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Friday, 19 November
Accordo dei contrari – Ur-
42:26
progressive rock
Italy
Cuneiform
Adam Roberts – Bell Threads
68:05
contemporary classical
New York, New York
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Plebeian Grandstand – Rien ne suffit
Every year, there are releases that solidify the following statement: “This has been a great year for music.” Rien ne suffit is an example of this. I co-host a radio show at my local university called The Funeral Directory. It’s a metal specialty show on Monday nights. We do it for the love of aggressive music, and partially because we don’t trust anyone else to create the playlists. If you’re like me, you listen to a lot of metal, and perhaps you wrongly assume that certain bands are household names at this point. “Everyone knows Imperial Triumphant”, you might … Read more
Rhizone, Ventifacts, Shamblemaths, and Wood River
Rhizone – Metropolis, or, In Search of the Black Water, Act Ⅰ: Timelines
To fully subjugate yourselves into the story Rhizone has created for their musical theatre Metropolis, or In Search of the Black Water, you’ll have to read the script, available with a purchase of the album on Bandcamp, or listen closely to the lyrics during your listening session. This will naturally happen as you hit play on Timelines, as the music often diverges into foreign territory so as to more strongly support the story being told. Timelines is one of the best progressive rock concept … Read more
Weekly Release Dump
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Thursday, 28 October
Arde – Ancestral Cult
36:27
atmospheric black metal
Berlin, Germany
Independent
伊藤悠美 & Szymon Mika – 等
37:46
chamber pop, jazz
Basel, Switzerland
Independent
