B°TONG: {Mass}
Year: 2024Label: Zoharum Indeed an appropriate name for Swiss B°Tong’s umpteenth album, {Mass}. The release, divided across two CD’s, has a running time of almost 1,5 hours, which is massive by any standards. And when the music is some kind … Continue reading B°TONG: {Mass}
LARMO/NOTHING HAS CHANGED: Grey Zone
Year: 2024Label: Zoharum We’re back with a couple of old friends om this split release. We reviewed Larmo’s debut album Alarm not too long ago (here); Nothing Has Changed on the other hand is the project of Michael “Neithan” Kielbasa, … Continue reading LARMO/NOTHING HAS CHANGED: Grey Zone
THAT’S HOW I FIGHT: Movement Three
Year: 2024Label: Zoharum/Esion Records Here’s a misleading name if I ever heard one. There’s absolutely nothing violent, belligerent or aggressive in Polish That’s How I Fight’s music. With a name like that, I’d expected, I dunno, maybe some kind of … Continue reading THAT’S HOW I FIGHT: Movement Three
NOCHE OSCURA: Gardens
Year: 2024Label: Zoharum “Sludge/doom metal with drone and dark ambient elements.” What kind of music does that make you think of? Me, I think of some kind of minimalistic, raw, borderline funeral doom experimentalism. Something that reeks of nightmares, terrors … Continue reading NOCHE OSCURA: Gardens
RAPOON: Dream Circle (In Three Phases)
Year: 2024Label: Zoharum Here’s a release that might result in some pretty controversial reviews. Or perhaps the reviews won’t be controversial, because so few reviews spark any kind of genuine reaction these days, but I am sure this release will … Continue reading RAPOON: Dream Circle (In Three Phases)
BLAZE YA DEAD HOMIE & BUKSHOT: Blockwork Morgue
Year: 2024Label: Mobstyle Music/Majik Ninja Entertainment It’s been a long wait since 2021’s Cadaver. But now we finally have some new Blaze Ya Dead Homie. Right? Well, not quite. This is a collaborative mini-album by the dead gangsta and horrorcore … Continue reading BLAZE YA DEAD HOMIE & BUKSHOT: Blockwork Morgue
Larvanto, Rikhard: VARJOTAIVAL
Year: 2024Publisher: SalakirjatAvailable in: Finnish Esotericism has risen to become a surprisingly hot topic in Finnish literature during the last few years. This year alone, there’s been at least three other books on esoteric topics by non-esoteric publishers (we covered … Continue reading Larvanto, Rikhard: VARJOTAIVAL
ULESA: II
Release year: 2024Label: Zoharum The thing with abstract music is… well, that it’s abstract. I suppose this sounds like a redundant statement, but bear with me a moment. The thing with abstraction is that, essentially, it easily becomes shapeless and … Continue reading ULESA: II
From the Vaults #15: Vol 4
It’s pretty amazing when you think about it. Three years into their recording career, British heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath released their fourth album. Which at the same time is their fourth consecutive iconic album. In those early years, Black … Continue reading From the Vaults #15: Vol 4
The rise and stagnation of synthwave
It was back in 2015-2016 that I slowly started becoming aware of a new musical genre called synthwave: a form of electronic music that was unashamed in its love for the eighties and unabashed in how it stole its entire … Continue reading The rise and stagnation of synthwave
Only Death Is Real 