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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Hemelbestormer - Collide & Merge
19 Nov 2021 - Knut
Post-MetalIn a galaxy far, far away you might encounter Hemelbestormer. Only in your imagination, of course. All their releases are inspired by outer space, stars, galaxies, black holes millions of light years from our planet. Through their take on the Post-Metal sonics they yet again bring us a narrative about extra-terrestrial phenomena.
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Dying Wish - Fragments of a Bitter Memory
19 Nov 2021 - Sebastian
HardcoreHave you been hit by a sonic truck today? If not, maybe you should consider giving the debut of Dying Wish a listen. With Fragments of a Bitter Memory the Oregon newcomers deliver one of the best hardcore debuts in recent history.
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Transatlantic Alliance - s/t
18 Nov 2021 - Jonas
Post-Rock/AmbientBy and large, the COVID-19 pandemic forced bands to change their perspective in a wide variety of ways when it came to writing music as they could no longer meet up in person due to various restrictions and lockdowns being put into place and as a result, the creative output of many of them have had a very different vibe from their usual releases. But what if you’re in a band with only one member? Deer Park Ranger and rhubiqs are two such acts that decided to put forward a collaborative release under the fitting moniker Transatlantic Alliance, the eponymous debut album of which is, by far, greater than the sum of its parts.
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Daxma - Unmarked Boxes
17 Nov 2021 - Thorsten
Post-Metal, Post-Rock”To be boxed in” is the idea of being incarcerated, to have no free will, not being able to follow and fulfill your own dreams and desires. Or that one is stuck inside a certain box, whether one wants to be there or no. Many Post-Metal bands are stuck inside in a genre which is wide open and hellishly close at the same time. Oakland’s Daxma have just released a record which basically is their way out of that box; even though it’s named Unmarked Boxes.
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Bailer - Disposable Youth
16 Nov 2021 - Pat O'
Metalcore/HardcoreAggression, Intensity and Ferocity is only a fraction of what Bailer’s latest album Disposable Youth brings to the Metalcore table. Deep, profound lyrics and a musical maturity beyond their years makes Bailer a colossus. No matter what genre of music you lean towards, Disposable Youth speaks to everyone. It will crush and batter you to a pulp, but the masochist in you will love every second of it!
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Plebeian Grandstand - Rien Ne Suffit
15 Nov 2021 - Thorsten
Blackened Avantgarde, Noisey Post-HardcoreAbrasive – that might be the best word to describe Rien Ne Suffit, the new record by Plebeian Grandstand, just like it might have been the best one to describe all their releases up to now. However, there is something about this new measure of utter madness and sheer uncontrolled life-denying anger, that is different. Might be the production which some people have called “too clean” - probably because they never understood the band anyway!
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BARST - REAL
14 Nov 2021 - Thorsten
Experimental, Soundtrack,When one of the forerunners of new Belgian Post-Metal releases an album, then it’s something one should listen to. In the case of BARST‘s new record REAL it’s actually something one should look at and listen to. Best on a real big screen.
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Zaäar - Magická Džungl'a
13 Nov 2021 - Stephan
AvantgardeOh, it’s that guy again! With a ginormous three discs album, a spectacular Roadburn Redux performance and an equally impressive live record the monolithic Drone Metal / Free Jazz fusion of his Neptunian Maximalism arkestra has left an unmistakable imprint on the scene of artistically charged heavy music during the last two years. In 2021 I’ve so far skipped his more blackened project Sol Kia, but his solo work Junkyard under the abbreviation CZLT was my personal review debut here on VoS. Now Belgian multi-instrumentalist Guillaume Cazalet strikes again with yet another project, which is called Zaäar and describes itself in biblical manner as “a collective born from a rib of Neptunian Maximalism”.
