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Plurals ‘Bugenès Melissae’ LP/DD 2014

18th February 20143rd September 2019 Caspian Yurisich 2014, Ambient, Bugenès Melissae, Caspian Yurisich, Digital, Drone, Experimental, LP, Oaken Palace Records, Plurals, Review

Long form droney ambient occupies a pretty similar space to things like raw black metal, modern art, brutal death metal,

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Deathstench / Trepaneringsritualen – Split LP 2013

10th February 20143rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2013, Atmospheric, Black Metal, Deathstench, Drone, Experimental, Malignant Records, Noise, Paul Robertson, Psychedelic, Review, Split LP, Thomas Martin Ekelund, Trepaneringsritualen

The sound of Deathstench is a blacker-than-black choking miasma, a caustic cocktail of hissing, seething white noise, ice-cold black metal

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Empty Flowers ‘The Air You Found’ CD 2014

8th February 20143rd September 2019 Caspian Yurisich 2014, Avant-Garde, Caspian Yurisich, CD, Dark, Dub, Empty Flowers, Experimental, Remix, Review, The Air You Found, Translation Loss Records

From what I can tell, no one really likes remixes (this isn’t going to be a hugely negative review, so

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Lethe ‘When Dreams Become Nightmares’ CD/LP/DD 2014

6th February 20143rd September 2019 Dave Bowes 2014, Avant-Garde, CD, Dave Bowes, Debemur Morti Productions, Digital, Experimental, Lethe, LP, Review, When Dreams Become Nightmares

Not to be confused with Japanese field recorders, Greek punks or however many other Lethe’s happen to be kicking about,

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Sunn O))) & Ulver ‘Terrestrials’ CD/LP/DD 2014

5th February 20143rd September 2019 Ross Horton 2014, Ambient, CD, Digital, Drone, Experimental, LP, Review, Ross Horton, Southern Lord, Sunn O))), Terrestrials, Ulver

It’s pretty easy to both overplay and underestimate the level of quality in the recorded output of both of these

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Manes ‘Teeth, Toes And Other Trinkets’ CD/LP/DD 2014

29th January 20143rd September 2019 Dave Bowes 2014, Atmospheric, Avant-Garde, CD, Compilation, Dave Bowes, Debemur Morti Productions, Digital, Experimental, LP, Manes, Review, Teeth Toes And Other Trinkets

On the surface, Manes have been very quiet for the past five years, the eclectic ‘How The World Came To

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Alkerdeel / Gnaw Their Tongues ‘Dyodyo Asema’ CD/LP/DD 2014

24th January 20143rd September 2019 Kevin Kentie 2014, Alkerdeel, Consouling Sounds, Digital, Drone, Dyodyo Asema, Experimental, Gnaw Their Tongues, Kevin Kentie, LP, Mories, Noise, Review

Two of the most vile creatures from the low countries ( The Netherlands and Belgium) have joined forces on one

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Album & EP Reviews K 

KK Null / Ore – Split 7″ 2013

22nd January 20143rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2013, Adam Stone, Drone, Endtyme Records, Experimental, KK Null, Noise, ORE, Review, Split 7"

This deceptively innocent looking seven inch diameter plastic disc, brought to us by the fine High Peak-based label Endtyme Records,

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Imbogodom ‘Metafather’ LP/DD 2013

21st January 20143rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2013, Alexander Tucker, Atmospheric, Daniel Beban, Digital, Experimental, Imbogodom, LP, Metafather, Paul Robertson, Psychedelic, Review, Thrill Jockey Records

Wreathed in trails of hissing, echoing analogue delay and the dust of years, Metafather is haunted, haunted by the ghosts

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Men Of Fortune ‘Time Lovingly Bled’ LP 2013

6th January 20143rd September 2019 Caspian Yurisich 2013, Bird Dialect Records, Caspian Yurisich, Experimental, LP, Men Of Fortune, Post-Rock, Progressive, Review, Time Lovingly Bled

Men Of Fortune – hard to pigeonhole, hard to review. They sort of sound like a lot of things, but

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Album & EP Reviews W 

When The Deadbolt Breaks ‘Drifting Towards The Edge Of Earth’ CD 2013

4th January 20143rd September 2019 Kevin Kentie 2013, CD, Doom, Drifting Towards The Edge Of The Earth, EarOne Productions, Experimental, Heavy, Kevin Kentie, Review, When The Deadbolt Breaks

When The Deadbolt Breaks present us with a double album here. The first disc consists of eight tracks, while the

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