Year: 2024Label: Zoharum And we’re back at it again. Another Zoharum release, another release entirely in Polish; in other words, yet another time we’ve not the faintest idea what the album we’re reviewing is all about. Argh, it’s Galaktyka Mięsa … Continue reading ALLES: Now
Release year: 2024Label: Zoharum/Ubocze Records Eh, talk about a tough album to review. Not only is it another piece of weirdness from our friends at Zoharum, it’s also another album entirely in Polish. And apparently something of a concept album … Continue reading GALAKTYKA MIĘSA: Lejek Bólu
Year: 2024Label: Zoharum Indeed an appropriate name for Swiss B°Tong’s umpteenth album, {Mass}. The release, divided across two CD’s, has a running time of almost 1,5 hours, which is massive by any standards. And when the music is some kind … Continue reading B°TONG: {Mass}
Year: 2024Label: Zoharum We’re back with a couple of old friends om this split release. We reviewed Larmo’s debut album Alarm not too long ago (here); Nothing Has Changed on the other hand is the project of Michael “Neithan” Kielbasa, … Continue reading LARMO/NOTHING HAS CHANGED: Grey Zone
Year: 2024Label: Zoharum/Esion Records Here’s a misleading name if I ever heard one. There’s absolutely nothing violent, belligerent or aggressive in Polish That’s How I Fight’s music. With a name like that, I’d expected, I dunno, maybe some kind of … Continue reading THAT’S HOW I FIGHT: Movement Three
Year: 2024Label: Zoharum “Sludge/doom metal with drone and dark ambient elements.” What kind of music does that make you think of? Me, I think of some kind of minimalistic, raw, borderline funeral doom experimentalism. Something that reeks of nightmares, terrors … Continue reading NOCHE OSCURA: Gardens
Year: 2024Label: Zoharum Here’s a release that might result in some pretty controversial reviews. Or perhaps the reviews won’t be controversial, because so few reviews spark any kind of genuine reaction these days, but I am sure this release will … Continue reading RAPOON: Dream Circle (In Three Phases)
Release year: 2024Label: Zoharum The thing with abstract music is… well, that it’s abstract. I suppose this sounds like a redundant statement, but bear with me a moment. The thing with abstraction is that, essentially, it easily becomes shapeless and … Continue reading ULESA: II
Year: 2024Label: Zoharum You all know that reviews are totally, 100% subjective, right? Well, notwithstanding that technical errors in production and musicianship can be objectively critiqued, e.g. if there are flaws in reproduction or performance; but apart from that, whether … Continue reading BRUME: Syncronicity & Wandering Current
Release year: 2024Label: Zoharum Music is a universal language, they say. And most of the time they’re right – whoever they are. But there are times when music isn’t universal enough; times, when not understanding the lyrics will make an … Continue reading ZŁE OKO: Xenos
Only Death Is Real 