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Fuck and lose with Division S

May 22, 2023May 22, 2023 redbraces

DIVISION S: Something To Fuck And Lose Release year: 2023Label: Steinklang Industries “Weird and alcoholic music since 2004”, proclaims a text on the covers of this album. And that’s pretty much a perfect description of the weirdness that is Division … Continue reading Fuck and lose with Division S

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Hyperborean awakening

May 18, 2023 redbraces

DARK AWAKE: Abaris Hyperboreios Release year: 2023Label: Steinklang Industries If you’d go by what artists are mentioned in various social media groups and forums, you’d think neofolk and martial industrial basically consists of Death In June, Arditi, Blood Axis, Forseti, … Continue reading Hyperborean awakening

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Crystalline last will

March 23, 2023 redbraces

DERNIÈRE VOLONTÉ: Cristal Release year: 2022Label: Silences Et Grésillements French one-man project Dernière Volonté are one of those acts with a truly baffling musical trajectory. They started out in the 90’s with a couple of tapes of martial industrial which … Continue reading Crystalline last will

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African industrial wizards

March 11, 2023March 11, 2023 redbraces

AFRICAN IMPERIAL WIZARD: Nzinga Mbande Release year: 2022Label: Tesco Organisation So… according to the descriptions found online, African Imperial Wizard are a group based in Luanda, Angola, and were formed the day after the ceasefire was signed which ended the … Continue reading African industrial wizards

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Arriving even without moving

February 23, 2023February 24, 2023 redbraces

PYHÄ KUOLEMA: Saavun vaikken kulkisi Release year: 2011/2022Label: Anima Arctica Back in 2021, I gave a somewhat raving and ranting review to Finnish neofolk act Pyhä Kuolema’s third album Uusi panssaroitu Suomi (click here to read). And you know what? … Continue reading Arriving even without moving

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Under Zugzwang’s leaves

February 22, 2023February 22, 2023 redbraces

ZUGZWANG: Under The Shade Of The Leaves Release year: 2022Label: Lichterklang It’s a rather modern phenomenon that upcoming bands make themselves a name and gather a following on YouTube by posting videos of them doing covers of other popular songs. … Continue reading Under Zugzwang’s leaves

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Kaarna’s reveries under golden skies

February 5, 2023February 5, 2023 redbraces

KAARNA: Kultataivaat, hopeaveet, unet helmiäistä Release year: 2022Label: Anima Arctica The eccentric and ever-shifting Kaarna have had a pretty steady release schedule. Since the one-man project’s debut album Comitatus Savolaxiae in 2019, the steady pace has been one album per … Continue reading Kaarna’s reveries under golden skies

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Death in Juno

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 redbraces

DEATH IN JUNE: Nada-ized! Release year: 2022Label: New European Recordings I don’t remember exactly when, but it was already a couple of years ago that I stumbled upon Miro Snejdr’s retrosynth-style remixes of older Death In June tracks online. I … Continue reading Death in Juno

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A year in summation: 2022

January 16, 2023January 16, 2023 redbraces

It’s been a while since we did one of these. In fact, looks like in all of Only Death Is Real’s history, we’ve only done one year round-up. High time for a second one, don’t you think? So, here are … Continue reading A year in summation: 2022

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Slava Ukraini!

January 7, 2023January 10, 2023 redbraces

V/A: Unio Solidarium Release year: 2022Label: Old Captain This year it will be nine years since terrorist state Russia attacked Ukraine without any provocation or justification, and occupied parts of the Eastern European nation. Soon it will be a year … Continue reading Slava Ukraini!

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