Author Andrew Doherty
The Harvest Moon is one of those single person black metal projects, where the subject is the anxiety of living in a complex civilisation. The individual behind this EP upped sticks in 2018 to experience off grid living in Western… Continue Reading →
This band’s previous self-titled album proved to be enjoyable and interesting fuel for the imagination with its range of experimental sound improvisations so it was good to hear that two years on, Tottumiskysymys has another work out there. For those… Continue Reading →
Colds winds rage across seas. That’s what they tell us. The sea seems to be at the heart of this debut album from Brazilian progressive black metal band Thermohaline. Creaking timbers on the waves set the scene, but turn into… Continue Reading →
We’re told to expect “8 tracks of primitive and soily sounds”, with the added threat that this will annihilate our nervous system. “Quiétude Hostile” is the Parisian blackened sludge band’s second album release. The apocalyptic nature of the dark heaviness… Continue Reading →
Inspired by sci-fi Italian horror films and soundtracks, La Morte Viene Dallo Spazio are a space ritual project on a “free-form journey”. Psychedelic vibes and obscurity would seem to be the bywords here. Mystical and mysterious is how this work… Continue Reading →
This is the fourth album release from Perennial Isolation, the atmospheric black metal band from Barcelona. On top of their album releases, this is a seasoned live band. After a sultry opener, the fire starts with “Autumn Legacy Underlying the… Continue Reading →
Petri Kuljuntausta is the founder of Akusmata, a sound art gallery in Helsinki, Finland. He is also an established composer and sound artist himself, and recently collated and edited the book “Sound, Art and Climate Change”, in which he… Continue Reading →
I saw Dvne play live in 2018, and recall it being a very dark experience of thunderous heaviness and post metal doom. Reading about them travelling “an epic dark sci-fi universe with hints of psychedelia” sounds about right. I also… Continue Reading →
An offshoot of Saor, Fuath’s atmospheric black metal takes its influence from original 90s black metal but also the harsh and rugged landscapes of Scotland and its cultural heritage. The artist behind Fuath quotes the ritual of walking through the… Continue Reading →
Akusmata is the name of a Sound Art Gallery in Finland. Open since 2012, its founder Petri Kuljuntausta, who is a sound artist and composer himself, arranges sonic exhibitions and concerts. Now he has collated and edited this book “Sound,… Continue Reading →
Here goes the second album release from US thrash metal crossover band Enforced. My expectation was of something lively. There really aren’t any secrets here. It’s hard-hitting thrash metal with strong riffs, hardcore influences, flamboyant solos, breakneck drumming and of… Continue Reading →
Born out of Dodecahedron, Dutch band Autarkh play “contemporary extreme metal”, reflecting the members’ backgrounds which range from metal to techno. The opening is dark, spooky and somewhere between industrial and cosmic. Unsurprisingly this leads into “Turbulence”, a darkly industrial… Continue Reading →