Jason Berry from Oakland CA got in touch to send us a couple of CDs…the item by Vacuum Tree Head
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Zwart Vierkant: arty blasting BM / jazz / progressive rock fusion appealing to the head but not the heart
Grey Aura, Zwart Vierkant, United Kingdom, Onism Productions, ONISM006 CD digipak limited edition / vinyl limited edition (2021) A tough
Continue readingPolarity: icy atmospheric post-BM on a downward spiral with themes of isolation, loss and the terror of reality
Vixenta, Polarity, Italy, Flowing Downward, CD digipak (2021) Vixenta formed in Brisbane as a solo project by B., aka Brendon
Continue readingCelestial Triarchy: instrumental fusion BM / post-metal / post-rock debut blast from new heaven-bound trio
Nuummite, Celestial Triarchy, United Kingdom, Trepanation Recordings, vinyl LP (2021) Not for the first time – and certainly not for
Continue readingRound-up of January Discs
Nice solo set by Eric Random, an English player who has a fascinating background in punk and post-punk in the
Continue readingMntu: a raw and powerful atmospheric black metal debut of personal struggle and reconnection with First Nations heritage
Ushangvagush, Mntu, United States, Vigor Deconstruct, cassette / vinyl LP (2021) For a raw atmospheric black metal release, the cover
Continue readingMathreyata: dark and disturbing sludge doom metal psychedelia relying too much on repetition
Dark Buddha Rising, Mathreyata, Finland, Svart Records, SVART243 vinyl LP (2020) After several busy years from 2007 to 2015 during
Continue readingEminence: a dense, intricate and manic blast through European / French Fin-de-Siecle culture
Passéisme, Eminence, France, Antiq Records, CD / vinyl LP (2021) Ha! Like many others I was taken in by Passéisme’s
Continue readingNáa: atmospheric black metal interpretation of Mayan creation myths from Venus with urgency
Idolos, Náa, France, Non Posse Mori Records, NPM040 CD digibook (2021) Emissaries from Venus with Atlantean genealogies (or so they
Continue readingAu Fleuve de Loire: an epic folk / black metal tribute to the river at the heart of French identity
Hanternoz, Au Fleuve de Loire, France, Antiq Records, CD digibook / vinyl (2021) Formed in 2006, this Breton folk /
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