Latest Reviews
There are way too many records released every week - which one should you listen to? Why is the new Bruit the best record of the year? Which post-metal record is the dark-horse of the year? Questions that we want to answer - we review 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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Caspian - On Circles
24 Jan 2020 - Thorsten
Post-RockThe New England Institution For Post-Rock and its Variations is back with another album - where should one place in the context of their whole body of work?
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Bohren Und Der Club Of Gore - Patchouli Blue
24 Jan 2020 - Thorsten
Doom-JazzNothing new in the West. Muelheim’s finest are still fine. But maybe a bit less exciting.
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Agvirre - Silence
24 Jan 2020 - Thorsten
Blackened Post-MetalManchester’s most promising newcomer on the Post-Metal scene releases their first EP and gives you something to break your neck to and something to set your mind to.
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Tuatha - The Lore Of Place
20 Jan 2020 - Thorsten
Irish-Folk-AvantgardeIrish Folk can be so much more than The Dubliners and The Wolfetones - it can revolve around the legends and fairy tales of Ireland and offset the old myths with modern soundscapes. Enter - Tuatha!
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Constellatia - The Language Of Limbs
20 Jan 2020 - Thorsten
Atmospheric-Black-MetalRe-Release for the finest release, Cape Town’s blackgaze or Atmospheric Black Metal scene has been offering for years.
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Serpent Eater - Vanitas
17 Jan 2020 - Thorsten
Blackened-CrustSerpent Eater from Cologne play Blackened Crustpunk on an internationally acclaimed level and label.
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Porta Nigra - Schöpfungswut
17 Jan 2020 - Thorsten
Avantgarde-Black-MetalGerman Black-Metal avantgardists try to pull off another amazing record - judge their success for yourself.
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TRAPS - The Fighter
10 Jan 2020 - Thorsten
Math-CoreA trip back down memory lane, when we were searching ebay for interesting bands and they always mentioned DEP, C&C and Circa Survive as references for unclassifiable bands.
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Home Brewed Universe - The Time Thief
08 Jan 2020 - Thorsten
Synth-Post-RockIndian Cinematic Post-Rock act Home Brewed Universe releases another highly seducing record. Long-lasting? Time will tell.
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Quietus - Chaos Is Order Yet Undeciphered
01 Jan 2020 - Thorsten
Post-HardcoreCharleville-Mezieres-based hardcore band Quietus has some of the most important ingredients - but all?
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Montecharge - Demons Or Someone Else
27 Dec 2019 - Thorsten
Industrial Post-MetalSwitzerland is the new hotspot for good metal. Another example apart from the HUMMUS and HUC-communities? Apart from Rorcal, Death.Void.Terror? Easy, take Montecharge
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Michael Peters & Fabio Anile - Presence
20 Dec 2019 - Thorsten
Minimalist-AmbientWhen creating a minimalist album everything has to surrender the approach you take for such an album cannot simply “be made” - it needs a framework in order to make sense of itself. It is nothing you can simply do, right? Hell, no!
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Growing Horns - The Nobility of Pain
19 Dec 2019 - Thorsten
SludgeTry not to be pierced by the Belgian’s first release as it doesn’t want to make prisoners or hostages but only followers and fans.
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Mosaic - Secret Ambrosian Fire
13 Dec 2019 - Thorsten
Blackened-Medieval-AmbientThuringia’s most interesting band is back with a set of songs that is riding the edge between the early modern times and the 21st century.
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Collapse Under The Empire - The End Of Something (Box-Set)
13 Dec 2019 - Thorsten
Drone-AmbientGerman Ambient-pioneers publish a kind of anthology with some new stuff. Worth it? Surely because of the good price and the great compilation!
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Cemented Minds - Colostrum
13 Dec 2019 - Thorsten
Post-Punk“Old ways won’t open new doors.” Everybody can agree on that, probably. Maybe. Cemented Minds from Caen, France, certainly will.
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Perihelion - Agg
06 Dec 2019 - Thorsten
Avantgarde-Post-MetalPerihelion from Hungary is part of the vivid Hungarian scene around Hegy and Törzs - yet their post-metal is definitely more ambitious!
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Keelrider - Sun / Too Far Gone (short review)
06 Dec 2019 - Thorsten
Stoner-GrungeKeelrider shows two sides of Seattle-sound whose connection is long forgotten - Grunge and Stoner Rock.
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Hvile I Kaos - Black Morning Winter Green
06 Dec 2019 - Thorsten
Blackened-Ritual-Chamber-MusicApocalyptica as a reference is not the best idea, but which reference should one give when the ensemble plays metal without an electric guitar - of course they can’t riff it out.
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Crest of Darkness - The God Of Flesh
06 Dec 2019 - Thorsten
Black-MetalIf a band is able to survive more than 20 years in a genre like Black Metal and publish eight full-lengths, then one should pay some respect to said band.
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Caronte - Wolves Of Thelema
06 Dec 2019 - Thorsten
Doomy-Occult-MetalOccult Metal from Italy released on German Ván Records sounds promising? - Sure does!
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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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