As summer is well and truly starting to give way to autumn, I reflect upon a strange coincidence. Already for years, autumn has been a time of spiritual reinvigoration for me, and a time of attunement to a more esoteric … Continue reading ODIR Newsletter #7: October oddities
Year: 2026Label: In Illo Tempore/Gladivs Records This is an album I’ve been sitting on for quite a while. Despite its seeming simplicity, Dawn Of The Fall is one of those albums it’s been pretty hard to put thoughts to paper … Continue reading EÔS: Dawn Of The Fall
Year: 2026Label: Ambirial Mvsic Productions/Misantropia Records Though not by this name, M W Daniels is a familiar name to long-time followers of both ODIR and Misantropia Records. Prior to this, the label has released and we have reviewed two albums … Continue reading M W DANIELS: Beyond Mamushi
Year: 2026Label: In Illo Tempore/Gladivs Records Australian Sun Vessel have renewed themselves on each album. Where debut Etched In Eternity (2023) was a pretty typical fare with understated vocals and acoustic guitar, 2024’s A Seed Fallen To Earth (review) saw … Continue reading SUN VESSEL: Destruction’s New Battledress
If you lived in Finland and were getting into underground extreme metal, it is quite likely you encountered three compilation CD’s early on: BlackMetalliliitto, True Kings Of Norway and this, Talvisota. All three were usually found at reduced prices, were … Continue reading From the Vaults #26: Talvisota
As some of you may have noticed, I missed the August edition of the newsletter. To a large extent this was due to the Dieux Des Cimetières concert on August 1st in support of Beherit – preparing and rehearsing was … Continue reading ODIR Newsletter #6: September Slitherings
Year: 2026Label: Sun & Moon Records In a genre quite dominated by entirely synthesized instrumentation and stolen/borrowed sound sources such as classical music recordings, Hungarian Sturmast (who share members with Napsorvadás and Larrnakh, who we’ve covered before) are a pleasant … Continue reading STURMAST: Nos Ipsi
Year: 2001/2026Label: Caciocavallo/Zoharum These 3 CD compilations by Zoharum are daunting releases to review. Regardless of project, they usually present over three hours of experimental music to tackle; music, which even in more moderate portions is a lot to take … Continue reading RAPOON: Cold War – Drum ‘n’ Bass
Year: 2026Label: Steelwork Maschine It’s hard to even pretend to be objective about Danish Die Weisse Rose’s second album, released only 17 years after the debut A Martyrium Of White Roses. The debut is, after all, a monumental but oft … Continue reading DIE WEISSE ROSE: The Evenings And Other Songs About Sex, Violence And Nihilism
Year: 2026Label: Zoharum Zoharum continues their forays into the vast archives of Belgian ambient project Vidna Obmana to unearth more rarities and unreleased tracks. The third installment in the series, like the two before it, consists of three CD’s and … Continue reading VIDNA OBMANA: Twilight Of Perception Redux: Volume Three 1996-2006
