passe le Gloire du Monde, France, Non Posse Mori Records, NPM-022 CD digipak (2020) Fittingly for

04/05/2020 nausika

Old Smoke: a slow-burning sludge doom album that brims with soul

Barishi, Old Smoke, France, Season of Mist, SOM551 2 x 12″ vinyl LP (2020) I must confess this was a

19/12/2019 nausika

Sand Enigma: an ambitious foray into a multi-universe of many possibilities but not plumbing very deeply

Land of Kush, Sand Enigma, Constellation Records, CST146 CD / vinyl double LP (2019) As long as I’ve been 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

13/12/2019 nausika

Ytenic Blód: a varied set of noisy experimental raw ambient black metal from an obscure British collective

Albionic Hermeticism, Ytenic Blód, United Kingdom, self-released limited edition cassette (2019) Part of a British-based black metal collective known as

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

10/11/2019 Ed Pinsent

Tattoo Vampire

Happy to hear this new album by Bram Stoker, No Reflection (BRAMCD18001), which arrived as a complete surprise following a

15/10/2019 nausika

The Furnaces of Palingenesia: a rebirth, in less grand form, of a veteran black metal band

Deathspell Omega, The Furnaces of Palingenesia, France, Norma Evangelium Diaboli, NED047 CD digipak (2019) After 20 years – whut, 20