Dreare – Blank and Forward

by Jeff Nixon

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Dreare is an instrumental post-metal band from the Czech Republic, whom I was introduced to last year when Dave covered them in a One Sentence Review. Being a fan of instrumental metal I decided to check them out, and i’m glad I did!

The trio’s debut album, Blank and Forward, is full of subtleties and nuances. Reverb and feedback are used heavily, making the music sound raw and natural. The lack of complexity in the music also helps accentuate this, as you’re paying just as much attention to the space in between notes, as you are the … Read more

OSR: June 9th, 2016

by Dæv Tremblay

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Here’s what caught my ear lately.
Yūgen‘s album, Death by Water, is simply a fantastic avant-garde metal album. I won’t go into much details as I believe Dillon will write a review on it, but go and listen to it!

Canadian experimental electronic artist Fucking ???? ?? 2007 released this very good trap-like album. It’s pretty bleak, but it’s really cool. Also, for their next album I had the chance to collaborate some bass guitar for one track! Be sure to check that. Belarus’s own Eximperituserqethhzebibšiptugakkathšulweliarzaxułum released their new occulthematic atmospheric technical death metal album, Prajecyrujučy Sinhuliarnaje Wypramieńwańnie … Read more

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by Dæv Tremblay

covereximperitusHailing straight from the country of Belarus, Eximperituserqethhzebibšiptugakkathšulweliarzaxułum gained attention to the public eye with their demo, in 2013, because of their absurdly lengthy and convoluted band name and song titles, but remained in our mind because their music was frankly good. They’re playing some [very] brutal death metal with a touch of tech-death and atmospheric thrown in for good measure. Moreover, behind the name lies hidden a very interesting, occult world and concept. It is, according to the band itself, an agglutinative neologism, with loans from Latin, Ancient Egyptian, Akkadian and Sumerian terms of “the Chaosatanic tradition”. I quote, … Read more

OSR: June 6th, 2016

by Dæv Tremblay

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Getting back in its original great regular flavour.
DDCoverCollage 09.44.46First up is Peter Eldridge‘s Disappearing Day. This one swings back and forth between jazz and pop, with various other influences thrown in between like folk and contemporary music. There’s even a song featuring blog-favourite Becca Stevens on voice and guitar. Overall, it’s a good and relaxed album made to please your ears, not to challenge them, and that’s a bit unfortunate. It comes out on July 22nd.

While Sun Ends will release their new album, Terminus, in August of this year. It’s a mixture of post and progressive… Read more

OSR: June 5th, 2016, Yard Sale and Thrift Store Edition

by Dæv Tremblay

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Once in a while, I’ll find a thing or two that intrigues me in such secondhand markets. This weekend, I found eight albums! Three of which are on a now defunct label, and the last one being a King Crimson album. So, without further ado, I’ll give you some information on the albums and a short review of them.

First up is a promotional copy of Gong Gong‘s 2006 album, Laughing with the Moon. The songs available on bandcampp are of the official release, and I don’t think they’re much different from the promo version, but maybe they… Read more