Category Archives: Music

The Lion’s Daughter, Manta, Void Eater, Eli Wallace, Frontierer, Neckbeard Deathcamp, 春ねむり, The Bepis Brothers, and Elaine the Singer

by Dæv Tremblay

The Lion’s Daughter – Future Cult

Kiara impressed with their 2016 album Existence Is Horror, yet they surprise with their 2018 Future Cult. By putting aside some part of their sound to make space for the inclusion of synth horror—for lack of a better term—, the St Louis band manages to conjure a new aspect of their character. The sawtooths merge well with the dissonant distorted guitars, the near-constant blast beats, and the guttural vocals. Get on this.

Manta – Manta

There are few things better than uncovering a new experimental jazz band. Rimouski’s Manta quartet—saxophone, electric bass, … Read more

Weekly Release Dump

by Dæv Tremblay

Saturday, 21

Marunata – Dernières réminiscences (atmospheric black metal)

Morrow – The Weight of These Feathers (atmospheric black metal, post-metal)

Read our review.

Neckbeard Deathcamp – White Nationalism Is for Basement Dwelling Losers (antifa black metal)

निर्माण (Nirmāaṇ) – Indian Electric Station (world fusion)

Perplextus Joans – Out the Lights (experimental rock)

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EXCLUSIVE SONG PREMIERE:
The Mercury Tree & Cryptic Ruse –
“The Cold Flame Burns”

by Dæv Tremblay

The Music

The Words

Ever since their inception, The Mercury Tree has moved from an alternative metal band towards more and more obscure progressive rock and genre fusion. This progression has reached a new apex, thanks to the collaboration with xenharmonic prog solo band Cryptic Ruse on their upcoming EP, Cryptic Tree. For a few albums already, The Mercury Tree has experimented with multiple different tonal systems at once on their few latest albums, but this EP aims at pushing that experimentation to its limit.

By joining forces with a … Read more

Khalab – Black Noise 2018

by Dæv Tremblay

The Music

The Words

DJ Khalab just released Black Noise 2084 via On the Corner Records. The album is a wonderful blend of future bass and world fusion, merging into a sort of future world music, which stems straight from the afrofuturism movement.

With a varied range of collaborators, such as singer Tenesha the Wordsmith and saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings, Khalab conducts an equally varied set of songs on the album. From dance to traditional, each track is pinned on a different part of the spectrum. The whole album feels like a middle grounds between Clipping and Namibian Tales, and … Read more

Zwoyld, Dumb Waiter, Bisonwar, Firtan, Sunn Trio, Kate Pass, Slowly Rolling Camera, Terminus, and Orchards

by Dæv Tremblay

Zwoyld – Zgond

This is not the first Zwoyld release we’ve featured on the site, and with good reasons! As Zgond proves again, France’s Zwoyld is capable of great things. Their progressive rock sounds closer to early seventies’ more experimental units than today’s overproduced ones. It’s a fun album full of drive and with scarce use of vocals, relegating them to only a single track. Oh, and it’s available on a voluntary basis as well, so feel free to drop a buck if you can!

Dumb Waiter – Heck

I was going to say that if Dumb Waiter‘s … Read more