Latest Reviews
There are way too many records released every week - which one should you listen to? We want to help you by reviewing lots of records every week and you can also check out a little teaser before reading the whole thing. And if you want to, you can also browse through our archive and have a look at the amazing records you might have missed out on.
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Thūn - Thūn
17 Jun 2021 - Knut
Doom Metal/Death MetalA concept album about the imminent danger of a Lovecraftian man-made decline of civilization. Doom metal and death metal are sufficient music genres when one wants to create a dystopian soundscape as the background for the theme on an album like this release.
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Lustmord & Karin Park - Alter
17 Jun 2021 - Thorsten
AmbientHow can we relate to music? To what extent do we build a connection with certain songs? What is the one thing that transforms the music around us into music in us?
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Sleaping Dreaming - M. Inclemens
16 Jun 2021 - Pat O'
Experimental Rock/Post RockIt’s a fusion of peerless and thought-provoking rock that spans numerous genres. it’s creative, it’s dark, but ultimately, it will have your undivided attention. Brooklyn’s Sleaping Dreaming have released M. Inclemens and it’s an album that needs to be heard.
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The Flight Of Sleipnir - Eventide
14 Jun 2021 - Thorsten
Blackened-Gothic-MetalAnyone still remember how “Mama Said” f***** up Metallica and metal in general? Dividing the metal-community even harsher into the truvists and the innovators? Well, guess what – The Flight Of Sleipnir are innovators but do not care about innovation!
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Koldovstvo - Ni Tsarya Ni Boga
13 Jun 2021 - Thorsten
Black-MetalReally pushing the boundaries and limits of anonymity, Koldovstvo released a really mesmerizing record in the vein of Lifelover and Kall, Bethlehem and Mosaic. I never understood why Black Metal is necessarily always associated with bleakness….
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Somnuri - Nefarious Wave
12 Jun 2021 - Thorsten
Blackened Groovey Sludge Post-MetalDid you ever have a feeling as if new music wasn’t exciting enough, because it all basically copied something you had already heard? That creating something along well-tread paths gave you nothing? Only the highest level of innovation was just good enough for you? Then please go along, Somnuri and their world-class Blackened Prog-Sludge are not your thing!
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Black Flak And The Nightmare Fighters - Ad Meliora
12 Jun 2021 - Gene
Alternative, Experimental, Cinematic, Progressive, Post-RockOffering up the past to stoke the rebelious fires of better times to come
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CMDR RIKR - The Bright Below
11 Jun 2021 - Thorsten
Doomy Chambermusic Post-Rock Post-MetalWhat is that? A band that sounds like some 70s dropout coming back to life? Or a new incarnation of the Leitmotif-phase Dredg? A chamber music ensemble meeting a triphop producer who shows them some Canterbury meets Doom records? It’s much simpler than that - it’s CMDR RIKR.
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Dimwind - Slow Wave Violence
10 Jun 2021 - Knut
Post Rock/Post MetalExploring the borders of post rock and post metal with an intense and emotional release. This might be the most captivating instrumental album of the year so far.
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Love Is Red - Darkness Is Waiting
09 Jun 2021 - Ben
Melodic Hardcore / Straight EdgeNashville melodic hardcore outfit, Love Is Red, return to the fight with their first release in seventeen years. It’s good to have them back again, doing what they do best - kicking doors and settling scores.
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Chassm - Falling Forever
09 Jun 2021 - Thorsten
Doom Sludge Post-MetalUnderneath Chassm’s thick, dirty crust of sludge and post-metal one can find a highly dynamic band with lots of virtuously embedded rhythm changes.
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Raedsel - Menetekel
07 Jun 2021 - Simon
post rock, progressive rockA wonderful example of a band with something to say and the ability to back up their message
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Nømadus - Dawn of Darkness
06 Jun 2021 - Pat O'
Death Metal/Progressive MetalIreland’s Nømadus bring riffs, melody and ferocious vocals to the table. Their blend of “progressive metal” and some old school “thrash metal” and “death metal” is simply huge. Heavy music is back!.
