Extra Life, Dream Seeds, Northern Spy Records, NSCD 022 (2012) That album cover has that curious and creepy look that
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Garten der Unbewusstheit: doom metallers Corrupted at their most elegiac
Corrupted, Garten der Unbewusstheit, Japan, Nostalgia Blackrain, CD cold ashes 002 (2011) This album might be Corrupted at their most elegiac
Continue readingZond: free-form noise rock / punk that defies easy pigeon-holing categorisation
Zond, self-titled, R.I.P. Society Records, CD RIP012 (2010) Not quite a noise band nor a rock band, not quite free-form
Continue readingDusk Dawn / Follow You Beloved: immersive darkwave ambient mood pieces of temporal borderlands and sinister obsessive love
Aelter, Dusk Dawn / Follow You Beloved, Crucial Blast, 2xCD (2011) A repackaging of two recordings that were originally self-released
Continue readingDoom in Bloom: more bloom, less doom needed here
The Botanist, Doom in Bloom, Israel, 2xCD Total Rust Music, TRUST025 (2012) After the first two albums, reviewed in an
Continue readingDrought: mighty black metal / post-rock fusion packed tightly into mini-album EP format
Deathspell Omega, Drought, Season of Mist CD SOM810 (2012) Another mighty missive from Deathspell Omega in the form of an
Continue readingSjukdom: consistent depressive urban black metal pop from Lifelover but have they hit a dead end?
Lifelover, Sjukdom, Prophecy Productions, CD PRO 113 (2011) “Sjukdom” sees Lifelover maintaining its consistency as suppliers of depressive metal with
Continue readingThe Second Coming: stoner doom metal meets retro-1970s rock with energy to spare
Church of Misery, The Second Coming, Rise Above Records / Metal Blade Records Inc, CD 3984-15077-2 (2012) This album is a reissue by
Continue readingHitoyogiri: 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 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
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