Year: 2026Label: Zoharum Do you ever get migraines or really bad headaches? Do you ever feel a pain in your head that feels like someone inside is drilling your skull and brains with a power drill? A kind of jarring … Continue reading DYSTOPIAN CONTROL: Nothing Changes The Narrative
Year: 2026Label: Zoharum Here’s something I hadn’t noticed about Brandkommando before: ever since their 2024 album Soviet Terror In Poland, each of their albums has had four tracks clocking in at ten minutes almost on the dot. I don’t know … Continue reading BRANDKOMMANDO: 1968
Year: 2026Label: Zoharum You know it as soon as you look at the cover: we’re entering weird territory once again. But – how else? This is Zoharum we’re talking about, a label who specializes in the weird and unpredictable! The … Continue reading MACIEK SZYMCZUK: Gandobendy
Year: 2026Label: Zoharum Polish Zoharum’s latest batch contained surprisingly two albums made with predominantly very traditional rock instruments. The first was Kontagion’s I (review); the second is this, Polish Jude’s seventh album. That’s the beauty with Zoharum: you never know … Continue reading JUDE: Zakaz
Year: 2026Label: Impulsy Stetoskopu In the beginning of this year I published an essay titled Metaphysics matter (here). In it, I discussed the importance of a less reactive, more contemplative, metaphysical and philosophical approach to writing about music. Polish Ars … Continue reading ARS SONITUS: Transfuturist Bruitism Manifesto
Year: 2026Label: Zoharum The last time we covered Polish Łubin, we dealt with a conundrum of an album. Gaza (review) was simultaneously insufferable, intolerable and incredibly potent; an album one just couldn’t ignore, even if one didn’t like it. Suffice … Continue reading ŁUBIN: Cargo
Year: 2026Label: Zoharum Where the previous Wieloryb album we reviewed – Ritual (here), also released on CD recently by Zoharum – was a massive affair, God’s Final Breath is much more accessible in just about every way. The least of … Continue reading WIELORYB: God’s Final Breath
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
