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Hopefully Author & Punisher aren’t new to any of you reading this. On the off chance that someone has been drawn in by the vaguely superhero sounding moniker I will give a truncated bio. Tristan Shone a mechanical engineer from… Continue Reading →
With each release, of which there are now numerous, it seems that this “dagger” has the German collective unsheathing and showing a bit more of themselves. We are still not on 1st name terms yet but the players are coming… Continue Reading →
Hearing Fotocrime’s third full-length Heart Of Crime and having no background information on the project’s origin, you would never guess that Ryan Patterson, the singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer behind the project, is from Louisville, Kentucky. On first listen, the… Continue Reading →
Bit of a Tricky one this, in more ways than one. Firstly, we are told that “It is a record for the single individual in a contemplative state,” no problems with that as the way things are many of us… Continue Reading →
I will admit that, despite the logo appearing familiar to me, Belgium’s Emptiness have not entered my auricular notice before. As such the dreamy, dark, post punk meets trip hop compositions of Vide do not surprise me so much as they would fans of the bands earlier Black and Death metal oeuvre …. Continue Reading →
Gong Wah are a trip. A trip back to the mid 60’ with stops in the 90’s and 70’s on the way wearing cocktail dresses, floaty kilts, dark shades and plaid shirts. This Cologne collective mix-up grunge, shoegaze and psychedelia with some New Wave spirit and… Continue Reading →
CNJR (pronounced Conjure) is the work of a nomadic music producer originally from the Pacific North West now relocated to Mexico. This album (c’mon I am not gonna type that out every time despite how wacky the title is) is his 2nd full… Continue Reading →
Okay, let’s address the elephant in the room. Ihsahn, of course, formed and fronted Norwegian black metal icons, Emperor. They need no further introduction. However, since 2006 Ihsahn has focussed his attention on his solo career, and although he teased… Continue Reading →
Fool’s Ghost are a band from Louisville, Kentucky, composed of two people only, husband and wife Amber and Nick Thieneman. And let me tell you straight from the beginning that they have delivered a stunning debut album with Dark Woven… Continue Reading →
Dylan Neal’s other band, Botanist, might not be to everyone’s taste (hammered dulcimer black metal anyone?) but it certainly makes a change from listening to a very long line of black-metal-o-likes queuing up to deliver their take on something that… Continue Reading →
Wiesbaden. Not the most exciting place on earth. Not today, at least. Fancy, though. And rich. The German town used to be very famous for its hot springs, and for being a bathing and gambling place. It was once called… Continue Reading →
Trip Hop is a funny beast. As sludge is to NOLA the heady mix of rhythmic dance, hip hop and electronica slithered from Bristol in the 90’s. How strange to hear it’s influence so heavy in End Christian. This is… Continue Reading →