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.
From Corners Unknown Compilation, Vol. II Now Available
Featuring 45 artists across the genres of death, black, and sludge metal, noise, crust, ritual ambient, and neofolk.
#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.
Album Review | Frozen Soul | Encased in Ice
Brutal, crushing death metal, riffs that you can’t help nodding your head to… Though Frozen Soul might not be redefining the death metal genre, they definitely know how to do it right.
Album Review | Ager Sonus | Mithra
With this stunning artisan masterwork of mesmerising atmospheric dark ambient music, German solo musician Thomas Langewehr beckons tantalisingly to each listener.
#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.
Album Review | Violet Cold | kOsmik
The saying goes: “In his house in R’lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.” After listening to “kOsmik,” I’m pretty sure Cthulhu’s writing vicious atmospheric metal.
#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.
Album Review | Pissgrave | Posthumous Humiliation
This sense of being pounded with a brick in your face does not end until you either put off the album or manage to make it to the final track.
#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.
Album Review | Candlemass | The Door To Doom
This album is just filled with so many great moments and while the writing manages to respect the time-honoured tradition of Candlemass’s well-known sound, the band really brings something new to the table with this release.
#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.