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Falling feathers and savage necromancy

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Questing for a meaning in nothing

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Magnolia’s grim dreams

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Elysian chants in the cavern of roses

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Celestial nightmares and exclusion from light

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No dawn for Iku-Turso

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Is Current 93’s city set upon a hill?

April 11, 2022April 11, 2022 redbraces

CURRENT 93: If A City Is Set Upon A Hill Release year: 2022Label: HomAleph Current 93 are, of course, legends and icons of industrial, post-industrial, neofolk, apocalyptic folk and experimental music of all stripes. Throughout their lengthy discography, the group … Continue reading Is Current 93’s city set upon a hill?

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Descending with Shrine and Mytrip

March 30, 2022March 30, 2022 redbraces

SHRINE & MYTRIP: Descent Release year: 2022Label: Amek/Corvus Records And we return unto Shrine, whose 7″ EP Distorted Legends, pt. 3 we reviewed just last week (read here). We’re sticking to the shorter format this time around as well, but … Continue reading Descending with Shrine and Mytrip

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The distorted legends of Shrine

March 24, 2022March 24, 2022 redbraces

SHRINE: Distorted Legends, pt. 3 Release year: 2021Label: Corvus Music You know how people who know shit about something sometimes act like the best experts on something? Why, I don’t know – an unfortunate placement on the Dunning-Kruger curve, a … Continue reading The distorted legends of Shrine

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Roses, ruins, lovers, dreams, visions and premonitions

March 23, 2022March 23, 2022 redbraces

ROSE ROVINE E AMANTI: Sogni Visioni E Premonizioni Release year: 2022Label: Corvus Records Italy has a long tradition of neofolk, with the earliest bands having been active since the late 80’s or early 90’s. Despite this, relatively few of them … Continue reading Roses, ruins, lovers, dreams, visions and premonitions

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Pressure 28 stand their ground

March 21, 2022March 21, 2022 redbraces

PRESSURE 28: Stand Your Ground Release year: 2022Label: self-released Talking about the latter-day classics of UK oi! and skinhead music, Pressure 28 are… well, not a band you usually see mentioned. The reason for that is pretty obvious, too: though … Continue reading Pressure 28 stand their ground

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Death runes and poison snow

March 20, 2022March 20, 2022 redbraces

TOTENRUNE/SARIN SNOW: श्रवो अक्षितम् / Κλέος Άφθιτον Release year: 2022Label: Novichok This split 7″ with the unwieldly title of श्रवो अक्षितम् / Κλέος Άφθιτον, first part in Hindi (I assume) and the latter in Greek, presents two tracks of uncompromising, … Continue reading Death runes and poison snow

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Dark Funeral are the apocalypse

March 18, 2022March 8, 2022 redbraces

DARK FUNERAL: We Are The Apocalypse Release year: 2022Label: Century Media For a long time, Dark Funeral were pretty much the Swedish equivalent of Immortal in terms of credibility and the comic book nature of their image. Commonly called “Dork … Continue reading Dark Funeral are the apocalypse

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Oi! from the Basque Country

March 17, 2022March 17, 2022 redbraces

KALEKO URDANGAK: Bizirik Release year: 2021Label: Tough Ain’t Enough Records Of all the unlikely places for one of the most burgeoning, active and just plain old good oi! scenes to pop up, the Basque Country (in Spain) definitely ranks pretty … Continue reading Oi! from the Basque Country

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TourdeForce in the key of death

March 16, 2022March 16, 2022 redbraces

TOURDEFORCE: Six In The Key Of Death Release year: 2022Label: SPQR It’s no secret that for me, neofolk originators Death In June is where it’s at: that’s the one artist, that stands up high above everything else, in an exclusive … Continue reading TourdeForce in the key of death

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Searching for death

March 6, 2022March 6, 2022 redbraces

IN SEARCH OF DEATH: II Release year: 2022Label: Steinklang Industries In the wide, amorphous and ambiguous field of all things industrial and post-industrial, it’s often a venture doomed to failure to attempt to pinpoint too exactly what niché an artist … Continue reading Searching for death

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