BRANDKOMMANDO: Jugoslavija 1941-1945 Release year: 2024Label: Zoharum The tricky thing with music such as power electronics is that often its hard to get a grasp on the thematics. And often, when you do, it’s hard to know the angle. Are … Continue reading An ode to Yugoslavia
MOAN/DEAD FACTORY: Onset Of Oblivion/Abandoned Heritage Release year: 2023Label: Zoharum What do you get when you lump together two dark ambient artists and make them collaborate? I’m sure nobody answered the question with “dark ambient”, am I right? Yeah, dead … Continue reading At the onset of oblivion
GENETIC TRANSMISSION: Offals Of Emotions Release year: 2004/2023Label: Die Schöne Blumen Musik Werk/Zoharum This is where I admit my ignorance. Polish one man project Genetic Transmission and its sole member Tomasz Twardawa were what could be called notables in the … Continue reading Offals from the Genetic Transmission archives
HARMONY OF STRUGGLE: Brutal Aesthetics Release year: 2023Label: Zoharum One thing I’ve always wondered about are individuals with several projects within the same genre. What’s the reason, the point? OK, if they are stylistically drastically different from each other, then … Continue reading Brutal harmony
SECT7: Obsessiveness Release year: 2023Label: Zoharum I know nothing about techno. That’s one of the genres I’ve never had much of an interest in or liked very much. This matters because that’s exactly what Polish Sect7 are: techno. But let’s … Continue reading Obsessing with Sect7
LUGOLA: The Truth Penetrates Your Mouth Release year: 2023Label: Zoharum It’s honestly a bit tough to write about power electronics from time to time. Especially in the case of an act like Lugola and their second album The Truth Penetrates … Continue reading Lugola penetrates your mouth
AMPSCENT: Ampscent Release year: 2023Label: Zoharum …It smells like a bad pun. And indeed, I do think this is a new low for the bad puns we are wont to use here at Only Death Is Real. But you’ll just … Continue reading I love the smell of amps in the morning…
WHALESONG: Leaving A Dream Release year: 2023Label: Zoharum/Old Temple Talk about a massive album. Polish Whalesong‘s newest, third full length album spans two discs and consists in total of two hours and ten minutes of music. That’d be a lot … Continue reading Leaving dreams
L’ÈGAREMENT D’ESPRIT: Written In Stone Release year: 2021Label: Steinklang Industries How’s that for a title? It pretty much sets up the tone for what I’m going to talk about in this review, doesn’t it? Well, let’s get on with it. … Continue reading The problem with instrumental music…
LUGOLA: You Are Not Special Release year: 2021Label: Steinklang Industries “You are not special!” chants Neithan, the sole person behind Lugola on the final track, the title track, of this album. The aggressive, hostile and simple to-the-point mantra is an … Continue reading Lugola’s parade of death
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