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VIDNA OBMANA: Crossing The Trail Release year: 1998/2023Label: Projekt/Zoharum Polish Zoharum are at it again, digging into the annals of the past and reissuing somewhat obscure older material. This time around it’s Belgian ambient in the form of Vidna Obmana, … Continue reading Crossing trails with Vidna Obmana
ANDRACCA: To Bare The Weight Of Death Release year: 2024Label: Vendetta Records Would you be surprised to hear the UK act Andracca’s second album has a tricky title? The digital promo had the name tagged as To Bear The Weight … Continue reading Regarding the weight of death
Release year: 2023Label: House Of Mythology/Zoharum Ambient is a tough genre for me. Which is kind of weird, because I really dig dark ambient and especially all kinds of ritualistic, droning minimalism. But “straight” ambient… that’s an entirely different cup … Continue reading THE STARGAZER’S ASSISTANT: Fire Worshipperr’s assistant
SERPENTS OATH: Revelation Release year: 2023Label: Odium Records I’ll let you in on a little secret. Sometimes, the decision of what I pick for review from the promo download queue is made based on a sampling of mere seconds. This … Continue reading Serpentine oaths and revelations
AXENSTAR: Chapter VIII Release year: 2023Label: Inner Wound Recordings Power metal is one of those genres I usually don’t give the time of day to. I had a brief stint in the late 90’s and early noughties, when I dabbled … Continue reading Axenstar’s heavenly symphonies
Release year: 2023Label: Xtreem Music With a name like Funeral Vomit, there’s no need to guess what these Columbians are about. Oh yeah: death metal. And taking a look at the cover, it’s easy to pinpoint their stylistic trappings even … Continue reading FUNERAL VOMIT: Monumental Putrescence
BURDEN: Scorched Earth Release year: 2023Label: Rock ‘n’ Roll Disgrace/Rebellion Records Tough guy hardcore is a term familiar to anyone into the harder edge of punk music. You know, bands from New York or some such singing about the reality … Continue reading Scorched earth burden
SARDONIC WITCHERY: Barbaric Evil Power Release year: 2024Label: War March Records/Nekrogoat Heresy Productions/Abyssal Productions/Aniquilacion Satanica Productions The promo sheet drops names such as Judas Iscariot, Celtic Frost, Darkthrone and Venom as references. Well, in the grand scale of things, all … Continue reading Sardonic barbarity
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
HIV+ & FRIENDS: Spanish Electronic Body Music Release year: 2023Label: Zoharum Now, here’s a release that truly wears its heart on it’s sleeve. It’s title tells exactly what it’s all about e.g., EBM from Spain. And the artist name – … Continue reading Stay positive with friends
Only Death Is Real 