Weekly Release Dump

by Dæv Tremblay

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Friday, 2 April

Álvaro Pérez & Álvaro Domene – Zodos

41:23
avant-garde jazz, free improvisation
Australia
Iluso

Arelseum – Swamps

17:13
ambient
Queens, New York
Independent

Bâtard – Brise-lames

25:52
experimental black metal
Vaudreuil Dorion, Québec
Independent

Bones of the Earth – Ⅱ: Eternal Meditations of a Deathless Crown

33:57
post-metal
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Deader Than Distro

Bridge Burner – Disempath

26:14
blackened hardcore
Auckland, New Zealand
Hibernation Release

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Victory over the Sun, Lotus Titan, Nika Mo, and MRW

by Dæv Tremblay

Victory over the Sun – Nowherer

While Victory over the Sun‘s previous album was great—read our review for proof—it wasn’t microtonal. That’s one thing Vivian Tylinska wanted to correct with Nowherer, an avant-garde, hectic, and eclectic black metal masterpiece. All written in 17 notes per octave—a relatively popular xeharmonic system—the album stands proud in all its weird glory. Of course, it reminds me of Agonanist—review here!—who also released a 17-tone black metal album recently, but the similarities stop there. VOTS’s album seems to intentionally forgo conventions and expectations, and it works marvellously to … Read more

Weekly Release Dump

by Dæv Tremblay


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Friday, 26 March

Astral Bazaar – A Sudden Realization

48:39
psychedelic rock
Helsinki, Finland
Independent

Aziola Cry – The Ironic Divide

49:47
progressive death metal
Chicago, Illinois
The Laser’s Edge

Blindfolded and Led to the Woods – Nightmare Withdrawals

39:07
progressive death metal
Christchurch, New Zealand
Independent

Demande à la poussière – Quiétude hostile

51:33
post-black metal
Paris, France
Independent

Don Kapot – Hooligan

42:02
jazzcore, world fusion
Brussels, Belgium
Werf

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March in 190 Albums

by Dæv Tremblay

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Monday, 1 March

Age of Fable – Modern Pathos

13:56
progressive rock, post-rock
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Independent

Hvile i kaos – Rise/Cleanse

17:37
neoclassical
Los Angeles, California
Independent

Penis Eater – Earth Entranced

58:18
contemporary classical
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Independent

Poenitentiae – Lōrem ipsum dolor sit amet, cōnsectētur

30:27
math rock
Japan
Independent

Tuesday, 2

Bodhi – Koans

31:08
progressive metal
Lafayette, Indiana
Independent

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Weekly Release Dump

by Dæv Tremblay

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Friday, 19 March

Abacaxi – Mainstream Desire

29:36
avant-garde jazz
Paris, France
Collectif Coax

Read our review.

Ainur – War of the Jewels

73:32
progressive metal
Italy
Rockshot

Álvaro Domene – Heptad, Volume Ⅰ

44:32
avant-garde jazz, noise
Australia
Iluso

Bartłomiej Krysiuk’s Батюшка – Царю небесный

27:21
atmospheric black metal
Poland
Witching Hour

Carl Mayotte – Pop de ville, volume 1

26:18
jazz fusion
Montréal, Québec
Independent

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