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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Dauþuz - Vom Schwarzen Schmied
04 Nov 2021 - Thorsten
Black MetalThuringia is one of the central regions in Germany, and it has a rich cultural history which often serves as the background for Black Metal songs and bands. Many of you will now think of Mosaic, which also has been featured on VoS quite often, however there is one more band that one should know when talking about the connection between Black Metal and folklore: Dauþuz. Their new record Vom Schwarzen Schmied is an exceptional example for this connection!
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daygraves - Imperishable
03 Nov 2021 - Pat O'
Post-Black/Blackgaze/Post-RockFlowers arrive to us all today in the form of daygraves latest EP Imperishable. These white lilies perfectly echo the seniment found within this release. It’s a contrast of darkness and light, a “post-black” journey that transcends into moments of “post-rock” bliss
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Every Time I Die - Radical
01 Nov 2021 - Sebastian
Metalcore / MathcoreThe mighty Every Time I Die return five years after their last album Low Teens with Radical. Did they use the long break to refine their already impressive skills or do they present us a lackluster compilation of songs?
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Emma Ruth Rundle - Engine Of Hell
31 Oct 2021 - Stephan
Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Gothic FolkAfter riding on and floating with the huge soundwaves of her full band on the previous album On Dark Horses and fighting against being swallowed by the gargantuan sludge of Thou on the two collaborative releases May Our Chambers Be Full and The Helm Of Sorrow, it’s not too surprising that Emma Ruth Rundle changes gears again and goes back to a less towering, more intimate format now. Because what sense would trying to be more feral and heavy than the latter even make?
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Nordicwinter - La dernier adieu
30 Oct 2021 - Knut
Atmospheric Black Metal/Depressive Black MetalOn this release, the second from Nordicwinter this year, evillair has turned his personal sorrow and grief into a universal musical expression of agony which will resonate with listeners. The music is shaped from the loss of his mother some years after his father passed and expressed through emotional melodies, a void too deep to fill. The way he uses this Black Metal style as an outlet for these feelings is as remarkable as it is moving.
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Godcaster - Saltergasp
30 Oct 2021 - Thorsten
Noise-Punk, Indie-Rock, Prog-CoreQuirky. Fast. Upbeat. Restless. High-Pitched. Sweaty. Poly-rhythmic. Hectic. Adjectives that can all be used to give a quick sense of the new Godcaster EP, out on Ramp Local. Saltergasp is as unusual as the name implies.
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Gold Spire - s/t
29 Oct 2021 - Thorsten
Death-DoomjazzCandy Dulfer meets Bohren und der Club of Gore and during their fornication they are listening to Morbus Chron so that their spawn is caught in that triangle. Sweden’s latest metal sensation Gold Spire is that spawn of hellish proportions – hellish not because of its speed or sheer technicality but because the forefathers of this record seem to have found a way to create a new genre: Death-Doomjazz; and that doesn’t even come close to what the band brings to the table.
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Sol Sistere - Sol Sistere
28 Oct 2021 - Thorsten
Atmospheric Black MetalOver the course of our six months of existence, Veil of Sound has not had the opportunity to feature many bands from South America. With this new, self-titled third full-length by Chilean Black Metallers Sol Sistere this will change, as this record deserves all support and love the global community gives it! A really remarkable record that might turn some skeptics into “believers” of the combination of Blackgaze and Black Metal again!
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ONUS - Each Of Us Is An Ocean
27 Oct 2021 - Thorsten
Post-Metal“Heavy instrumental music from the birthplace of rock n’ roll.” - that’s what is says on ONUS’ Bandcamp page. And yes, what you read is what you’ll hear. The trio from Memphis really plays a heavy kind of Post-Rock. However, their (seemingly) nautically inspired music is not lacking melody as well.
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Kayo Dot - Moss Grew On The Swords And Plowshares Alike
27 Oct 2021 - Gene
Experimental, Progressive, Avant-Garde, GothIf Kayo Dot set out to make a nostalgic-tinged throwback to earlier influences, to years gone by, then the successor to Blasphemy has managed this blind and bound. In fact it has achieved so much more.
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Luo - Convoluted Mess Machine
26 Oct 2021 - Gene
Experimental, Electronic, Jazz, Avant-GardeOnly every now and again will you come across something innovative, brilliant, humorous and perfectly executed. This is the one. Here it is. You’re welcome.
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Katre - Behind The Resilience
25 Oct 2021 - Gene
Progressive, Post Metal, MetalBehind The Resilience is an album you might have missed. But then it jumped you unaware and you were floored by the potent hit of that unassuming Metal master work.
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Yenisei - Reflections
24 Oct 2021 - Simon
post rockPolish post Rock group Yenisei have created a wonderful example of creating music with a story to tell
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A Lake Of Ayes - Ouro Sobre Azul
23 Oct 2021 - Thorsten
Post-MetalOne of the benefits of writing for a zine like VoS is the ability to fall in love easily. Every once in a while you will come across a band that you have never heard of before and whose record immediately speaks to you. Without this occupation, the new Ripcord Records release by Mancunian lads A Lake Of Ayes is just another gem that would have gone unnoticed. From the very first seconds, Ouro Sobre Azul had this author on his chair’s end eagerly waiting for more!
