Fantastic Swimmers Concertography – Concerto Grosso #13 (avant-garde jazz)
Galahad – Empires Never Last Rerelease (progressive rock)
Heritage of Unrest – Thalamus EP (progressive metalcore, rapcore)
Oksennus – Älä luovuta koskaan (avant-garde metal)
… Read moreNOT MUSIC: Potmos Hetoimos – Vox Medusae‘s One-Month Anniversary
It has already been a month since the release of Vox Medusae, and it has been very impressive and amazing to see your response to it. Many of you bought the album, either digitally or physically, and many more downloaded it for free on either mine or Potmos Hetoimos‘s bandcamp page.
We still have some digipaks left, and they’re still at the same low prices. With regards to shipping, we actually overshot our estimate and will be reviewing our flat rate down for future sales. That is, if you intend to buy a digipak, it will be even … Read more
Countdown from Ten, Hexecutor, Mungion, Bruit ≤, Szilárd Mezei Túl a Tiszán Innen Ensemble, Xander Naylor, Earthmass, Avast, and Outre-Tombe
Countdown from Ten – Speakeasy Petting Zoo
This Pennsylvania instrumental trio delivers some nasty math rock-tinged post-hardcore on their debut EP Speakeasy Petting Zoo. It’s in your face but also in your mind, thanks to interesting riff ideas, time signatures, and song structures. There’s quite a show of proficiency from each instrumentalist here, so strap in and prepare for a good time!
Hexecutor – Poison, Lust and Damnation
What would you say about some blackened thrash metal with a rather old school sound and vocals lifted straight from Adventure Time? The latter trait refers to the high-pitched squeals of … Read more
Weekly Release Dump
Saturday, 6 October
自決 9 6 (Jiketsu kyū roku) – → (Rightwards Arrow) (vaporwave, experimental)
Dublin, Ireland
Sunday, 7
Alfa Mist – 7th October (Epilogue) EP (jazz-hop)
UK
Bruit ≤ – Monolith EP (post-rock)
Toulouse, France
On Elusive Sound
Mononeon – “She Was Round & Brown” Single (experimental jazz, hip-hop)
Memphis, Tennessee
My Deathbed – The Thin Line between Sanity and Insanity EP (depressive black metal, noise)
Greece
… Read moreLeonov – Wake
The Music
The Words
Leonov, from Oslo, Norway, is a band that calls itself a blend of post-rock and metal. Wake is set to be their second release, after a self-titled album in 2014, and will be out on Fysisk Format on October 26. The quintet is made of Tåran Reidal on vocals and keyboards, Ole Jørgen Reindal and Rune Gilje on guitars, Morten Kjelling on bass, and Jon-Vetle Lunden on drums. It’s the first time I’m acquainted with the band, but a few minutes only sold me on it. Let’s see what it’s all about…
Wake commences rather … Read more