As most of you probably realize by now, 2024 is over and we’ve entered 2025. For those of you who haven’t, consider this a public service announcement. Anyhow, let’s take a look at some of the noteworthy releases of last … Continue reading A year in summation: 2024
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
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
WHITE STAINS: Dreams Shall Flesh (Redux) Release year: 1991/2024Label: Psychick Release PSP/Zoharum In the dark, convoluted and seemingly bottomless abysses of underground, esoteric music, there is always something new to find. Something that makes you realize that no matter how … Continue reading Dreams flesh again
KAELTE: Aus tiefen Höhlen Release year: 2023Label: self-released It’s always nice when an artist takes something we say to heart. In our review of German Kaelte’s previous release, the EP Alle Teufel Sind Blutsbrüder (here), we requested the next release … Continue reading From Kaelte’s deep caves
SLEEP OF MONSTERS: ｢｢｢ Release year: 2023Label: Svart Records It’s been a long wait for fans of Finnish occult rockers Sleep Of Monsters: their previous album II: Poison Garden was released way back in 2016. And for some of us, the … Continue reading Third time’s the charm?
SCHATTEN MUSE: Vergänglichkeit Release year: 2022Label: The Circle Music I’ve been a fan of goth music for a long time now, but I’m the first to admit I’m far from an expert. I know the big names and the essential … Continue reading German death art
THE NECROMANCERS UNION: Flesh Of The Dead Release year: 2021Label: Petrichor The promo sheet describes this album as “Billy Idol and Danzig meets The Sisters Of Mercy“… and you know, for once it’s pretty spot on! It’s common knowledge that … Continue reading The horrors of the Necromancers’ union
Only Death Is Real 