Tag Aesthetic Death
It can’t be easy for any band practicing dark rites in deepest Russia right now and apart from a look to check they are not preaching warmongering politics we have to give them a pass without any form of prejudice…. Continue Reading →
It’s been a couple of years since Cave Dweller’s debut Walter Goodman (or the empty cabin in the woods) entered my unsuspecting ears. I gave it 9.5 out of ten despite finding it hard to describe the profound effect that Adam R Bryant’s… Continue Reading →
Another generous full CD from the label and another band unknown to me. A band who describe themselves as a metal band playing songs through the eyes of the dying and the cover sports an elephant about to crush a… Continue Reading →
Australian band Estrangement bring together the gloom of Funeral Doom Metal and the maudlin sorrowful tones of Neoclassical harmonies, to forge a sound that would also appeal to some of a Black Metal persuasion. Released on CD via Aesthetic Death… Continue Reading →
As Voivod once stated in a futuristic voice “We are connected” and although musically very different, that is what we have here, an epic album taking to the outer limits and providing a cautionary tale of the near future for… Continue Reading →
The fact that I could not get the CD sent to play on my PC was a sign. This meant that I had to stick it in my CD player – you know like we used to in the old… Continue Reading →
It’s nice when those little surprises pay off. As a teenager blind buying was commonplace for me, now in the digital age and with a wealth of Metal knowledge (if I do say so myself) there isn’t much I’m surprised… Continue Reading →
And once again you never know what you’ll get with an Aesthetic Death release but it will be different. And this album by the Finnish Vaina is certainly that. Amusingly their entry on Metal Archives just says black metal. Um…. Continue Reading →
Well this is Aesthetic Death so this EP is two tracks and around 25 minutes of music from this French progressive death/post metal band. Not a name I know but again, sometimes that’s good. Fresh ears. Track one, ‘Fanges’ is… Continue Reading →
Back in 2020 my ears were pummelled by the split Megalith Levitation did with fellow Russkies Dekonstructor and it served as a great stop gap after the previous year’s debut long player Acid Doom Rites. The trio have been mining the Ural Mountains once more to construct giant slabs… Continue Reading →
Music for a ritual, or a ritual set to music? Either of these descriptions could be viable as far as the strange world of Haiku Funeral are concerned and they are far from the easiest outfit to get to grips… Continue Reading →
It is time to step into our musical Tardis and arrive pitched up in Russia in the 17th Century when the Orthodox Church saw a divide between the traditionalists resisting changes and progress believing them to be the work of… Continue Reading →