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Dan’s Top 31 Albums of 2020

by Daniel Kuburoglu

A bit late to the party, but here we are, nonetheless.

Let’s get the obvious out the way first. 2020 was a bad year, and this did have a knock-on effect with the amount of music that was released as well. While I personally would not say we had any absolute gamechangers this year, that doesn’t mean the year was an absolute waste. (At least, not in this one regard…) It was enough to bring me back from the dead, after all.

I may not have the same mettle for metal as Matt, nor the same dedication to deathlessly digging … Read more

Weekly Release Dump

by Dæv Tremblay


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Friday, 26 February

Anastasia Feruleva & Frank van de Laar – L’Esprit du temps

61:50
contemporary classical
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Triptik

Angelica Olstad – Transmute

20:34
contemporary classical
New York, New York
Independent

Architects – For Those that Wish to Exist

58:12
metalcore
Brighton, UK
Epitaph

Black Sheep Wall – Songs for the Enamel Queen

58:37
sludge metal
Los Angeles, California
Silent Pendulum

Calle Neumann, Ketil Gutvik, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, and Paal Nilssen-Love – New Dance

63:04
free jazz
Oslo, Norway
PNL

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Senyawa, Cameron Graves, Bruit ≤, and Ummons Echo

by Dæv Tremblay

Senyawa – القصه

Senyawa is an experimental doom band from Indonesia, the members of which create handmade instruments to play on their albums. On top of what they usually do, القصه—hereafter Alkisah—is centred around decentralization. Therefore, while the duo wrote and recorded eight original songs for the record, they are releasing it with the collaboration of multiple (over sixty!) independent labels worldwide, which are given full freedom for the release: artwork, mix, mastering, and even remixes and reinterpretations! This leads to a new and interesting way to think about what an album is, and, ultimately, who owns music, … Read more

Weekly Release Dump

by Dæv Tremblay

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Friday, 19 February

Aenos – The Great Shepherd

16:41
atmospheric black metal
Athens, Greece
Independent

بابک رجبی – طنز و طرب

24:46
folk
Strasbourg, France
Independent

Cameron Graves – Seven

32:15
jazz fusion, progrssive metal
Los Angeles, California
Artistry Music

Carcinoma – Labascation

37:10
progressive death metal
Plymouth, UK
Independent

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Elephant 9 – Arrival of the New Elders

43:23
jazz fusion
Norway
Rune Grammofon

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Poly-Math, Carcinoma, Infinity Shred, and ¡Fiasco!

by Dæv Tremblay

Poly-Math – The Cadaver Tomb, Part 1

As a rather striking departure from their usual sound, British post-prog quartet Poly-Math has decided to try a different approach by going the way of alternative rock, especially the kind that’s now a bit outdated—dark, with some reliance on electronic music elements, almost gothic or industrial in tone, you know the kind—but still very much appreciated when done right, and they’ve struck a massive success with this album unduly cut in half; for the record, I have to say that I haven’t had the chance to hear the second part of The Cadaver … Read more