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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Saligia - Vesaevus
30 Nov 2019 - Thorsten
Black-MetalSuperbia, Avaritia, Luxuria, Invidia, Gula, Ira, Acedia. Pride, Greed, Lust, Envy, Gluttony, Wrath, Sloth. The seven deadly sins.
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Hamelin - dto.
30 Nov 2019 - Thorsten
Atmospheric Post-MetalHamelin are another reason to follow Belgium’s Post-Metal scene as closely as possible - as proven by this very handsome release from 2019
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Osi And The Jupiter - Nordlige Rúnaskog
29 Nov 2019 - Thorsten
Pagan-AmbientA band that is as much Wardruna, Heilung and Tenhi as it is Boards of Canada, Plaid and Tim Hecker is definitely a very interesting idea.
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Macelleria Mobile Di Mezzanotte - Noir Jazz Femdom
29 Nov 2019 - Thorsten
Doomy-Jazz-DroneMMDM is the abbreviation for an Italian Doom-Jazz-band whose latest release can keep up its end against all of the big ones of the genre.
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Bull Elephant - Dto.
29 Nov 2019 - Thorsten
Sludge-Post-RockAnonymous band collective from England releases a concept album about a dead African elephant that an old Nazi tried to bring back to life but that was then rescued by a female shaman who has her own plans for the creature.
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Bersarin Quartett - Methoden Und Maschinen
29 Nov 2019 - Thorsten
AmbientDisclaimer: The following is not a review but a stream of consciousness caused by listening to Bersarin Quartett’s new record Methoden Und Maschinen
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Ofdrkkja - Gryningsvisor
25 Nov 2019 - Thorsten
Folk-Black-MetalSwedish band Ofdrkkja releases an atmospherically dense Blackened-Folk-Metal that reminds one of why Agalloch or Wolves In The Throne Room are so great.
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Lunacy - Age Of Truth
22 Nov 2019 - Thorsten
Ambient-DroneCascades are falling down, a constant repetition of collapse. A motif found frequently in music, soundwise, in the lyrics or the music itself. Lots of artists from blackgaze to classical use it. Additionally it is found in visual arts or modern literature and over the last few decades has been connected to a critique of the present in order to change something about the future.
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Luggage - Shift
22 Nov 2019 - Thorsten
NoiseWe are who we are. But we are also what we are made to be, this “what” can be a lot of things – our circle of friends, our job, our upbringing or also the place where we live. We are the way we are because where we are.
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Blood Incantation - Hidden History Of The Human Race
22 Nov 2019 - Thorsten
Progressive-Death-MetalSo, the most-awaited Death-Metal album of the year lives up to the hype around it - Blood Incantation is back!
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[ B O L T ] / Morasth & [ B O L T ] / N - Splits
22 Nov 2019 - Thorsten
Ambient-Sludge-Doom[ B O L T ] might be one of the most productive and enigmatic bands in all of Germany, and their splits are always worth a listen, because they colorize every genre with their textures.
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KK Null - Great Attractor
21 Nov 2019 - Thorsten
Electro-AvantgardeThe man behind some of the most impressive electro attacks of the post-millenium age is back - and it’s NOT Aphex Twin!
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Witch Trail - The Sun Has Left The Hill
19 Nov 2019 - Thorsten
Noisy-Black-MetalSometimes, certain boundaries should not be crossed. For example combining Motown Soul and Classic Hardcore – that just doesn’t work. Nevertheless, some unexpected combinations might work, just remember Zeal and Ardor combining gospel and black metal.
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Krater - Venenare
15 Nov 2019 - Thorsten
Black-MetalAn outcast son singing his morbid gospels about death. Sounds like your everyday metal lyric? Well, maybe in some ways, but German black metalists Krater show another way of talking about it.
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Calendula - De Brevitatis
15 Nov 2019 - Thorsten
Post-MetalPost-Metal from Italy but from a long-forgotten second-wave of Post-Metal band.
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Ateiggaer - Us D'r Höll Chunnt Nume Zyt (EP)
15 Nov 2019 - Thorsten
Black-MetalSwiss German is already a hell to understand for anybody who is not from the Northern part of Switzerland, but turning it into the lingua franca for a black metal record seems even more absurd.
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Abest - Bonds Of Euphoria
15 Nov 2019 - Thorsten
Blackened-HardcoreGermany produces some very fine Hardcore bands indeed - many of them release on This Charming Man Records or on Moment Of Collapse Records - Abest tick all boxes with this release.
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Wells Valley - Reconcile The Antimony
08 Nov 2019 - Thorsten
Sludge-Post-MetalOver the years, many post-metal bands have seen the light of day, nowadays more or less every country has its heroes within the genre. Year of no Light from France, The Ocean from Germany, Postvorta from Italy and so on, the list is long. Portugal’s Wells Valley, who just released a new album on Black Lion Records, is another such example.
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Slow - VI Dantalion
08 Nov 2019 - Thorsten
Funeral-DoomBelgium’s best Funeral Doom band is back and releases a new variation of some former songs. Awesome.
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Rorcal - Muladona
08 Nov 2019 - Thorsten
Black-MetalThis is the Black-Metal of the year and the one that vibrates the most without being really noisy. It’s more the story that causes a certain buzz continually.
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Have A Nice Life - Sea Of Worry
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Greet Death - New Hell
08 Nov 2019 - Thorsten
ShoegazeWhenever you think you got Deathwish figured out, they come along and jump into your astonished face with a band like Greet Death knocking out your teeth with all their silky, spooky softness and then embracing you with tall towering yet whispered walls of sound.
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Charlene Beretah - Ram
08 Nov 2019 - Thorsten
SludgeSwitzerland’s music scene is thriving this year of our lord 2019 – Rorcal, Coilguns, the whole HUC scene and many more. Charlene Beretah from Neuchâtel is one of those bands from the second line of heavy bands to come out of mountainous Switzerland at the moment.
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Second To Sun - Legacy
07 Nov 2019 - Thorsten
Black-MetalDoes the listener need to understand what Black Metal bands scream about? Naturally, one would say that he or she does in a genre unfortunately overflowing with bands from the wrong side of the political scope. In that case, the reader might already skip this review because Second to Sun (nice wordplay by the way) use their native tongue Russian.
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Year of the Cobra - Ash & Dust
01 Nov 2019 - Thorsten
Stoner-DoomDuos without either bass or guitar have been a thing in the music scene for quite some time, some immensely popular like the White Stripes, some less like Two Gallants, yet there seems to be something about the combination of drums with one of those two that is appealing to a lot of musicians.
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