Antony & the Johnsons - The Crying light [Secretly Canadian,2009] Genre: Chamber pop, ambient pop , cabaret Album Review by Goresonic Μετά από το περυσινό ep του ο Antony επανέρχεται με καινούργιο δίσκο που θα κυκλοφορήσει στα μέσα του τρέχοντος μήνα.Για το δίσκο δεν θέλω

The Phantom Band - Checkmate Savage [chemikal underground, 2009] genre: experimental rock, krautrock, indie, folk, post-rock, post-punk, rock n roll, dark Album Review by Sovereign Ντεμπούτο για τους Σκωτσέζους, από την Γλασκόβη. Ένας παράξενος δίσκος που μπλέκει πολλές ό

As I said (in Greek) for the previous release “unconquered” , Eric, research the interminable spectrum of ambient sounds and repeated drone guitars. He tries to search the use of guitar as unique generator of tone. Using real-time looper he manufactures soundscapes and basi

Fennesz — Black Sea [Touch, 2008] genre: drone, noise, experimental Album Review by [thezeroeffect] I find it a bit difficult revewing a Fennesz album, given he is one of my favourite musicians. There is little I can actually say. However, Black Sea came out just in the n

Nachtmystium - Assassins Black Meddle Pt. 1 [Century Media Records, 2008] Genre: black metal Album review by Edenbeast Αυτό είναι κύριοι το black metal και χωνέψτε το. Το black είναι ανοιχτόμυαλο απ τη φύση του. Δε χωράνε παρωπίδες. Το παρών δισκάκι, όπως και αρκετά που α

SATYRICON - The Age Of Nero Roadrunner Records Genre: black metal Album review by Edenbeast Η πολυαναμενόμενη κυκλοφορία από τους νορβηγούς Satyricon είναι εδώ και η δίψα για κάτι καλό μετά το απογοητευτικό για τους περισσότερους Now,Diabolical μεγάλη. Και με μεγάλη ανακο

Krallice – krallice [Profound lore 2008] genre: black metal Album Review by Edenbeast Η Αμερικάνικη μπάντα φρέσκια φρέσκια που δημιουργήθηκε από τους Mick Barr (of Orthrelm and Ocrilim) και Colin Marston (of Behold… The Arctopus and Dysrhythmia) έβγαλε το ντεμπούτο album

Mourning Beloveth - A Disease for the Ages [Prophecy Productions, 2008] Genre: Doom, Death Metal Album review by Edenbeast Μετά το A Murderous Circus έχουμε την επιστροφή των ιρλανδών doomsters με ένα πραγματικά καταπληκτικό δίσκο. Melancholic doom με death φωνητικά και α

Jason Crumer - Ottoman Black [Hospital Productions, 2008] Genre : Noise,Harsh Noise Album Review by [thezeroeffect] Jason Crumer’s Ottoman Black is in my opinion one of the best records of 2008. Is is certainly one of the better noise records i’ve heard in some time now.

Lights Out Asia – Eyes Like Brontide [n5MD, 2008] genre: ambient, post-rock, shoegaze, electronica, downtempo Album Review by Sovereign Με το που δεις το εξώφυλλο μπαίνεις κατευθείαν στο νόημα. Ξέρεις ακριβώς τι θ ακούσεις. Μια δόση από Mogwai αλλά με περισσότερο beat και

Hototogisu – Pale Fatal Sister [Important, 2008] genre: drone, noise, experimental Album Review by |kollaps| British underground archbishop Matthew Bower (of Skullflower) and American drone goddess Marcia Basset (of Zaimph, Double Leopards and GHQ) team up once again usin

The sound of Torche can be described simply as Heavy. No more details. It is heavy metal, stoner rock, doom metal, punk, sludge or something else…? Who cares, it is HEAVY! And that’s enough. Clean vocals that can fit with the pop stoner sounds. Acceleration, rhythm, beats

Burst – Lazarus Bird [Relapse, 2008] genre: sludge, progressive, metal, post-hardcore Album Review by Sovereign They are fantastic, and they define intelligent sludge metal. The Swedish band has a progressive and technical attitude, and this year’s release is a bit better

Stefan Betke, aka Pole and founder of ~scape, one of Berlin’s most eclectic electronic labels, is among the few artists responsible for the creation of the minimal, electronic dub music along with Rhythm & Sound, Basic Channel and Monolake. October saw the reissue of Pole’

Skream – Watch the Ride [Harmless, 2008] genre: dubstep Coinciding with the last party of FWD>> + RINSE at the End club in late October, dubstep’s wunderkind Skream’s latest mix for the Watch The Ride mix cd series is a heavy thing to digest! 28 tracks crammed into one di

Grouper – Dragging a dead deer up a Hill [Type, 2008] genre: drone, shoegaze Portland-based artist Grouper, aka Liz Harris, has been releasing some stuff of sublime beauty since 2005. With Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill (Type) she redefines her signature sound (interlocki

Ocoai – Breatherman [Missing Words, 2008] genre: post-rock, post-metal, sludge, instrumental Album Review by Sovereign Pelican, the Pax Cecilia, Mono και GY!BE. Αξίζει και με το παραπάνω να του ρίξετε ένα αυτι. Είναι σαν ν’ ακούς το Australasia με περισσότερο ambient ήχου

xabier erkizia - [spam detect] [Hamaika, 2008] genre: noise, electronica Album Review by [thezeroeffect] I’ve had this cd for quite some time,but haven’t gotten round putting a couple of lines together until now. The nice people of Hamaika a record label from Bilbao, in t

Looking back at their output these last seventeen years, you must be wondering what a brand new Stereolab album has to offer… Well, Chemical Chords (4AD) isn’t what one could call a departure from their usual, distinctive and beloved methods and techniques. Fast, lush and

Esoteric – the Maniacal Vale [Season of Mist, 2008] genre: doom metal, death metal, ambient metal Album Review by Sovereign Ένας δίσκος τεράστιος. 142!!!!! λεπτά ατόφιου, σκληρού και ατμοσφαιρικού doom metal. Δεν υπάρχει λόγος να αναλωθώ σε αναλύσεις και φανφάρες. Ο δίσκο

Hot on the heels of their excellent latest pair of releases It’s After Dark and Resin and an intense touring schedule, comes Religious Knives’ new album on Thurston Moore’s Ecstatic Peace! label. The four new yorkers, prominent memebers of the NY underground (founding memb

Isengrind, TwinSisterMoon, Natural Snow Buildings – The Snowbringer Cult [Students Of Decay, 2008] genre: drone, experimental, abstract, ambient, avant-garde Album Review by |kollaps| After a string of strictly limited and long sought cdr and cassette releases, The Snowbr

Voyager – Voyager EP [Forgotten, 2008] genre: post-metal, post-hardcore, doom, progressive EP Review by Sovereign Οι Voyager είναι μια νέα μπάντα από την Βοστόνη. Αυτή η κυκλοφορία είναι η πρώτη τους και με το πρώτο άκουσμα κατάφερε να με καθηλώσει. Όπως γράφουν και οι ίδ

Heavy Heavy Low Low – Turtle Nipple and the Toxic Shock [Ferret, 2008] genre: screamo, post-hardcore, math, grind Album Review by Sovereign HHLL is a really heavy band, but not at all low… This album is one of the best screamo albums of the year and the energy they promot

Grails – Doomsdayer’s holiday [Temporary Residence, 2008] genre: post-rock, instrumental, experimental rock, ethnic, psychedelic Album Review by Sovereign We have 2 older album reviews from Grails into this blog, this one about 2007 release burning off impurties and this