Author Archives: Dæv Tremblay

Monthly Recommendations: April 2018

by Dæv Tremblay

Chaos Echœs with Mats Gustafsson – Sustain

The collaboration, titled Sustain, is made of two parts of equal length that achieve a deranging, dense atmosphere that’s as far from black metal as it is from free jazz. The album is closer to dark ambient music, in general. Mats’ saxophone lines are most often drawn out and melancholic, and backed by the infinitely reverberating guitars, distorted bass, and hectic percussions of Chaos Echœs. I was expecting something bombastic, relentless, and heavy, but I am more than pleased to be surprised thusly.

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Cosmo Sheldrake – The Much Much

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Weekly Release Dump

by Dæv Tremblay

Saturday, 21

Inferi – Revenant (blackened technical death metal)

Japanski Premijeri – Rdeče pike (electro-jazz)

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Monday, 23

Shaving the Werewolf – One Way Ticket to Dick City (mathcore)

Veratrum – Visioni (progressive black metal)

Юрий Виноградов (Yuriy Vinogradov) – Сияющее всего ярче (Siyayushtsheye vsyego yarchye) / Shining the Most (neoclassical)

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EXCLUSIVE SONG PREMIERE: uSSSy – “Western” and Review of Voyage

by Dæv Tremblay

The Music

The Words

Moscow’s uSSSy is a long-time favourite of yours truly. Here’s a cringy post from 2013 as proof. Since their last album, Unsharp Mask, released now about five years ago, we weren’t certain that the ball was still rolling or if the group had decided to quit. A recent release of the band’s unreleased demos was an ominous sight, almost like the last nail in the coffin for uSSSy. I couldn’t have been more wrong, however, as they soon after announced the release of their newest work: Voyage.

Voyage takes off where Unsharp Mask left, … Read more

Weasel Walter, Epos Nemo Latrocinium, Jake Mehew, John Zorn, Leftyfish, Aseroe, Tower of Silence, Sectioned, and Japanski Premijeri

by Dæv Tremblay

Weasel Walter – Skhiizm

Weasel Walter is widely known for his involvement with many influential bands, playing mostly jazz and metal. Skhiizm is his latest release, and it’s a wild ride of experimental metal, with a lot borrowed from noise metal. The compositions are lots of fun, but one thing that irks me is the poor choice of drum samples – whether they were carelessly programmed or simply used an outdated sound library. If you can get behind that, however, you’ve got a pretty killer album!

Epos Nemo Latrocinium – Iter itineris III

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Cosmo Sheldrake – The Much Much How How and I

by Dæv Tremblay

The Music

The Words

London multi-instrumentalist, singer, and composer Cosmo Sheldrake released his debut full-length album earlier this month: The Much Much How How and I. The album shows the strong hand that Cosmo has on pop composition. Each of the fourteen songs on display are, in their own way, interesting, emotive, and full of ear hooks. I say “pop”, but the reality is deeper than that. Although many songs would definitely qualify as such, they are conveyed through a lush orchestration and a firm indie folk vibe; in the end, they are more than the sum of their … Read more