Tag Post Rock
Over the past twenty years or so Sólstafir have garnered an enviable reputation within the metal community, with a fan base that crosses genres, matching their indomitable, hard to define style. Starting out as a black metal outfit, albeit with a… Continue Reading →
Instrumental rock bands from Australia are not such an unusual phenomenon. sleepmakeswaves and We Lost the Sea are the two who come first to my mind. While Black Aleph draw inspiration from post-metal, which is common for instrumental bands, the… Continue Reading →
Machukha is Ukrainian for Stepmother and the band fuse together elements of Post Black Metal, Post Hardcore and Punk (which is from their blurb) to make a quite magnificent sound. I would add that there are elements of Neo Folk… Continue Reading →
On the face of it, this one sounds right up my street and possible other people’s. Finnish trio Šamane specialise “dark halls of cold alternative rock, grieving tones and mesmeric soundscapes”. “Solstice” is their third album release. The minimalist deep… Continue Reading →
This Australian instrumental post-rock band has carved out a reputation for their music and also for their extensive touring and appearances at festivals across the world. I am familiar with the band’s 2017 album “Made of Breath Only”, since when… Continue Reading →
Well, this is a difficult one. Maybe I’m having trouble rating the album because it’s neither metal nor dark nor extreme and thus different from the majority of the stuff we review. Or maybe the difficulties that I’m having stem… Continue Reading →
The concept behind this second album by the Glaswegian band Sgàile is interesting: “Traverse the Bealach is that of a nomadic traveller in post-apocalyptic Scotland, trying to figure out his fate and facing the elements while travelling north, battling inner… Continue Reading →
This came as a double album I and II so there’s a lot to go at. The titles of these instrumental pieces are succinct: Hope – Dreams – Sorrow – All – Fear – Grief – None – Truth –… Continue Reading →
Treebeard are from the same progressive post-rock stable as sleepmakewaves, We Lost the Sea and other similar Australian artists. This album, which is the band’s debut, was released two years ago and now being re-released. Mystical sounds accompany the opening… Continue Reading →
Oscillating Forest is the third of altogether four full-length albums by Australians Tangled Thoughts of Leaving that I have reviewed. Having also seen them live once, one could say that I’m well familiar with the band and their output. Their… Continue Reading →
Jazz meets psychedelia. Alternative meets progressive rock. That’s the billing of this album from Italy’s Klidas, who were formed in 2014. Upon reading that this album “represents a path of transcendence”, I set off on the journey. With a calming… Continue Reading →
Last album ‘Phase IV’ from this Viennese based project really seemed to speak to me with its mixture of post rock and industrial rooted numbers. They were all of a lengthy running time and sprawled like soundscapes over wide vistas…. Continue Reading →