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• Undeath - It's Time... To Rise From The Grave

  

  08 May 2022 - Knut
  Death Metal

  Undeath from Rochester, US released their full length debut in October 2020 when we were on our couches watching paint dry and plants grow a couple of centimeters and maybe also watching zombies stagger and run on our streaming platforms. Their first album was promising and made us wriggle some body parts and long for moshpits. Now, as the world eases the lockdowns, it is time to rise from the couch and throw ourselves into the whirls of the moshpits Undeath´s music will instigate.

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• Arms and Sleepers - former kingdoms

  

  07 May 2022 - Jonas
  Trip-Hop / Hip-Hop

  I don’t like dancing – Period. I just don’t vibe that way. However, in the case of Arms and Sleepers, it’s literally impossible not to dance – I love it, and as luck would have it, he’s releasing his new album, ‘former kingdoms’, just in time for the Summer in the Northern Hemisphere, settling any worries you might have had about not finding the perfect soundtrack for those sweltering months!

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• dälek - Precipice

  

  06 May 2022 - Thorsten
  Abstract HipHop, Ambient

  Okay, this is a first for us here at Veil of Sound. Our first review of a HipHop record. (Hint: there will be a bit more HipHop content the next few weeks) Not that we do not like raps‘n‘beats but there just has not been a record any of us felt like reviewing. However, now that the one of the initial acts of abstract rap has published a new record we cannot ignore it, but have to give you our two-cents on it. That act is Dälek and their new record is called Precipice!.

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• Rise to the Sky - Everyday, A Funeral

  

  06 May 2022 - Knut
  

  Funeral Doom Metal, when done right, is like an extensive melodic symphonic adagio filled with reflection, sadness and sorrow. At the same time, it brings tranquility and equilibrium to the listener. And that is exactly what Rise to the Sky´s last release does. It slowly pans out like an introspective story about farewells, or one might say, farewell letters.

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• Terror - Pain Into Power

  

  05 May 2022 - Sebastian
  Hardcore

  Terror are not known for their monumentally long records and Pain Into Power certainly does not diverge from that path. With ten songs and a runtime of under 20 minutes it should be pretty clear that the band knows how to condense their messages into songs as poignant as possible.

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• Am Fost La Munte Și Mi-a Plăcut - La Vale

  

  04 May 2022 - Jonas
  Post-Rock

  Once upon a time, a group of Romanian friends went up into the mountains and liked it there. Unfortunately, they couldn’t stay at the summit for very long, so now they’re descending the Transylvanian Alps, bringing a brand new album with them, called ‘La Vale’

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• Astodan - Évora

  

  03 May 2022 - Thorsten
  Post-Metal, Alternative Metal

  Okay, Astodan’s new record Évora is not only a record to easily fall in love with but also an easy record to review. Easy, because it shows Astodan on a level of their own and also makes clear what could have become of one of the greatest nu-metal bands if they had made the right turn a few years after the millennium.

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• Silverstein - Misery Made Me

  

  02 May 2022 - Sebastian
  Post-Hardcore

  Silverstein are around for two decades by this point and have released several incredible landmark albums. With Misery Made Me the Canadian band now releases another highly anticipated record.

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• The Blank Canvas - Dark Mirage

  

  01 May 2022 - Knut
  Alternative Metal/Industrial Metal/Post Metal/Metalotronic

  Listen to this in one sitting. It feels like a rollercoaster ride while at the same time looking through a kaleidoscope as sparks of colors fly through your brain. It is fast and vibrant like energetic sludge metal or acid hard rock. It is the soundtrack of running away from a burning world with Mad Max´s Fury Road playing in the background. Tsunamis of synths ignite your imagination, urgent, almost breathless, clean vocals, vigorous drumming, fast melodic bass and a guitar sliding in and out of the soundscapes with riffs and solos.

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• Sum of R - Lahbryce

  

  29 Apr 2022 - Thorsten
  Drone-Metal, Psychedelica, Doom-Metal

  Sum Of R before was more or less the sum of Reto Mäder‘s ideas, as he was the mastermind behind the project and, for most of its existence, the solo songwriter for Sum of R. Now the band has been transformed into a trio and one cannot deny the astounding impact the two new members have had on the sound, the songwriting and seemingly even on Reto himself. The resulting new record, Lahbryce, is an early but very strong contender for one of the top ranks on this year’s AOTY list!

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• Celestial Season - Mysterium I

  

  28 Apr 2022 - Knut
  Doom Metal

  Celestial Season was founded in 1991, released their first album in 1993 and their sophomore album in 1995, they became one of the forerunners of Doom Metal in the 90s. Then they changed their style to Stoner Metal for some years, took a hiatus and came back with a Doom Metal release in 2020 and now releases a captivating new Doom Metal album that will be the first of a trilogy. It is as if the Stoner period of the band never existed, it is as if the core players never left or took a break.

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• MOSAIC - Heimatspuk

  

  27 Apr 2022 - Thorsten
  Folklorian Black Metal

  “Die alte Straße / menschenleer / schleicht müde durch die Fichten“ (“The old road / deserted / is slinking tiredly through the spruces”) - when listening German poetry like that accompanied by wonderfully melancholic guitar (or lute?) sounds then one of the first guesses should be that you are witnessing a track by black metal meets folklore mastermind Martin van Valkenstijn and his project MOSAIC. And you are – cause it’s a line from his new record Heimatspuk!

