EXCLUSIVE SONG PREMIERE: Reg Bloor – “(You’ll Feel) a Little Pinch” and Review of Sensory Irritation Chamber
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Reg Bloor is an experimental metal guitarist from New York City, and Sensory Irritation Chamber is her sophomore release. Reg’s style is immediately recognizable by the solo presence of electric guitar with multiple harmonizing effects and distorsions. Sensory Irritation Chamber is a forty-minute album of layered guitars that act as a wall of noise that falls on and buries the listener brave enough to face it.
The compositions on this album are truly interesting, however. There is not a moment where I’d rather not be listening to the music here. With frequent metric modulations, extended and … Read more
Weekly Release Dump
Saturday, 28
Epos Nemo Latrocinium – Iter itineris III (contemporary classical, chamber music)
Sunday, 29
Collapse of Light – Each Failing Step (atmospheric blackened doom metal)
Dzũng – Cánh cửa thần kỳ (instrumental melodic metal, progressive metal)
Patrick Shiroishi Rob Magill Duo – Eyes in the Dirt (avant-garde jazz, free jazz)
Monday, 30 April
Curse League – Laying by the Fire in Good Company (math rock)
… Read moreAbraham – Look, Here Comes the Dark!, an Analysis Of
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“Mankind’s worst enemy is itself” is a phrase that has been, is, and will be used for ages and ages to come. Since the dawn of our era, we’ve been using our gifted abilities for both good and evil purposes, and music has brought up this topic in a lot of songs and albums. However few bands dare to venture forth as Swiss post-metal band Abraham has done with their latest album Look, Here Comes the Dark!
With a concept double album about the end of times, the band explores the evolution of this post-apocalyptic setting … Read more
Advanced Mathematics 2: Microrhythms
As you probably know by know, I’ve been awestruck recently by the concept of microtime, from its main proponent Malcolm Braff. Since there is ambiguity on the term itself, I’ll refer to it here as microrhythm. As a parallel to microtonality, microrhythm is like “the notes between the notes”, but on the time axis instead of the pitch value. Since it’s often best to provide an example, let me show you the song that started this quest in me, Malcolm Braff Trio’s “Crimson Waves”, with Aurélie Emery.
Here is the main theme of the composition, taken from Malcolm’s … Read more