THE CURE: Songs Of A Lost World
Year: 2024Label: Fiction/Polydor This album certainly was the major surprise of 2024, at least for yours truly. Not only was I entirely unaware that British legends The Cure were working on a new album, but also entirely unprepared for what … Continue reading THE CURE: Songs Of A Lost World
YRITYS: Apostate
Year: 2024Label: Misantropia Records Swedish depressive and suicidal black metal act Yritys are back at it with a second attempt. The debut album Delusion(s) (reviewed here) wasn’t quite my cup of tea despite having some elements I liked. Considering the … Continue reading YRITYS: Apostate
CHYMIST: Opus I: Nox
Year: 2024Label: Misantropia Records As most who know me will attest to, a great way to get my attention and interest is with anything related to Western esoteric traditions. As you too may have surmised from, for example, the book … Continue reading CHYMIST: Opus I: Nox
LONESOME WYATT AND THE HOLY SPOOKS: Afraid
Year: 2024Label: Tribulation Recording Company Another year, another Lonesome Wyatt album. Although this is already the second album this year, preceded by the man’s other project Those Poor Bastards’ rather lacklustre Back To The Primitive (reviewed here). As we’ve remarked … Continue reading LONESOME WYATT AND THE HOLY SPOOKS: Afraid
NOR_POL: +
Year: 2024Label: Zoharum This is one of those cases, where I’ll readily admit I am completely out of my depth. The label’s promo sheet throws around terms such as minimal, dub, post techno, industrial and experimental when describing this 20 … Continue reading NOR_POL: +
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)
Only Death Is Real 