#93 | Album Review | Inter Arma – Sulphur English
Sulphur English is utterly sullen and crushing, yet simultaneously intoxicating, triumphant, and revitalizing. It latches onto an ancient strand of DNA residing in each of us. And it strives to ignite a smoldering flame to illuminate an ancient path we have strayed.
#92 | Album Review | Nasheim – Jord och aska
A despondent expanse made verdant by its lush, transfixing melodies; a seamless wayfaring, Jord och aska harbors an elegant blissfulness sodden in melancholy.
#91 | Interview | Drano Cocktail (Droning, Ambient-Laden Harsh Noise)
Drano Cocktail satiates Ben Campbell’s drive for tinkering with sounds, mood palettes, and morose themes in liberating ways as he does not tether himself to a single noise style or flavor.
#90 | Album Review | Flowers for Bodysnatchers – Alive with Scars
From the eerie crawl of nausea-inducing orchestral strings to the gaping maw of hopeless black ambience and the bone-piercing industrial beats, Alive with Scars harbors tones immediately familiar to those acquainted with Duncan’s work, though it simultaneously treads new sonic terrain, bringing us closer toward understanding his existence with Multiple Sclerosis.
#89 | Album Review | Beaten to Death – Agronomicon
Characterized by a turbulent mishmash of genres and styles, the experimental, melodic grindcore quintet Beaten to Death erect a unique tone that is as disorienting as it is blissful.
#88 | The Noise Perspective | Dead Twin (Devastating Harsh Noise/Power Electronics)
Dead Twin digs into his early days of experimenting with noise. He describes his piercing sound, some of his wildest live shows, and he touches on some key influences, in particular, the Japanese noise scene.
#87 | Album Review | Veilburner – A Sire to the Ghouls of Lunacy
Etched into this album’s enigmatic fabric are dizzying patterns of electronic soundscapes, an unflinching quantity of bizarre timbres and transitions, and a keen sense of mania.
#86 | The Noise Perspective | Worm Monolith (Harsh Rhythmic Noise)
The first episode in a new podcast series where artists perform a live set shortly after discussing their music and process.
#85 | Album Review | LORN – REMNANT
A moodboard of tones, soundscapes, electronic planes and spires protruding into the not too distant future, REMNANT ensconces listeners in a cyberpunk reality.
#84 | Interview | Grave Blankets (Striking Ambient/Noise Mood Palettes from Philadelphia)
Grave Blankets discuss the piecing together of their debut EP. They describe how the band formed and they also articulate an intriguing notion whereby each member’s contributions to the band’s output are for the collective of the outfit and not for egotistical inflation.
#83 | Album Review | BLACK BILE – Dead Leaves Before An Angry Wind
Interspersed throughout the frigid void writhing, feverish outbursts of death industrial erupt and sometimes, molten heaps of sheet metal eek to create scathing harsh noise textures.
#82 | Album Review | Det Eviga Leendet – Lenience
The unbridled melancholy pouring from each individual note swirls together to forge a blizzard of biting anguish, though amidst the relentless gales, moments of sunlight manage to break through.
#81 | Album Review | Xerxes The Dark – Tower Of Silence
We tread through eons of cobwebs and dust accumulating in the Tower Of Silence and attempt to unearth its dreary secrets.
#80 | Interview | WORM MONOLITH (Harsh Rhythmic Noise)
Worm Monolith dives into his eponymous LP, providing us details as to what transpires in his album’s narrative. He also provides us a glimpse into his future output, illuminating how his sound will evolve, and where his story will travel next.
#79 | Album Review | Aneurysm – Awareness
We delve into the ten tracks of unfettered punk energy pouring from Awareness and marinate in its slop of slurred notes, all while getting eviscerated by its chunky rhythms and unhinged ramblings.