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We are having another premiere this week and it might blow your mind, because it is something different. Linnea Hjertén is releasing her debut LP Nio systrar tomorrow and we are happy to premiere the album in full here on VoS. Imagine a form of Nordic Dead Can Dance. Vocals and layers are important, words are not.

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60 seconds. That’s all Junta need to showcase their No-nonsense-old-school-Hardcore with a few noisey bits. Sentient Ruin doing it again and laying a slightly different piece into their puzzle. MDC, Circle Jerks, State of Alert and many others from that first wave of (American) Hardcore - here are you heirs.

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Screamo/Post-Hardcore outfit Uragano has secretly been whirling in the Italian underground for ten years after emerging from Sanremo. The band has released music in various formats and did live shows around Europe and UK. And now, the world will be yanked into their vortex of music fusing anything and everything Hardcore and pouring out frustrated Screamo vocals at odds with the surroundings. Be ready for January 25 when their album LP1 will be thrown at the world via Ripcord Records, Dischi Decenti 1a0, Salto Mortale Music, Non Ti Seguo, Remorse Records, 5 feet Under Records and Bus Stop Press.

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The short reviews of our Short Sharp 666 December-issue have something in common, even though the styles, genres and the (place of) origin of the albums reviewed are very different to each other. They all take you on a journey into the unknown. Thus we shall do the same. I would like to guide you to some of the recent highlights of the Northern European sonical hemisphere. Are you ready? So fasten you seatbelts! It will be an adventurous ride. And here we go…

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We haven’t had a premiere here on VoS for quite some time and as the Xmas-hole is coming up soon, this might be the last premiere for 2023. BUT if it is, then this is one, we couldn’t be prouder of and one that couldn’t fit better - we give you the full stream for Gula’s upcoming opus magnum Birds of the Apocalypse!

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Our new series continues. Of course! There is just so much great music, that we have to share with you! Middle of each month, our head honcho Thorsten and I give you six short reviews each. Less than 150 words on each record that we love but didn’t have enough time to review properly. But because of reasons that are bigger than life AND even music, you’ll just have to make do with me this time. (Bear hugs to my big man!) Here are my thoughts on Gravesend, Pénitence Onirique, Ragana, Afterbirth, Forest Swords and Aho Ssan! This selection is as diverse as the one before. From gutter brawls to organic collaboration, everybody will find here what each of you might need right now. Just take a look…

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Damnation is the pinnacle of metal music for many. It’s as much a showcase for up and coming bands as it is for established bands. Experrtly curated, it has becose the largest indoor metal festival in Europe and it has returned for a full day of music and camaraderie. We were lucky enough to be there to experiencee it in all of it’s glory

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Black Metal is a stale thing? It’s always the same? “Sounds like dudes who don’t know their instruments”? Well, somehow yes. Somehow no. As with all genres, Black Metal in its rich depths and cavernous rabbitholes takes some time to understand and appreciate. Heck, Rap music is also not the same as Rap music.Need proof for this idea connected to Black Metal? Listen to the premiere of this song by ALDRIG and listen to the little details.

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The video is based on a track from the band´s upcoming sophomore album, Epochè which is out on Friday, November 3rd. This is Post-Rck as its most inventive, diverse, and emotional. The guitar, bass, and drum fuse together in a glissading and shimmering soundscape, and is a taste of what is waiting for you at the album.

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How the heck can one single guy have such a vast output and still keep such an amazing high-quality level? Don’t really have an answer for that, but Maurice De Jong, the mastermind behind so many amazing projects, has done it again with the new release by his (maybe) most famous “band” Gnaw Their Tongues. This time the sound is very industrial, very noisey and yet in a strange way unmistakably Gnaw Their Tongues!

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Yes, you see correctly - we have a new series for you. We have been talking about the problem of too much great content for not enough writers to review. So the devilish duo of Martin and Thorsten are gonna give you six short reviews each. Less than 150 words on each record that we love but didn’t have enough time to review properly. In this month you are getting our thoughts on Bolt Gun, Jaimie Branch, Ghorot, GridLink, Harm’s Way, The Keening, Monastery, My Hair is a Rat’s Nest, Night Verses, Reverence To Paroxysm, Tomb Mold and VIRTA!

