Godspeed You! Black Emperor ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!’ CD/LP/DD 2012
With characteristic little fanfare, Godspeed You! Black Emperor are back with album number four, an album that was announced the
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Stinking Lizaveta ‘7th Direction’ CD/LP 2012
Cult instrumental power-trio Stinking Lizaveta are back again with 7th Direction, their (surprise, surprise) seventh album, and the band are
Read More >>SardoniS ‘II’ CD/LP/Digital 2012
Good instrumental metal is hard to come by and so the arrival of the second SardoniS album is a welcome
Read More >>The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation ‘Egor’ CD/LP 2012
The experimental companion project to the ever-prolific The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble return with another in their line of dark, sprawling,
Read More >>Pelican ‘Ataraxia/Taraxis’ CDEP/12″ 2012
This EP from Pelican is a fairly tantalising glimpse of what we might be able to expect from the next
Read More >>Mehata Sentimental Legend ‘Noum Zeccyou’ DD 2011
A little something slightly off the beaten track for The Shaman here as Mehata Sentimental Legend from, where else, Japan
Read More >>Loincloth ‘Iron Balls Of Steel’ CD/LP 2012
This, my fine feathered friends, is IT. The album of 2012 already. Some EIGHT YEARS after their tantalising Southern Lord
Read More >>Earth ‘Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II’ CD/LP 2012
Let’s start by stating the obvious: Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II is a world away from Earth’s pivotal
Read More >>Thorun ‘Chorus Of Giants’ CDEP 2011
When Thorun’s “Reprise” EP hit the streets running in early 2011 I was surprised, nay indeed shocked, that an instrumental
Read More >>Mike Patton ‘The Solitude Of Prime Numbers’ OST CD 2011
Reviewing the soundtrack to a film that you’ve not seen presents a number of problems to the objective writer. Film
Read More >>Kerretta ‘Saansilo’ CD/LP 2011
‘Difficult Second Album’ syndrome can be a real bitch – Do you follow the same formula? Is this the right
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