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Purl – Under Isen [Deep Ambient]
Some of the most sublime ambient music I’ve heard since discovering Thom Brennan and Deaf Center. … Continue readingPurl – Under Isen [Deep Ambient]
Surprise: Hail Spirit Noir’s retro-electronic album “Mannequins” rules
Take me back to the 80s why don’t you! This album reminds me of a long lost John Carpenter movie soundtrack. -A reviewer on Bandcamp “Mannequins” is usually described as
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Special Feature: The Metal Gods Of Psychedelic Black Metal (PBM)
Omniabsence Filled by His Greatness by Inferno Introduction to PBM As a longtime fan of extreme metal and underground music, I was blown away to realize I’d missed out some
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Winterfylleth – Æfterield-Fréon / Aefterield Freon [Acoustic Guitar] [Cello] [Neoclassical]
The Threnody of Triumph (Remastered) by Winterfylleth
Sola Translatio – Mother Sunrise [Atmospheric Ambient]
Italian ambient legend Alio Die (Stefano Musso) and lesser-known … Continue readingSola Translatio – Mother Sunrise [Atmospheric Ambient]
Thy Darkened Shade [Greek Black Metal]
A new standard for (evil) black metal. Liber Lvcifer I: Khem Sedjet by Thy Darkened Shade Thy Darkened Shade may only have two albums and a couple of compilation tracks
Cosmic Putrefaction [Sci-Fi Blackened Death Metal] [Italy]
After determining Norway’s Issolei was my favorite discovery of 2021, I realized I should have called it a tie with Cosmic Putrefaction. The Horizons Towards Which Splendour Withers by COSMIC
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Desiderii Marginis – Revisiting the legendary Swedish dark ambient project
A master of the traditional Swedish dark ambient sound, Desiderii Marginis continues releasing profoundly beautiful and dark music in 2021. … Continue readingDesiderii Marginis – Revisiting the legendary Swedish dark ambient project
NSV 2021 Band of the Year: Issolei
Issolei is an experimental, blasting, acrobatic-riffing, melodic-and-dissonant black metal band from Norway. I see people comparing them to Deathspell Omega, but I hear more of an original blend of various