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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Hippie Death Cult - Circle Of Days
21 May 2021 - Thorsten
Heavy PsychedelicPortland, Oregon-based quartet Hippie Death Cult shows how cleverly you can do classic American Rock if you infuse it with some unusual moments that turn the ordinary into the magical.
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An Atumn for Chrippled Children - As The Morning Dawns We Close Our Eyes
21 May 2021 - Knut
Blackgazee/Atmospheric Black MetalThis album summons you to an emotional venture into the dark undercurrents of modern atmospheric metal music.
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Sȃver/Psychonaut - Emerald Split EP
20 May 2021 - Simon
post metal, sludge metal, progressive metalThis stunning EP showcases the very best of both bands in a glorious exhibition of just what you can achieve in a split record
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VOLA - Witness
19 May 2021 - Sebastian
Progressive-MetalProgressive Metal, Djent, Electronic elements and an ethereal voice. All of this combined make up the music of VOLA from Denmark.
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Genune - Inert & Unerring
18 May 2021 - Gene
Atmospheric, Black Metal, Neo-FolkOn their second album as a trio, Genune continues to prod the psycho-social tropes of their ancestral throne; smartly elevates typical Black Metal mores.
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Aufhebung - Lament
17 May 2021 - Pat O'
Sludge/Doom/post metalAufhebung give us a sound that’s reflective of a world in decay. Beauty lies within the chaos. Check out Lament, the debut release from these Belgian purveyors of doom and gloom
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Throat - Smile Less
15 May 2021 - Thorsten
Noise-RockThroat from Turku, Finland are back and they command you to Smile Less. Command? Yeah, command! Otherwise you might find yourself with a band at your throat, a fist in your mouth and a few teeth less. Throat and their latest threat are out for you!
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Morast - The Palingenesis (EP)
15 May 2021 - Thorsten
Blackened-DoomMorast from the West of Germany return after 1,5 years and a line-up change with a first musical sign of life in the form of two songs on another example how exceptional their songwriting is.
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Wreche - All my dreams came true
14 May 2021 - Knut
Avantgarde Metal/Black Metal/Industrial/Piano MusicThis second release from Wreche will satisfy those of us who want a challenge and reward when listening to innovative music immersed in black metal and extreme metal soundscapes, we who relish multilayered metal music.
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Ural Umbo - Roomer
13 May 2021 - Thorsten
Drone Ambient Noise TripHopThis record is something between the John Carpenter-soundtracks (for example Halloween), Jóhann Jóhannsson’s OST for Mandy and the work the two musicians usually compose with their respective main acts, Sum Of R and Dark Buddha Rising. So just the right thing for some bright summer days. Not.
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Ennoven - Empty Passes, Silent Trails
12 May 2021 - Pat O'
Ambient/Post-blackEnnoven’s latest album Empty Passes, Silent Trails carries you through mountain passes and deep meandering forests, with his unique blend of ambient and “atmospheric post black metal”
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Böira - Cendres ~ Mineral
11 May 2021 - Knut
What do we think about when we think about classic Post-Rock? For me what immediately comes to mind is GY!BE and Explosions in the Sky. There are, of course, many other bands we could think of and we could discuss this endlessly. But what if we fuse those two bands and throw in We Stood Like Kings, what do we get? We get the Barcelonan post-rockers Böira´s latest release. A release made in cooperation with the Spanish label Aloud Music, which has a roster of many interesting Spanish bands.
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Spoiwo - Martial Hearts
10 May 2021 - Gene
Cinematic Post-Rock, Synth Rock, Alternative“Contemporary Cinematic Post-Rock rubs elbows with no doubt unsavory late quasi-Industrial Ulver-types. Johnny Greenwood, reporting”
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Fyrnask - VII - Kenoma
10 May 2021 - Thorsten
Atmospheric-Black-MetalA German Black-Metal band searching for their own sound, trying to navigate the traps between The Ruins of Beverast, Ultha and Krater and finally – succeeding: That is Fyrnask as they show on their fourth full-length VII – Kenoma
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Dopelord - Reality Dagger (EP)
09 May 2021 - Thorsten
StonerWalking the fine between Stoner and Sludge, Poland’s Dopelord once again demonstrates why they are among Europe’s most important Fuzzed Out bands!
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Christine Ott - Time To Die
08 May 2021 - Thorsten
Ambient-NeoclassicalFrench Neo-Classical music is peaking during the pandemic plague which is scaring many of us out of their wits. With this intimate kind of music we might resurrect our sense of lost respectful intimacy without sacrificing our privacy.
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Doom Sessions Vol. 5 - High Reeper // Hippie Death Cult
07 May 2021 - Thorsten
Psychedelic StonerWhen Italy’s Stoner, Sludge, Doom, everything-heavy specialist label Heavy Psych Sounds announce a new volume of their 10/10 Doom Sessions-series then you should not expect anything else than breathtaking music to bang your head to or to marvel at.
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Where Mermaids Drown - And the raging winds do blow
06 May 2021 - Pat O'
post rockMy French post music voyage takes one more stop off with the deeply melancholic and dynamic Where Mermaids Drown, and their debut album And The Raging Winds Do Blow.
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Kollaps\e - The Pandemic Sessions
05 May 2021 - Thorsten
Post-MetalScandinavia in general and Sweden especially is simply the birthplace of really good, chunky, sludgey Post-Metal with a bit of an industrial side-note. Further proof needed? Listen to The Pandemic Sessions by Kollaps\e.
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Riah / Postvorta - Riahpstvrt
04 May 2021 - Thorsten
Post-MetalItaly’s finest in Post-Metal team up with their friends and release a split-EP with three tracks – one by each band and one collaborative effort, which is really a highlight for both. And both are still able to highlight their singular skills.
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Nordicwinter - Sorrow
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Zorya - Primeval
03 May 2021 - Gene
Atmospheric Black Metal, Blackgaze, Kraut Rock, IndieArising from relative anonymity to assail the underground
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Last Agony - The Imminent Slaughter
03 May 2021 - Thorsten
Blackened-HardcoreEighteen Minutes. Usually the length of either one longtrack (“Altars of Nothingness” by Rorcal & Earthflesh) or the length of a classic hardcore punk record (18 minutes = 2/3 Suffer by Bad Religion) or as in this case somewhere in between. The Imminent Slaughter is very straightforward in its attitude, but also very gritty in its sound.
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When Waves Collide - Chasm
02 May 2021 - Pat O'
Post Rock/ Instrumental RockA giant swell of melody and drama makes When Waves Collide’s debut album Chasm an absolute must have for every “post rock” fan out there.
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Ludalloy - Sine
01 May 2021 - Ben
Shoegaze / Space RockLudalloy’s debut album has been ten years in the making, which seems to have helped the band craft their schoolyard tunes into a solid tribute to Jangle and Shoegaze.
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