Fuck the Facts, Eclecta, Cody Carpenter, Liturgy, Nova incepta, and Nerest

by Dæv Tremblay

Fuck the Facts – Pleine Noirceur (Noise Salvation)

Quebec’s deathgrind legends Fuck the Facts are back with another incredibly powerful banger: Pleine Noirceur—Full Darkness if you allow me a quick translation. This forty-minute, twelve-track monster shows all the breadth of Fuck the Facts’s musical prowesses, and all the precision with which it’s performed and conveyed. It’s a relentless release that’s certain to fill your musical violence needs.

Eclecta – Open Other Doors (Tourbo Music)

The Swiss avant-pop duo Eclecta just released Open Other Doors, the follow-up to their debut A Symmetry and rumoured to be their final … Read more

Weekly Release Dump

by Dæv Tremblay

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Friday, 6 November

Álvaro Domene – Illūstris

56:41
avant-garde jazz
Australia
Iluso

Andrew Saragossi – Overlay

15:29
avant-garde jazz
Brisbane, Australia
Independent

Anthropic Neglect – Anthropic Neglect

38:59
avant-garde jazz
Portugal
Clean Feed

Arcing Wires – Prime

44:40
progressive metal, jazz fusion
Sydney, Australia
Art as Catharsis

Art Contest – Fit Pitcher

27:35
math rock
Georgia
Independent

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Thrailkill – Detach

by Jeff Nixon

The Music

The Words

Wes Thrailkill is back with another killer release! This time, a 20 minute EP titled Detach. Wes wrote this during quarantine after having trouble finding inspiration and second guessing nearly everything he produced. But in the end he relinquished himself to the creative process and forged this beauty. Wes compares his mindset while creating Detach, to pulling a random card from a shuffled deck. Despite that mindset, he still managed to make it flow as a cohesive piece. It’s heavy, melodic, jazzy, chaotic, virtuosic, and everything in-between. Wes’s guitar tone is flawless as usual, … Read more

Weekly Release Dump

by Dæv Tremblay


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Friday, 30 October

आभास – २

37:40
atmospheric black metal, post-metal
United States
Independent

Read our review.

Algiers – Cleveland 20/20

49:18
experimental rock
Atlanta, Georgia
Matador

Ambient Jazz Ensemble – Aura

52:05
nu jazz
London, UK
Here & Now

Ballrogg – Rolling Ball

42:12
free improvisation
Portugal
Clean Feed

Beltez – A Grey Chill and a Whisper

120:22
atmospheric black metal
Italy
Avantgarde Music

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Focusrights, Vultress, Abhasa, Beaten to Death, Botanist, and Agonanist

by Dæv Tremblay

Focusrights – Ew, Music!

The Ukrainian mathgrind unit Focusrights just released the Ew, Music! EP. As befits its genre, it’s relatively short, standing at a little under twenty minutes, but this time is incredibly busy with time changes, genre hoppings, eclectic rhythms, dissonant chords, and confusing melodies. It’s an angry, heavy, and creative album that you should absolutely love!

Vultress – Hypnopompia

Vultress is one of those hidden pearls. A prog band that for the most part no one knows about, but that delivers amazing material over and over. I stumbled upon them with their previous album, Distance, which … Read more