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Mini-Reviews VII: With Extra 33%

by Dæv Tremblay

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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

Mini-Reviews II

by Dæv Tremblay

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Back at it for mini-reviews, the second!

First up is a double release from Anthony Weis, consisting of Sound Continuous, and SC Singles. Sound Continuous is a unique take on music and field recordings, where compositions accompany the recordings. SC Singles consists of only the musical composition part, without its field recording counterpart. Musically, it draws from acoustic music, rock, classical music, and a bunch of other genres and styles. The songs themselves are decent, but their incorporation into the long field recordings is what makes them special. Give it a try!
Musical genius Jacob Collier,… Read more

Mini-Reviews I

by Dæv Tremblay

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Since the OSR pretty much lost its meaning because I used more than one sentence, I think we should celebrate the series’s new name. Click here to celebrate. Without further ado, let’s dive in.

First in line, Patrick Healy put his upcoming album, Set Course for Tomorrow, available to pre-order on his bandcamp page. His last album, Crux, was already sweet and tasty, but this new one – as you can taste with the single “The Villi People” – is on a whole new level. All throughout the rather contemplative album, you’re thrown music in the styles of… Read more

OSR: June 26th, 2016

by Dæv Tremblay

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Triple Sun, often stylized as “°°°”, is an atmospheric, sludgy post-rock band, and they released their album, The City Lies in Ruins, on May 13. It’s a really good album with vibes of avant-garde music all around, although it lies more in the emotional than the technical department. Consider listening to it for some more ambient and laid back jams, although still retaining some heaviness.

Guitarist, keyboardist and composer David Maxim Micic just released The Stock Challenge | Vol. 1, a two-song EP (three if you count the instrumental version of Wallflower). The idea behind this release… Read more

Kel Valhaal – New Introductory Lectures on the System of Transcendental Qabala

by Dæv Tremblay

a0901541014_10That’s the new project of Hunter Hunt-Hendrix, most famous for being the brain behind the American black metal band Liturgy: Kel Valhaal. Borrowing the name from a song on “The Ark Work”, the latest of his other band’s albums (more on that later), it completely lets go of the black metal aesthetics in favour of a completely electronic soundscape, along with clean, monotonous vocals. While most of Liturgy’s work can be labeled as metal, The Ark Work did go into extremely experimental territory, abandoning harsh vocals and bringing in the sound of bells… lots of bells. Kel Valhaal has … Read more