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Well, now that the dust of the outdoor festival season has finally settled and we are all turning our heads towards the indoors again, we thought it’d be nice to live through a bit of the wonderful emotional value of ArcTanGent via two interviews done by our very own Simon Kelsey who spoke to two of the most interesting bands from Northern England - Hidden Mothers and Din of Celestial Birds.

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Ghent is calling again! A rather smallish city that feels like the epicentre of a whole universe of sound. The fortress in the middle is surely Consouling Sounds and our friends have something great lined up for us again - a new record by Endlingr, whose Psychedelic Noise Rock surely lives up to the hype we hope to ignite here!

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Those who follow VoS closely will know the name Brave Arrows already because we have featured the band around Michael Socrates early on in our existence as a zine. And just like the last time, when we premiered their earlier release, we are more than happy to premiere the whole record of this If These Trees Could Talk side project!

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No this is not an advertisement for a new edition of Jon Snow-merchandise of the next unnecessary Game of Thrones-Sequel-Prequel-What-the-hellquel - this is the premiere of a studio session version of The Land of the Snow’s new single “Wrathful Offerings” and you will notice that this is much better than any of the above-quels!

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This band is the reason why Roadburn Festival must get back to the tradition of having bands perform music to famous old movies. What Sleepbomb has done for “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” borders on impossible because they are able to provide that special kind of grandezza and sparkle that such a movie needs yet never lacking the crunch and grip of a modern Post-Metal record. If anybody can out-perform Swans this year, this band might be it!

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What you get is what you expect. That could be a slogan for Sentient Ruin and its many bands that are still able to keep the very element of surprise alive within the very specific soundscape of the label between Industrial, Black and Death Metal. Uranium is another one of the gems that the label is giving us time and time again, and therefore we are more than happy to premiere the debut record of this one-man-project from the States!

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Many people care about Prog-Rock and modern Prog-Metal, many others don’t. Some people care about Art-Rock (for example from the early 80s) - others don’t. Not enough people care about a band like Dredg, while sometimes too many love the music Steven Wilson comes along with. All of these variables should be spoken to by the new record A Future Imperfekt by Northern Germany-based CMDR RIKR. Thus we give you a full record premiere for the five tracks out tomorrow!

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There are not a lot of rules here at VoS when it comes to what we publish and what not - but one of these rules is pretty clear: We do not have a “news segment” and we do not want to have one. But sometimes - as with our book specials - we need to break way from that rule a bit because the announcement involves something dear to our hearts and we give you a bit more. This time this little bit more is an interview with Chris Enriquez on the upcoming documentary by On the Might of Princes!

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It’s not as if we are trying to become an outlet for literature, no. But when something as intriguing as an attempt at a compendium of something as vast as the US Metal Underground comes around, we are all ears (in this case, rather eyes, ay?). When Alex Anesiadis is the author with all his knowledge of said topic then we are giving it an even closer look and if it’s as good as his book Heroes of the Metal underground then we cannot resist giving you an excerpt of it and announce that we’ll be doing an interview with him that you can be a part of!

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Is it a good idea to write a review about a record called Void when being on a positive, near-ecstatic swing? Well, we‘ll see, right? What is pretty clear is that KEN mode have done it again and are seemingly unable to deliver some shitty shit, as theirs is always awesome! Void is no exception to this!

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There is something in the waters of Berlin that makes for a very good and very diverse underground scene - come on, remember that the German capital is home to acts as diverse as The Ocean, Nadja, Ursular or Isoscope. Iso-who? Isoscope - a still young and mighty fresh act in between Joy Division and Don Caballero. VoS presents their new video today - so bookmark the guys!

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How often do we wonder where certain genres or trends come from, but cannot find a real answer? Well, it’s nearly impossible, right? But surely one can find some of the earliest roots if just looking for it? Yes. For example with Blackened Hardcore, one of the earliest examples is Spread the Disease from Ontario. The Canadians have a new record out soon and we are happy to present the previously unreleased song!

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One can say a lot about the Deftones and the quality of their live-performances, but their songwriting craft and Chino’s vocal style (as influenced by 80s shoegaze as it is) have surely left their mark on the music scene. Another project that surely listened to a fair share of the Sacramento-quintet is somei, a side-project of Breaths. We are proud to present their new video!

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