Deep Mountains, Lake of Solace, Pest Productions, Digipak CD PEST046 (2014) Deep Mountains is a Chinese black metal band and
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La Mort du Soleil: a highly emotional and intense depressive rock album
Sombres Forêts, La Mort du Soleil, Sepulchral Productions, SP035 (2013) I reviewed the debut album “Quintessence” by Sombres Forêts for
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Red Dust
Bizarre skull-laden item from Romain Perrot, here performing under his Roro Perrot alias. This diminution of the Christian name is
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Consolamentum: a display of the power and the glory of English doom metal
The Wounded Kings, Consolamentum, UK, Candlelight Records, CD (2014) The power and the glory of English gloom-n-doom occult metal is
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J Marks / Shipen Lebzelter Rock and Other Four Letter Words UK PARADIGM DISCS PD28 LP (2012) Here’s a real
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I’m warming to the music of Noteherder & McCloud, an English duo who are really growing on me with their
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From Carlin How in North Yorkshire we have split CDR Vier Mit Vier (ELM LODGE RECORDS 012a), with four tracks
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Simon Balestrazzi sent us a copy of Hashima’s record from Italy – Simon may not actually appear on this 47-minute
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Seid Among the Monster Flowers Again GERMANY SULATRON-RECORDS ST1202 LP (2012) Among the Monster Flowers Again marks the debut of
Continue readingAbrahadabra: a dark black metal / shoegazer pop album of despair and foreboding
Circle of Ouroborus, Abrahadabra, Kuunpalvelus, LP (2012) One of my favourite Finnish bands, the black metal / shoegazer post-rock duo
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