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• Haru Nemuri - Shunka Ryougen

  

  26 Apr 2022 - Daniel F.
  Experimental J-Pop

  I heard about Haru Nemuri for the first time this week as a result of a chance recommendation by a friend on Facebook. After finishing my first listen of her new record Shunka Ryougen, my bemused disbelief was such that my first instinct was to hastily start writing about it. I began jotting down adjectives such as ‘visionary’ and ‘prescient’ while hitting the repeat button and trying to fully soak in the genre-defying artistry I’d just heard. Hailing from the cultural hub of Yokohama Japan, Nemuri has embarked on a musical mission that sees her transcend boundaries both in terms of language and style.

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• Glass Museum - Reflet

  

  25 Apr 2022 - Sebastian
  Jazz / Electro

  When I first heard Glass Museum at their online show during the online Dunk! Festival last year, I was immediately captured by their unique sound and music. A duo consisting only of a drummer and a piano / synth player is capable of creating some of the most interesting soundscapes some big bands strive to even come close to.

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• מזמור & Thou - Myopia

  

  24 Apr 2022 - Jonas
  Atmospheric Blackened Doom Metal

  Every now and then, an impossible void comes into existence, within which the laws of nature don’t apply, and one plus one equals three. ‘Myopia’, the collaborative effort between Mizmor and Thou is one of these occurrences, which took place during the 2022 edition of Roadburn Festival, and got released as a studio album on the very same day in a clandestine manner!

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• Vanum - Legend

  

  23 Apr 2022 - Knut
  Atmospheric Black Metal/Post Black Metal

  On their previous release, Ageless Fire, Vanum had really found their footing with brave and monumental Black Metal. Their music immediately grabs your attention and keeps it through the whole album. Intense and energetic drumming, rolling bass and riffing guitars that push melody after melody, building up a such grandiose soundscape that it sometimes borders on symphonic black metal, even without any string instrument but just a touch of synths. And they continue their venture steadily on this new album

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• Novarupta - Carrion Movements

  

  22 Apr 2022 - Jonas
  Post-Metal

  In the beginning, there was fire, followed by water. Now, however, it’s time for air, in the ethereal shape and form of ‘Carrion Movements’, the third studio album of Novarupta!

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• Bruecken - Innere Unruhen

  

  21 Apr 2022 - Simon
  post rock

  Take a journey to post rock nirvana with the sophomore album by Bruecken

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• QAALM - Resilience and Despair

  

  18 Apr 2022 - Thorsten
  Funeral Doom

  There are those moments, when one knows upon hearing the first few seconds of a new band’s debut that this is gonna be good! When listening to Resilience & Despair, the debut of Los Angeles-based funeral doom outfit QAALM, that moment was given within some short seconds of the first track!

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• Laang 冷 - Xinteng 心疼

  

  17 Apr 2022 - Thorsten
  Atmoshpheric Blackened Hardcore Metal

  There is something about the last 冷 (Laang) record 心疼 (Xinteng) that makes my heart beat faster and that are not the brilliant blastbeats! It is the perfectly executed mix of two of my all-time favorite genres: Black Metal and Hardcore! Sit back, take some time and let your ears be cleansed by this whirlwind!

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• Darkher - The Buried Storm

  

  16 Apr 2022 - Knut
  Ethereal Doom

  Darkher. What a name for a band! That was my first thought when I saw it on bandcamp in 2014. It simply shows that this is on the gloomy side of things and that a woman is behind it. I bought the EP before I heard it and I was not disappointed. In 2016, Jayn Maiven, the artist behind the project, released the first full-length and took her music further. And now our musical journey alongside Jayn continues in the dense fog over moors by a coast towards the ocean with flickering light sometimes piercing the fog.

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• Dimwind/Breaths - Seasons (Split EP)

  

  15 Apr 2022 - Knut
  Post Metal, Blackgaze, Doomgaze

  This split brings together two bands from each side of the North Atlantic Ocean, Dimwind from Gøteborg, Sweden and Breaths from Richmond, Virginia, US. Two bands with different approaches to music as they are from different genres, but at the same time two bands that through their original take on their original genres make a captive and emotive aura around the music. As with the Sâver/Psychonaut split last year, it is a perfect match.

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• Emma Ruth Rundle - Orpheus Looking Back

  

  14 Apr 2022 - Thorsten
  Indie-Rock, Folk

  Is quality more important than quantity? Who gives a … if you talk about Emma Ruth Rundle, as it seems that she has never released anything just slightly mediocre. Take this short three-track digital EP Orpheus Looking Back - less than nine minutes but they are enrapturing as anything she has done before!

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• Nonsun - Blood and Spirit

  

  11 Apr 2022 - Simon
  post metal, dark ambient, drone, sludge

  Nonsun have crafted an elegant hypothesis of the nature of suffering. It’s beguiling, claustrophobic and at times also beautiful.

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• falls - twenty below ep

  

  10 Apr 2022 - Skyler
  ambient

  falls surprises me with a release I didn’t know I wanted

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