Tag Neurosis
Atmospheric, dark and heavy post-metal is what Codespeaker dispense. According to the band, “Scavenger” lacks the warmth of their first album, and is more vitriolic and desperate. The album starts with “Usud” (You). Shadow, haunting and heavy, the build-up is… Continue Reading →
Circumstances have led to three different writers covering the separate parts of this triptych of albums. That’s not a bad way to do things as it means different sources are likely to be noted and it gives a broad outlook… Continue Reading →
Earlier in the year, I wasn’t quite quick enough off the mark when Harvestman – Triptych Part One cropped up on the weekly email, and even if I really only wanted it because of the wildly out of place list… Continue Reading →
The journey of Ulcerate has been a fascinating one. The trio from New Zealand formed at the turn of the millennium, and can boast a consistent line-up since 2008s sophomore album “Everything Is Fire”. This stability has enabled the incremental… Continue Reading →
Harvestman is the project of Steve von Till, the long-standing member of Neurosis. The pretext behind these “instrumental psychedelic reveries” is an otherworldliness born of names like Flying Saucer Attack, Fairport Convention, Tangerine Dream, Bert Jansch, Steeleye Span and Hawkwind…. Continue Reading →
This album is described as a “concoction of melodic death metal and crust punk”, with the band’s style being likened to Black Sabbath, Entombed, Neurosis and High on Fire. This is the debut album from the no-frills, “three piece riff… 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 →
Comprised of Iggor Cavalera (ex-Cavalera Conspiracy, ex-Sepultura), Scott Kelly of Neurosis and Amenra’s Mathieu J. Vandekerckhove and Colin H. Van Eeckhout, Absent in Body is something of a post metal supergroup. Their debut album, Plague God, was recorded at Amenra… Continue Reading →
There’s a lot to unpick here when dissecting this, the third album from Bunuel, a supergroup of sorts from the malcontent, the ostracised, the damaged, the put upon, the depressed, the outliers, the three percent, the curious, the avant-garde and… Continue Reading →
Crust punk from Aðalbjörn Tryggvason of Solstafir and more guests than you can shake a stick at? Oh ok go on then, I’m game. The cover though seems to be trying a little too hard; an 80s pastiche with regulation… Continue Reading →
Arrgh. Genuinely hate being in this position, but it is what it is. Mannveira are Icelandic, a country and a music scene I have huge love and respect for. Frankly I want to live there but, hey, never will as… Continue Reading →
A release appeared in October 2020 and followed this Austrian band’s debut ‘Shareholder Of Shit’ released in February of 2020 both of which were pressed onto picture discs. The band defies categorisation on the five tracks here, something that was… Continue Reading →