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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Rule of Two - Dancing Drone
30 Jul 2025 - Knut
DarkwaveSynhpopRule of Two set out to make a summer song by putting their distinct sonic thumbprint on Robyn´s highly successful “Dancing On My Own” from 2010 and ended up creating an appealing five-song EP surrounding the track with their darkened dreamgaze sonics.
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Hypomanic Daydream - The Yearning
29 Jul 2025 - PBV
Progressive MetalAvant-GardeWhen one speaks of freedom in the modern world, or a world gone past—there are oftentimes allusions to some arduous battle in overcoming political turmoil, obstruction or insurmountable conflict. There are stark but worn faces raising their fists up in solidarity or protest, photographed in austere black and white, a headline hanging above their head in bold firm letters. And nonetheless it becomes an iconic memory that forms a time and a place.
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Ba'al - The Fine Line Between Heaven and Here
20 Jul 2025 - Simon
Blackened Post-HardcoreGrungeBa’al summon forth turmoil and catharsis on their sophomore full-length!
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Kae Tempest - self-titled
15 Jul 2025 - Andrea
Hip HopSpoken WordThree years after his last album, South London artist Kae Tempest comes out with his brand-new album, self-titled, a 12-track record that is a turning point from the previous releases and is a coming back to his roots, returning to hip hop from slam poetry and spoken word.
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Remaining Warmth - Before the Years
12 Jul 2025 - Knut
AmbientDreamgazeIt feels like the cosmos sings to you as you float meditatively through the torrents of ambient and dreamy soundscapes emerging as emotional streams from the deep layers of Remaining Warmths’ sonics.
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GAUPA - Fyr
11 Jul 2025 - Kurt
RockDoomFyr, the new EP by superbly skillful Swedes GAUPA, is a downright infuriating listen. Well, to this embarrassed rock critic, at least. How does a band capable of writing and executing a record, even if it is just an EP, without the slightest blemish, scratch or scuff? Like a parasitic worm, that confounding question bores into the brain of the listener and refuses to dislodge itself from an ear canal, because it knows it’s onto something. Well, so do GAUPA, and they’ve clearly learned that if a parasite can enter your skull and nibble at your brain, they can execute similar sabotage with a quintet of songs that Do. Not. Quit.
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Mosara - Rumour of a Funeral
10 Jul 2025 - Knut
Doom MetalAs heavy as they come, Mosara continues to seep along the path of fuzz-induced stoner doom metal with juggernaut, ponderous music.
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Laibach - Alamut
07 Jul 2025 - Stephan
ClassicalIndustrial“First we take Pyongyang, then we take Tehran.” (not Leonard Cohen)
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Phantom Spell - Heather & Hearth
03 Jul 2025 - PBV
NWOTHMProg RockWith underground music lore we occasionally wander down roads of questions, asking ourselves, our friends, even our enemies—”What If?”. “What if Criss Oliva was still here? What if he joined Megadeth and not Marty? How would the art be now? Would Phil Lynott like what’s happening in music (or the world) in 2025? Would Neil Peart make one more record if he didn’t get sick? Would it be good?” We cast our ruminations into the deep dark well and hear the ripples hit the stone and silence after some time.
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Duocane - Asilo Politico
26 Jun 2025 - Andrea
Math RockStoner RockWhen I joined Veil of Sound, I was struck by a sentence: “lifting the veil from underground music”. These words made me realise that I had joined a team with ideas similar to mine, passionate like me about music that needs to be found, digging and listening to things you wouldn’t listen to if they didn’t walk by in front of you or if someone recommended it to you, and for me Duocane are the perfect example of such a thing.
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Indifferent Engine - Speculative Fiction
22 Jun 2025 - Simon
Post-HardcoreA genuinely beguilling album from a new band with a lot to say!
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Varhara - The First Breath After
18 Jun 2025 - Knut
Post-MetalAtmospheric Black MetalVarhara´s third album is a treasure chest of mighty, melodic, and cascading atmospheric metal music.
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Береста (Beresta) - Свято место
17 Jun 2025 - Knut
Post-Black MetalBlackgazeMay 1st, saw the debut release of yet another amazing band from St. Petersburg - Береста. The band´s music is complex, layered and utterly captive as with most of the metal bands from that city.
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hopeyouwell - Dreams Rental
16 Jun 2025 - Knut
AmbientAmbient music in the distant wake of Brian Eno’s Music for Airports, inspiring relaxed meditation.
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Ghost Bath - Rose Thorn Necklace
13 Jun 2025 - Thorsten
DSBMDark WaveThe Nameless is back with his impersonal band – Ghost Bath brings a new soundtrack for the darkness of summer. If you feel a kind of disdain for the too many hours of sunshine in the upcoming weeks, then this might be the soundtrack for your recluse in solitudinous wait. Rose Thorn Necklace is a step in a slightly different direction but it is still indubitably Ghost Bath. Never mind the red.
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Pyramids - Pythagoras
12 Jun 2025 - Thorsten
BlackgazeReggaetonStagnation is Death. Could be the name of a new metal band, huh? Or an album title. Neither is wrong. Basically it‘s the programmatic slogan which might help to understand Pyramids‘ new record Pythagoras. We will try to make you understand what we and the band mean with that slogan.
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Agabas - Hard Anger
09 Jun 2025 - Knut
Death JazzMetalcoreWelcome to the tumultuous and ferocious swirls and whirls with hard and heavy, Jazz-infused metal music delivered by the Norwegian powerhouse Agabas.
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GLARE - Sunset Funeral
05 Jun 2025 - Clément
ShoegazeWHERE MY SAD PEOPLE AT? Feel free to jump on the first plane to Texas, where the new faces of music which is as saturated as it is emotionally charged are born, at least on the American scene.
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Urakka - Drain The Sky
29 May 2025 - PBV
ExperimentalProgressiveMetalThere is lore that exists about every place. No matter how famous or small, vast or strange sounding — when uttered by both foreign and local tongues, an even sea creates a tumultuous ripple.
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Kusanagi - Paramnesia
28 May 2025 - Knut
Post-RockKusanagi´s third release since the Liverpudlian band’s inception in 2011 is an invigorating display of Post-Rock music at its best.
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Black Hole Decibel - Velour Life
23 May 2025 - Simon
Alternative RockProgA happy puppy full of exuberant energy, that’s what this lesser known album is!
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Penelope Trappes - A Requiem
21 May 2025 - Andrea
Dark AmbientDroneFor approximately one month I’ve started my day with a good habit: every morning, while making the bed and preparing myself for work, I push play on the Bandcamp app and I listen to the spotlight songs of the New and Notable section: I must say that this introduced me to a lot of interesting artists, one of those is who is we talking about, Penelope Trappes.
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Backxwash - Only Dust Remains
14 May 2025 - Thorsten
HipHopZack de la Rocha, Chino Moreno and now Ashanti Mutinta. Three very different people, three distinctly diverse agendas but one commonality: They use the word “Fuck” in the most poisonous, best possible, most poignant way! Her new record Only Dust Remains is a sure step in a new direction.
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Spiine - Tetraptych
13 May 2025 - Knut
Funeral DoomDepressive MetalSweeping and weeping distorted guitars, powerful and versatile growls, and grandiose orchestration: The formula for an immaculate album.
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Toru / Brutalism - Split
02 May 2025 - Thorsten
Avantgarde Black MetalWhat do you get when Terrence from Locrian (here under his moniker Brutalism) teams up with a French instrumental trio? You get everything. Noise, Ambient, World Music, Classical and Neoclassical. If you like your music challenging, like to listen around the bend - then check out the collaboration between Brutalism and Toru. It will bend your mind!
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