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The Sun And The Mirror - Dissolution to Salt and Bone
05 Jun 2021 - Thorsten
DoomDoom. Folk. Doom. Orchestrals. Doom. The Sun And The Mirror release their full-length debut Dissolution To Salt And Bone. Doom. Noise. Doom. Drone. Doom.
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Oslo Tapes - ØR
04 Jun 2021 - Thorsten
Krautrock, Electronica, Post-Punk, Psychedelia, SynthwaveWhen an Italian Krautrock-trio calls themselves Oslo Tapes and then releases album for album of magical trips between several genres (but none of them is really “metal”) then you might expect them on many labels – but maybe not on Pelagic Records?
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DVNE - Etemen Aenka
03 Jun 2021 - Simon
progressive rock, post-metal, progressive metalA stunning example of how a band can improve on what has come previously. A glorious example of what can happen when you play all the right notes, in exactly the right order
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Wilderness of Mirrors - Melancholia EP
02 Jun 2021 - Pat O'
Post-Metal/Doomgaze/InstrumentalInspired by the 2011 movie Melancholia, Wilderness of Mirrors is a monumental piece of music that is both blistering and fervent, soundly underpinned with grandiose orchestras and rich atmospheric walls.
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Iapetus - The Body Cosmic
01 Jun 2021 - Gene
Progressive, Melodic, Death MetalRevisiting one of 2019’s landmark records!
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Non Serviam - Le Coeur Bat
31 May 2021 - Thorsten
Blackened-Industrial-Noise, AvantgardeWhen is it justified to call a band and their record “avantgarde”? When they excel in their own genre? When they are able to mix several styles fluently and effortlessly? When they do not care at all about any limiting expectations set upon themselves by any scene police? In my opinion, it is all of this and more, but one thing strikes out most importantly to me: The will to think without boxes. Just like …
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À Terre - Notre Ciel Noir (EP)
30 May 2021 - Thorsten
Blackened-Post-MetalWhen a young band emails you about their EP which you had already heard before and tells you quite shamelessly that they are not here to give anything to you because they have already given everything then that can have two reasons: Either they are over-confident about their EP or they know that their three songs and 20 minutes are simply good.
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Grey Aura - Zwart Vierkant
29 May 2021 - Thorsten
Avantgarde-Black-MetalSometimes you see a record and you know it - that will be good. Because it reminds you of something. With Grey Aura’s newest record the cover-comparison is clear: The Mars Volta’s The Bedlam In Goliath has just the same colors, and man!, Zwart Vierkant is just as versatile and virtuous as the salsa-core from New Mexico!
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Mosara - Mosara
28 May 2021 - Knut
Heavy Metal/Doom Metal/Stoner/SludgeThis is a debut full-length album from a band with seasoned musicians based in Phoenix, Arizona. They elegantly mix heavy metal, stoner, sludge metal and doom metal. It is remarkably well done and the high quality of the recording, mixing and mastering of this album makes it a riveting musical journey.
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Revival Hymns - Birth Pains
27 May 2021 - Pat O'
Dream-Pop/ShoegazeWith over a decade in the business Revival Hymns can still forge music that’s majestic and rich in lush, heart-felt atmospherics. Lets have a listen to their beautiful EP Birth Pains
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Baulta - Another Second Chance
26 May 2021 - Wouter
Post-RockBaulta are back! After a hiatus of almost 6,5 years the Finnish instrumental band released Another Second Chance and if you liked the sound and warmth of their previous releases, you can let out a sigh of relief, you will like this record as well.
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Pictures On Silence - dto. (EP)
25 May 2021 - Thorsten
Ambient-Post-RockLike many other European countries, France has a vast number of post-rock bands all over the place, but not many have good bands in so many corners and on so many levels. Pictures On Silence are just another example.
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