CONJECTURE: V
Release year: 2019/2024Label: Amek/Zoharum Polish label Zoharum continue their praxis of re-releasing obscure and sold-out material. This time around it’s Greek Conjecture’s 2019 album V, augmented with tracks from related EP ∫V, on the fifth anniversary of the original album’s … Continue reading CONJECTURE: V
ZVIJER: Zvjerovanje
Release year: 2024Label: Misantropia Records Now that’s a tongue twister. Zvjerovanje. I mean, it’s not as insane as Polish, but that’s still too many incompatible consonants at the start of the word. But I guess that’s Serbo-Croatian for ya. Apparently, … Continue reading ZVIJER: Zvjerovanje
LARMO: Alarm
Release year: 2024Label: Zoharum “Larmo means noise”, says a sticker I got along with this album. Larmo the music act, however, isn’t noise. Well, except when it is. Confused? Don’t worry. By and large, the soundscapes of Larmo’s debut album … Continue reading LARMO: Alarm
THE CULT OF SUNLIGHT: Enter The Seasonal Ritual
Release year: 2024Label: Ambirial Mvsic Productions/Misantropia Records According to a statement included in the booklet of this album, Enter The Seasonal Ritual is, and I quote, “more a soundtrack to an unmade folk horror film rather than a conventional album.” … Continue reading THE CULT OF SUNLIGHT: Enter The Seasonal Ritual
SUTCLIFFE NO MORE: Cute
Release year: 2024Label: Zoharum Sutcliffe No More? Time to get with the program if you still haven’t heard: seminal UK power electronics outfit Sutcliffe Jugend called it a day in 2019, and after a short stint as Slaves No More, … Continue reading SUTCLIFFE NO MORE: Cute
COLDSCAPE: Kolme laulua kuolemasta
Release year: 2024Label: Misantropia Records As those who’ve been following this site for a while might know, I first got into extreme metal in the mid-to-late 90’s and by the turn of the millennium was firmly entrenched in the underground. … Continue reading COLDSCAPE: Kolme laulua kuolemasta
DAWN & DUSK ENTWINED: Myth, Faith, Belief
Release year: 1995/2024Label: Steinklang Industries/Aube Et Crépuscule This is a bit of a tricky release to review. You see, what we have on hand is a re-release of French Dawn & Dusk Entwined’s very first recordings, originally released as two … Continue reading DAWN & DUSK ENTWINED: Myth, Faith, Belief
RAFAŁ KOŁACKI: Mowa Tworzenia
Release year: 2024Label: Zoharum Once again I am faced with the task of reviewing a release by Polish Zoharum, and once again I find myself a bit stumped. This happens every now and then, especially when it comes to the … Continue reading RAFAŁ KOŁACKI: Mowa Tworzenia
BRESTHAFT: Termination Transmission
Release year: 2024Label: Steinklang Industries On their follow-up to 2021’s Rottenverse (reviewed here), German Bresthaft are simply more. More vicious, more loud, more noisy, more sadistic. More. So no point to beat around the bush. I’m going to spoil the … Continue reading BRESTHAFT: Termination Transmission
From the Vaults #11: Longhaired Redneck/Rides Again
David Allan Coe is without doubt one of the most controversial characters within country music. There’s no shortage of reasons for this. Some of them humorous, such as the legendary story of him riding to Nashville in a hearse; some … Continue reading From the Vaults #11: Longhaired Redneck/Rides Again