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Monthly Recommendations: May 2016

by Dæv Tremblay

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Here’s the best, the best, the best, the best of Mayyy.

“Both discs of this album are fantastic, and get better with each listen. For an Instrumental album, Set Course For Andromeda is full of substance, without a need for vocals. If the rest of Sithu Aye’s discography is close to the level of quality of this album, then I’m in for a treat. Do yourself a favor and do not pass this one by.”
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“Projects II is Travis Orbin‘s third solo EP, and is somewhat a sequel to 2014’s Projects. This really is mathematical metal, … Read more

OSR: May 30th, 2016

by Dæv Tremblay

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Zygoma‘s The Highest Court is a progressive death metal album with mathcore elements to it that came out on May 17th. It’s got the heavies, it’s got the melodies, it’s got the mathies… It’s pretty good, check it out! Kel Valhaal‘s New Introductory Lectures on the System of Transcendental Qabala will release on July 15th, but the album was briefly available on Soundcloud so I got to listen to it in its entirety. Coming from Liturgy’s mastermind, it really doesn’t sound too different, except it’s all-electronic. Actually, it’s quite close to The Ark Work if it was programmed… Read more

Follow the White Rabbit – Endorphinia, an Analysis Of

by Dæv Tremblay

a3247440373_10I’ve been a huge fan of this band since November 2012, just a couple of weeks after the release of Endorphinia, their latest – and last – album. I can’t exactly remember how I discovered Follow the White Rabbit… Was it a friend’s recommendation? A blog mentioned it? A post on some music forum? I don’t know, but I just want to thank that person. Endorphinia has followed me through three years and a half now, and yet I never wrote a fully detailed review on it. I did mention it a couple times, here and there, … Read more

OSR: May 25th, 2016

by Dæv Tremblay

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This electroacoustic drone pop band from Montréal, Lying Light in the Quiet, released in early May their album, Recovery. It is a very nice, ambient experience. Every track here originates from an improvisation session, and was expanded into a full song. A pretty chill album.

Binary Code‘s Moonsblod is a decent alternative progressive metal album that will most likely attract fans of Periphery, Tesseract and other bands in that sort of melodic, djent-ish metal. A Matter of Perspective is Colliding Parallels‘ debut album. Even though it’s a bit rough around the edges, it’s definitely not bad.… Read more

OSR: May 19th, 2016

by Dæv Tremblay

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Here’s the latest in music weirderie.

Yvyy‘s sonnelism, landscape blends the signature 80’s down-pitched synthesizer leads of vaporwave with the traditional elements of black metal, resulting in some sort of black vapour. It’s an interesting aesthetic that they’re after here, and they’re definitely on to something. Listen to this for the very unique sound it has. Montreal prog is renowned for the prominence of its bassists, and here Heaven’s Cry are no different. Outcast is actually the band’s fourth full-length and continues the concept of “Wheels of Impermanence”, their last album. It’s a very well made album with some… Read more