Tag Cult Of Luna
“Recorded in the woods of Daknam”, we are told in the sleeve notes. I guess the grey and murky place in the cover picture is Daknam. The fuzzy ambient post rock haze which opens up this substantial work from this… Continue Reading →
The infinite joys of throwing Russian track titles at Google Translate and watching it explode is tempered somewhat by the bleak, monosyllables that emerge from it. Lumps of wording like “Stern Wind”, “Ice Storm, Ball Above Earth”, “In Black Sun… Continue Reading →
Four monstrous instrumental stories are laid before us. Gloomy and minimalist, this is doomy post-metal of a Cult of Luna kind. It’s all in the way that it’s done. “Onomatopeia” is handled with breathtaking sensitivity, moving quietly ambiently through dark… Continue Reading →
This half-hour dip into the doom-soaked, post-metal world of Anglo-Irish upstarts Raum Kingdom provides us with a brief glimpse of their combined passions for the music of Tool and Cult Of Luna. Much of the EP here is reliant on… Continue Reading →
Here are two tales of New Zealand’s darkest side in the form of a split album. First we have two tracks by Vassafor, starting with “Ossuary in Darkness”. It’s played in the spirit of black metal and makes such anarchic… Continue Reading →
This lengthy band name, which at first seems to be longer than the two tracks on the album, is in fact a collaboration of two bands. Trepaneringsritualen are an exponent of themes involving occult realms, while Sutekh Hexen, a black… Continue Reading →
I am a great fan of this Belgian band’s previous work “The Long Now” (2011). Its devastating swathes of sludgy sadness are just part of a electrifying progression. Like a book you don’t want to put down, the ever-changing moods… Continue Reading →
This well established Swiss act is a new proposition for me, and with the internet offering easy access to hear previous material I was tempted to do so but reading through the promotional literature accompanying the release I decided not… Continue Reading →
As a lady reads out a graphic description of a degenerating world, there’s a quiet build-up of post rock. It’s a familiar sound but the guitar ring has a sweetness in its echo. It’s gentle, and supported by delicate splatterings… Continue Reading →
The six tracks of this album by Polish band Fleshworld have been the result of four years work. It’s appropriate that such labour should result in post-metal. But there’s post-metal of the drawn out variety, and the sort which reaches… Continue Reading →
In the wake of Isis’s demise a few years ago, there was a sense of uncertainty that crept into the whole ‘post-metal’ scene. What had felt at one time to be an unstoppable juggernaut of colossal riffs, epic soundscapes, downtuned… Continue Reading →
A five-piece band came on stage and hypnotised me for 40 or so minutes with their hybrid but fluid fusion of hardcore, death and post metal, then disappeared as anonymously as they’d arrived. Research led me to the conclusion that… Continue Reading →