Year: 2026Label: Zoharum Once again, I am on the outer fringes of my musical expertise, and actually well beyond it. This is no uncommon occurrence when a new batch of promos from Polish Zoharum lands in my mailbox. Which, as … Continue reading POPSYSZE: Powięź
Year: 2021/2026Label: Antyscena/Zoharum This is a massive album. No beating around the bush: Polish Wieloryb’s Ritual in Zoharum’s expanded edition is massive to the point of being ludicrous. With three bonus tracks, this edition has a running time of almost … Continue reading WIELORYB: Ritual
Year: 2025Label: Zoharum Here’s a novel concept. Światłowód is half a (mini)album by Polish group ROD, half a compilation showcasing offshoot projects of ROD. In other words, a farewell and a hello at the same time, as ROD is apparently … Continue reading ROD/HANSOLLO/DN/RIP: Światłowód
Year: 2025Label: Zoharum And all of a sudden, we’re out of our depth once again. This happens every time with Zoharum’s promo batches. Sometimes it’s something wildly experimental, sometimes something extremely oddball. And this time around, it’s something far simpler: … Continue reading HRV: Actually Not A Lifeparty
Year: 2004/2025Label: Die Schöne Blumen Musik Werk/Zoharum Polish Zoharum delve once again into the Genetic Transmission archives to uncover yet another long out of print, obscure release from Tomasz Twardawa’s vast archives. This time, the Zoharum treatment gets 2004’s My … Continue reading GENETIC TRANSMISSION: My Inspiration Is You
Year: 2025Label: Zoharum Zoharum is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you gonna get, as Forrest Gump once famously said. Well, he didn’t say that, but were he into writing about music and was on Zoharum’s promo … Continue reading HVAST: Chwasty Polskie
Year: 1992/2025Label: Misantropia Records We’re going about this a bit backwards, reviewing first Polish black metal legend Graveland’s third demo and turning our gaze now to the first and second demos. Honestly, we could come up with some fancy and … Continue reading GRAVELAND: Necromanteion
Year: 1992/2025Label: Misantropia Records Polish Graveland have had a few distinct phases in their career. Nowadays they are known for a very epic brand of viking black metal, where the influences from viking era Bathory are proudly on display. However, … Continue reading GRAVELAND: Drunemeton
Year: 2025Label: Zoharum Whilst at first the name Scrotum+N. might strike you as confounding, upon closer inspection it turns out to be quite informative. For, you see, this is a joint venture of Polish Scrotum and Italian N. Out of … Continue reading SCROTUM+N.: …Dead Sessions…
Year: 2025Label: Zoharum Just one look at the cover, and you know: you’re in for some of Zoharum weirdness. And when the promo sheet discusses everything but the music, you can be certain of it. Just about the only thing … Continue reading ZENIAL: Foil Punk
Only Death Is Real 