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Snake Mountain Revival - Everything In Sight
12 Nov 2021 - Thorsten
Psychedelic Proto-MetalWhat would AC/DC sound like, if they had decided to fuse their hard Boogie with Psychedelic elements rather than Blues and Hard Rock? The answer to this never-posed-question can now be heard! No, there is not another AC/DC record, but a band that embodies the aforementioned combination: Snake Mountain Revival! The name alone is already pure magic, right?
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Knowledge Through Suffering - Concealment
11 Nov 2021 - Thorsten
Doomy Death-MetalTrying to stay ahead of things can be difficult in these modern times as there are countless possibilities for finding new bands and labels to follow, so zines like VoS have a certain responsibility to provide you with the best suggestions ahead of time. In some sense we failed you with this one: Knowledge Through Suffering is an awesome one-man-project from Italy with Umberto Poncina giving birth to a genre-bending example of extreme Metal for the 21st century. Concealment seems like a three-track EP but with 30 minutes of running time it is much, much more than that – lesson in how a Black Metal-schooled musician mixes Death Metal, Doom, Noise and a pinch of Avantgarde into something bigger than its single elements.
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Mylder - If Not From Or To
10 Nov 2021 - Pat O'
Folk/Singer-Songwriter/Low-FiSimply put, Mylder’s latest EP If Not From Or To is music for the morning after, a delicate and sincere folk inspired album that rests quietly beside you and gently soothes your soul.
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Contrition - Broken Mortal Coil
09 Nov 2021 - Thorsten
Blackened Noise, Blackened Death MetalContrition’s debut Broken Mortal Coil is the third and final chapter of our Jeff Wilson-triple bill in the last few days. And man – this special showing goes out with a BANG! It is loud, it is rowdy, it is savage and yet – it is atmospheric, it is dense and it is the best finish on could wish for this trilogy.
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Chrome Waves - The Rain Will Cleanse
08 Nov 2021 - Thorsten
Post-Punk, Atmospheric Post-GazeThe second part of our Jeff Wilson triple-bill: His main band, Chrome Waves who released a new record a few months ago, called The Rain Will Cleanse. Interestingly, it’s less Black-Metal and more of a mixture of Post-Punk and Art-Metal. And an interesting one, too.
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Ephemeral Echoes - Ascension
07 Nov 2021 - Daniel F.
Post-RockPost rock is just one of those genres. Every time you think you’ve heard it all and the well is starting to run dry, an album comes along that completely reaffirms your faith. That happened this week with the release of Ascension, the prolific debut album from Greek post rockers Ephemeral Echoes. New kids on the block they might be, but they come bearing one of the year’s standout releases.
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Altars of the Moon - Brahmastra
06 Nov 2021 - Thorsten
Dark ShoegazeToday and tomorrow you will get a triple-dose Jeff Wilson with this review and the next two. Jeff who? Well, one of North America’s most productive and well-respected musicians within the realm of dark, sinister, blackened music with a certain attitude that reaches far beyond the typical thunderstorms. His music is often highly atmospheric, very dense and with a touch of dark wave. Altars of the Moon and its one-track, 30-minute-debut is a wonderful example of that.
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Kowloon Walled City - Piecework
05 Nov 2021 - Thorsten
Post-MetalKowloon Walled City play Folk music. Okay, not really. But that certain grit, that crispy sound of a low-tuned guitar with steel strings whose reverberations are much broader than just the riff itself – you can find that on the new record by the Oakland-based quartet. Piecework shows the band come back after a longer hiatus with as much strength as before.
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A Secret Revealed - When The Day Yearns For Light
05 Nov 2021 - Daniel F.
Post-MetalI’ve restarted this review about four times now. Perhaps it’s just a run-of-the-mill case of writer’s block, a side effect of trying to write about an album unveiled in a week that is rife with fantastic releases. Or perhaps it’s something more. A Secret Revealed are my kind of band, and When Day Yearns For Light is my kind of album, so normally I would expect the words to flow, but my theory is that I feel somewhat responsible for highlighting just how fantastic this record is. Expect the adverbs to be flowing throughout this one, because spoiler alert, it’s one of the year’s most enticing records.
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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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