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Year: 2026Label: Western Star Records When I recently interviewed Western Star owner Alan Wilson for Finnish rockin’ magazine Big Beat about his new psychobilly project The Coal Dust Cowboys (review here), we talked about songwriting and influences. He mentioned that … Continue reading THE KINGS OF OUTER SPACE: The Things That Make Us Strange
Year: 2026Label: Western Star Records As the old saying goes: don’t fix what ain’t broke. German Dukes Of Tijuana certainly hold this to heart, considering their style of psycho/neobilly doesn’t stray from some very well trod paths. But, like they … Continue reading DUKES OF TIJUANA: Scary Mary
Year: 2026Label: In Illo Tempore/Gladivs Records This is an album I’ve been sitting on for quite a while. Despite its seeming simplicity, Dawn Of The Fall is one of those albums it’s been pretty hard to put thoughts to paper … Continue reading EÔS: Dawn Of The Fall
Year: 2026Label: Ambirial Mvsic Productions/Misantropia Records Though not by this name, M W Daniels is a familiar name to long-time followers of both ODIR and Misantropia Records. Prior to this, the label has released and we have reviewed two albums … Continue reading M W DANIELS: Beyond Mamushi
Year: 2026Label: In Illo Tempore/Gladivs Records Australian Sun Vessel have renewed themselves on each album. Where debut Etched In Eternity (2023) was a pretty typical fare with understated vocals and acoustic guitar, 2024’s A Seed Fallen To Earth (review) saw … Continue reading SUN VESSEL: Destruction’s New Battledress
Year: 2026Label: Sun & Moon Records In a genre quite dominated by entirely synthesized instrumentation and stolen/borrowed sound sources such as classical music recordings, Hungarian Sturmast (who share members with Napsorvadás and Larrnakh, who we’ve covered before) are a pleasant … Continue reading STURMAST: Nos Ipsi
Year: 2001/2026Label: Caciocavallo/Zoharum These 3 CD compilations by Zoharum are daunting releases to review. Regardless of project, they usually present over three hours of experimental music to tackle; music, which even in more moderate portions is a lot to take … Continue reading RAPOON: Cold War – Drum ‘n’ Bass
Year: 2026Label: Steelwork Maschine It’s hard to even pretend to be objective about Danish Die Weisse Rose’s second album, released only 17 years after the debut A Martyrium Of White Roses. The debut is, after all, a monumental but oft … Continue reading DIE WEISSE ROSE: The Evenings And Other Songs About Sex, Violence And Nihilism
Year: 2026Label: Zoharum Zoharum continues their forays into the vast archives of Belgian ambient project Vidna Obmana to unearth more rarities and unreleased tracks. The third installment in the series, like the two before it, consists of three CD’s and … Continue reading VIDNA OBMANA: Twilight Of Perception Redux: Volume Three 1996-2006
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
