Mini-Reviews VIII

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“Dead Ringers” is Horseback’s new and ablazin’ album. Coming out tomorrow, August twelfth, their special blend of psychedelic stoner doom is quite simply on point! Eighties-inspired synthesizers, eery clean vocals, atmospheric chorus-y guitars and minimal beats together create a strange new beast with its own volition, not unlike the horselike decapodal creature on the beautiful cover art of the album. I can’t underline this enough: you need this album in your life!
Coming out on the twenty-first of August, “Sonance” is Contemplator’s new album. If you don’t remember them, their 2013 self-titled release was delicious and surprising. With “Sonance”, the … Read more

Mini-Reviews VII: With Extra 33%

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I’ve had a really busy week with very few free time, so new albums piled up more than usual. Here are twelve new pieces of work I wanted to talk about!
Coma Cluster Void is a band that, since its inception, mustered a lot of hype, and I’m glad to say that Mind Cemeteries all but fails to meet the expectations. It’s a slab of violent, technical, brutal, dissonant, mathematical, avant-garde death metal that will more than satisfy most of you here. The songs are constructed to near perfection and every person’s role in the band is played just right … Read more

Monthly Recommendations: July 2016

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July was a great month full of good music so here’s the best of the best!
“Thank You Scientist are finally releasing their long-awaited third album, Stranger Heads Prevail, and it more than meets the expectations! I’ve been a fan of the band for a while, but their sound always begun to annoy me after a while, but this hasn’t happened yet with their new record! “Maps of Non-Existent Places” was a stellar album, but I think “Stranger Heads Prevail” surpasses it in every way. The songs seem more cautiously constructed, and all the elements of the band work together … Read more

Mini-Reviews VI

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It’s summer, okay? And I’ll do as many mini reviews as I want! ?
First up is Dutch band Adeia‘s new album, Serenity, coming out on September second. It’s a true hybrid between progressive death and black metal, with an abundance of strings, played by the singer and the keyboardist on violin and cello. Their emphasis on long songs – over half of the tracks on the album are above ten minutes -, allow them to really showcase that “progressive death metal” sound, a bit like earlier Opeth, with odd-time signature riffs and ever-changing song structure. It’s a … Read more

Mini-Reviews V

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There’s a lot of good stuff, so let’s dive right in!

Mike Oldfield‘s Incantations, 1978. I actually got the 1985 CD version for fifty cents, so I couldn’t let it go by. It’s a great, four-part, seventy-two-minute new age progressive rock song with touches of minimalism and world music. Here, we’re really in the golden age of prog, and it really shows in this mesmerizing composition and recording. If you don’t know the name, I highly suggest you find it on cassette, vinyl, CD, digital, hell I’m sure they did a Betamax tape version of it. It’s great!… Read more