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Author: Daniel Pietersen

Llyn Y Cwn 'Du Y Moroedd'
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Review: Llyn Y Cwn ‘Du Y Moroedd’

18th April 202226th May 2022 Daniel Pietersen Ambient, Cold Spring Records, Llyn Y Cwn, Soundscapes

If you want to draw my attention to your album of ambient field recordings, then you can do worse than

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Emma Ruth Rundle 'Orpheus Looking Back' EP
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Review: Emma Ruth Rundle ‘Orpheus Looking Back’ EP

25th March 20224th May 2022 Daniel Pietersen Acoustic, Emma Ruth Rundle, Folk, Sargent House

It seems strange, in this digital era, to continue to think of music as albums, EPs, and singles. Even when

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Emma Ruth Rundle ‘Engine Of Hell’
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Review: Emma Ruth Rundle ‘Engine Of Hell’

2nd November 202115th December 2021 Daniel Pietersen Acoustic, Emma Ruth Rundle, Folk, Sargent House

I often like to start these reviews with a little preamble, something to set the scene for what is coming.

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Lingua Ignota ‘Sinner Get Ready’
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Review: Lingua Ignota ‘Sinner Get Ready’

4th August 202110th December 2021 Daniel Pietersen Experimental, Kristin Hayter, Lingua Ignota, Sargent House

Some gigs become more than simply a band playing their music for an audience. Some gigs reach beyond mere entertainment

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Wardruna ‘First Flight Of The White Raven’
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Review: Wardruna ‘First Flight Of The White Raven’

9th April 202124th May 2021 Daniel Pietersen By Norse Music, First Flight Of The White Raven, Folk, Wardruna

If you think living without live music for the last year or so and relying on a handful of web-only

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Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou 'The Helm Of Sorrow'
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Review: Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou ‘The Helm Of Sorrow’ EP

15th February 202115th March 2021 Daniel Pietersen Emma Ruth Rundle, Sacred Bones Records, The Helm Of Sorrow, Thou

It feels weird, and faintly damning, to start a review with the phrase ‘more of the same’ but when that’s

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Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou 'May Our Chambers Be Full'
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Review: Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou ‘May Our Chambers Be Full’

12th November 202015th December 2020 Daniel Pietersen Emma Ruth Rundle, May Our Chambers Be Full, Sacred Bones Records, Thou

Collaborative albums can be curious beasts. They often either present themselves as chimerae, their various parts combined but distinctive and

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Anna von Hausswolff ‘All Thoughts Fly’
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Review: Anna Von Hausswolff ‘All Thoughts Fly’

7th October 20206th November 2020 Daniel Pietersen All Thoughts Fly, Anna von Hausswolff, Avant-Garde, Experimental, Southern Lord

When I first saw Anna von Hausswolff live, in the huge space of Tilburg’s 013 venue, what struck me most

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Ulver ‘Flowers Of Evil’
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Review: Ulver ‘Flowers Of Evil’

23rd September 202026th October 2020 Daniel Pietersen Flowers Of Evil, House Of Mythology, Synth, Ulver

I have a problem with Ulver. I simply cannot get enough of them. This may, at first glance, seem like

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Vile Creature ‘Glory, Glory! Apathy Took Helm!’
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Review: Vile Creature ‘Glory, Glory! Apathy Took Helm!’

22nd June 202031st July 2020 Daniel Pietersen Doom, Glory! Glory! Apathy Took Helm!, Prosthetic Records, Sludge, Vile Creature

Vile Creature’s latest full-length begins with a howl of such ferocity that, even if the rest of the album’s forty-four

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Cold In Berlin ‘Rituals Of Surrender’
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Review: Cold In Berlin ‘Rituals Of Surrender’

31st December 201923rd January 2020 Daniel Pietersen Cold In Berlin, Doom, Gothic, New Heavy Sounds, Rituals Of Surrender

Cold In Berlin’s previous album, The Comfort Of Loss & Dust, was one of my favourite releases from 2015. Something

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