Tag Neurosis
What an irresistible pairing! It’s one you’d never dream to put together, but upon hearing of Jarboe and Helen Money’s collaboration you can’t help but think about how right it feels and marvel at how this hasn’t always been an… Continue Reading →
Wells Valley, sounds like it could be somewhere in Texas or maybe a leafy gated community in deepest, darkest most expensive Surrey. Nope the band who have adopted this particular moniker reside in Portugal and play what they describe as… Continue Reading →
Funeral doom is the ultimate slow-burn and, as a result, always has the same impending potential as that drifting iceberg lying in wait for the Titanic. It can be a long wait in cold dark waters but when the crunch… Continue Reading →
After half a dozen albums and splits in the past five years you’d expect Downfall of Gaia to have things nailed down but this latest platter still manages to surpass expectations like a meteor gatecrashing the local firework display. Previous… Continue Reading →
I guess if you put Atriarch’s musical philosophy into words it would be “We’re fucked.” At least that’s my impression from this their third album and first for Relapse. This flat, doom riddled expression though is pushed differently enough even… Continue Reading →
With so many cookie-cutter bands around jumping into the nearest genre and ‘paying homage’ to all that has gone before, it’s sometimes difficult to get your head around exactly where a band like Sólstafir is coming from. Like all things… Continue Reading →
0 is a compilation of two earlier EPs (2007 ‘s Interlude Premier and 2012 ‘s Interlude Second) from French doom/death/space drone act Monolithe. They add in a couple of short (for them) bonus tracks for the completeists too which is… Continue Reading →
Day 2 Sat 3rd May Well this was an odd day for me I’m afraid. Good intentions had gone out of the window and distracted by Bristol we arrived late for… well the first half I’m afraid. Still, for me… 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 →
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 →
Its records like this that make this whole album reviewing business feel worthwhile. Seemingly coming out of nowhere and promising big things, it is hugely refreshing to find that – for once – the label hyperbole regarding an album is… Continue Reading →
If only there was another way of describing the various forms of ‘post’ black metal without being as totally dismissive and casually offensive as that description implies. It’s a label that’s almost impossible to get excited about and suggests a… Continue Reading →