Tag Psyche
Of all the wonderful music that 2021 has delivered to our ears when everything else has been far from getting back to normal, to say that Helheim’s eleventh (yes really) album comes with a great deal of anticipation would not… Continue Reading →
In the northern hemisphere, autumn is the time of the year when nature is at its most colourful, its most friendly. It’s neither extremely hot nor extremely cold, and there are field crops and fruit aplenty. Earth looks like a… Continue Reading →
Hooray and huzzah! Why the celebrations you may well ask. Well, for once I have a decent excuse for not having heard of a band that the editor sends me to review as it is new as opposed to one… Continue Reading →
The clue is in the album title, the artwork and the band name. “Psychedelic space lounge music” is what they call it. Electronic at the core, one of the influences is Kraftwerk. I can live with that. So too do… Continue Reading →
Just when you think blackened death metal cannot become more hideous, more horrifying along comes this disturbing Australian act hailing from Melbourne. I took the time to listen to their debut, ‘Entheognosis’’ before plunging into the murky world of their… Continue Reading →
The Mammuthus hail from the Swedish city of Trollhättan, which according to an online search is the seat of Trollhättan Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden, with 59,058 inhabitants in 2019. Well, what does that little bit of googling have to… Continue Reading →
Inspired by sci-fi Italian horror films and soundtracks, La Morte Viene Dallo Spazio are a space ritual project on a “free-form journey”. Psychedelic vibes and obscurity would seem to be the bywords here. Mystical and mysterious is how this work… Continue Reading →
2020 was a difficult year for most people and given the time, musicians in particular had to find their own different ways to deal with it. Many were very active on social media, posting blogs, lockdown videos, acoustic tracks and… Continue Reading →
Breaking out from your very own Groundhog Day and escaping the same old same old has gotten very difficult during the pandemic. A good album is a blessing in these times. It can transport you to another place, to another… Continue Reading →
Poland’s Sunnata deliver their fourth long player since their formation back in 2013. More than your straight-ahead doom band, they offer up a more rounded music experience that pulsates and immerses the listener. “Crows” opens the album with slightly psychedelic,… Continue Reading →
A new album by Alexander von Meilenwald’s highly revered Ruins Of Beverast is a pretty major event in the extreme music world and the follow up to the sublime ‘Exuvia’ of 2017 is an album that needs time and a… Continue Reading →
I’ll get this out the way early doors – “Splendidula”. Is it an artificial sweetener or a quote from either the B.F.G or Mary Poppins? No Sir or Madam, Splendidula is a Doom/Psyche/Sludge outfit from Genk in Belgium. Somnus is their third album following a self-titled release… Continue Reading →