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Slow Crush - Hush
22 Oct 2021 - Daniel F.
ShoegazeIt’s quite incredible, the effect that music can have on us. It can be all encompassing, swallow us with profound depth and leave lasting scars rooted in our emotions. Slow Crush embody this, existing as a swathe of noise intended to wash over us, so potent that there is risk of drowning. The shoegaze extraordinaires are back with their follow up to 2018’s critically acclaimed Aurora by means of the cathartic Hush which is set to be unleashed. Cut from the same cloth yet with a more artisanal touch, it builds upon the band’s foundations and offers a tumultuous expression of emotive soundscapes and a deft, lethargic touch.
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KITE - Currents
22 Oct 2021 - Thorsten
Post-Metal, Post-HardcoreThere is a very productive and highly efficient small scene brewing in Oslo. The central figures are the masterminds behind several mighty interesting bands: Hymn, Sâver and KITE. The latter have recently released their third full-length named Currents and of course one should check it out if Post-Metal is also just slightly interesting.
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Wozniak - Bruises
21 Oct 2021 - Pat O'
Post-Rock/Shoegaze/InstrumentalWozniak are never afraid to experiment and tinker with sound. From great cinematic soundscapes to passionate, hard hitting “post-rock” crescendos, these guys have talent in abundance. Bruises encompasses all these traits and conjures up a deeply atmospheric and moving album.
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WORM - Foreverglade
21 Oct 2021 - Thorsten
Floridian Swamp Funeral DoomIs it a bad thing when one of the things coming to mind after the third or fourth spin of a Death-Doom-Metal record is that this in some strange ways is a ‘fun’ record? Well, maybe yes and maybe no, but for some strange reason the third full-length by Floridian Death-meets-Doomsters WORM has a certain fun element to it. How can that be when talking about a record that is definitely on the dark side of things? Let me explain…
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Ember Sun - On Earth And Heaven
20 Oct 2021 - Thorsten
Blackened Funeral DoomHow to find a good record to review: Step 1 – good name? Ember Sun; okay check! Step 2 – good label? Code666; definitely check! Step 3 – acceptable cover? skulls on dark dark green with a dichotomy of modern script and old-looking symbols; okay check! Step 4 – appearance? hooded figure; definitely check! Step 5 – genre? Funeral Doom; always check! Step 6 – listen! CHECK, we got a winner!
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Alda - A Distant Fire
19 Oct 2021 - Knut
Cascadian Black MetalAlda has once again dipped the wand in the pond of Black Metal and bestowed the metal community with a release immersed in alluring and meditative sonic landscapes. Listening to this new album is like walking on soft wet moss in the forest at dusk on a clear autumn evening. However hard and harsh the music can sometimes be, it leaves you with a mellow and soft impression.
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Dust Mountain - Hymns For Wilderness
18 Oct 2021 - Thorsten
Psychedelia, Folk Rock, Progressive RockThere must be something in those Finnish waters as the country between Hanko at the Gulf of Finland and Utsjoki in Lapland seems to have found an endless fountain of musical youth spilling out band after band after band. And with Svart Records, located in Turku on the Western sea-front, there is a label that brings those bands onto the international scene. The latest one is Dust Mountain from Tampere, who play a mix of progressive ideas, psychedelic structures and bewitching Folk harmonies. Really enchanting, not for lack of better word, but for the pure, undeniable appropriateness of the word here!
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Jü - III
17 Oct 2021 - Stephan
Experimental, Jazz, AvantgardeWe all have this label, right? Or let’s better say those labels! Or is it just me? You get their newsletter, quickly fly over it, thinking “Whoa, I bet this shit is awesome” and then you decide that you’ll better not check it out, because there’s already such a giant amount of great new stuff out there and you don’t want to end up placing yet another order right now. RareNoiseRecords, who are specialized in the fringes of Prog, extreme Jazz, Experimentalism and uhm… Noise, have received this ungrateful treatment from me more than once. Luckily I was so intrigued by the absurd perpetuum auto-mobile depicted on the cover of Jü’s III (how frustrating that there’s no legal possibilty to change your driving direction!) that I couldn’t live without examining if the quality of the music lived up to the artwork. And oh Jü, it does!
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Teethgrynder - Hostages
16 Oct 2021 - Thorsten
Noise, Alternative-RockUsually we tend to publish our reviews one week before release, but with this record I felt the urge to do it earlier for two reasons: First of all because it’s awesome and amazing, second because more people need to know about one of the most interesting records of the year. Hell, everyone should know about it!
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Low - Hey What
12 Oct 2021 - Thorsten
Indie-RockThe second-most famous musical contribution from Duluth, Minnesota, proves once again, that their musical output doesn’t have to “fear” Bob’s shadow, even though they are not as famous as Robert Alan Zimmerman – unfortunately. But – if you hope that they return to being the mostly guitar-oriented band they started out as – please revisit their former masterpieces in that genre. In 2021, Low are still a band whose musical output is based on a different form of Indie-Rock, and their music is as exciting as it was 20 years ago!
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Läjä Aijälä & Albert Witchfinder - Centuries Of Youth
10 Oct 2021 - Thorsten
Experimental Noise / Ritualistic Rave / Downbeat AmbientWhat is “punk”? A style of clothing like Vivienne Westwood’s clothes? A kind of music somewhere between the Ramones and Sick of It All? Or rather a kind of mental attitude trying to challenge everything? Läjä Äijälä and Albert Witchfinder have an answer for it and some of you won’t like it! I personally do!
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