Tag Aesthetic Death
I am guessing the title here refers to being so beaten down by life the only way of coping with it is being euphoric. A way of dealing with hopeless anxiety before the crash down at the other side. Seems… Continue Reading →
I have been lucky enough to review the last two Pando releases so it was with great pleasure that I opened the quite frankly beautifully packaged gatefold CD of Rites. Pando are artists in both the musical and physical sense. … Continue Reading →
Another artist on the Aesthetic Death roster who are new to me. Well, that’s kind of how it goes for this idiosyncratic label, and all power to them as they release some real head-scratching, soul punching, brain tingling albums. And… Continue Reading →
All hail Hecate “the goddess of magic, witchcraft, the night, moon, ghosts and necromancy”. It is not in an Enthroned sense here and this is no black metal album but a journey into dark ambient from a practitioner in deepest… Continue Reading →
There are a few bands called Cave Dweller. As you may expect from the name, they are mainly dark sludgy heavy gloomy types. This however is a solo project by the quite brilliant and not heavy at all. Adam R Bryant of… Continue Reading →
Continuing to lovingly bring Esoteric’s albums to life on vinyl Aesthetic Death have now breathed fresh air into the group’s 3rd full length Metamorphogenesis. It is a somewhat odd release even by this band’s standards. For a start it is… Continue Reading →
I gotta say that I am not that well versed in Russian metal. For such a vast country with such a huge impact on world history and culture, the red land has not made much of an impression on my listening habits. … Continue Reading →
The last time I encountered Nagaarum was in 2018, when this one-man ambient experimentalist released “Apples”. To be truthful, I found that one a bit too obscure but was pleased to have the chance to listen to more of Nagaarum’s… Continue Reading →
Space, the final frontier… well it is as far as Starless Domain are concerned. For some who decide to take a trip to the fringes of the universe with them it was not the easiest of journeys. The US based… Continue Reading →
“Last days of Rome are here!” The runes were ignored and the ruin sets in. Numerological significance of VXII is an anagrammandolo of the cursed number 17 VIXI in Latin translating to roughly “I lived” then “died”. Take from that… Continue Reading →
This bombastically titled album from Alaskan band Yaldabaoth ’is a study of disgust, contempt, and mockery for all of religion’s existential justifications. The frenzied fury of the opening track “Fecund Godhead Deconstruction” puts us well and truly in the mood…. Continue Reading →
This three piece from Minsk have released their third album of crushing sludgy doom on Aesthetic Death Records. Loping, lumbering riffs clamber over thunderous drums and rib rattling bass as Reido spin tales of despair and desolation. Just what is… Continue Reading →