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Review: A Broken Consort – Box of Birch (2007)

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artist: A Broken Consort release: Box of Birch format: 2×3″ CD-R, CD-R year of release: 2007 label: Sustain-Release duration: 37:19

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A Broken Consort is one of the projects by Englishman Richard Skelton on his own Sustain-Release label. The first album, The Shape Leaves, was released in 2006 and introduced us to the [...]

Review: Aidan Baker – 24.2.24.4. (2005)

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artist: Aidan Baker release: 24.2.24.4. format: MP3 year of release: 2005 label: Dark Winter duration: 47:55

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Aidan Baker has made quite a name for himself in the experimental music scene, with a great many releases over the past years. This Dark Winter netrelease is just one of them, but it’s a fine [...]

Review: Children of the Stones – The Bright Day Is Gone (2006)

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artist: Children of the Stones release: The Bright Day is Gone format: CD-R year of release: 2006 label: Deserted Village duration: 39:55

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If there ever was a hotbed of creativity, it’s definitely the people around United Bible Studies in Ireland. Besides numerous release from the collective itself, we’ve also seen a lot [...]

Review: Cloama & Blutleuchte – From Wasteland Mausoleums (2007)

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artist: Cloama & Blutleuchte release: From Wasteland Mausoleums format: CD year of release: 2007 label: New Old Sentinel duration: 59:29

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From Wasteland Mausoleums is the second collaboration between the Finnish Cloama and also Finnish Blutleuchte. Sadly enough, I haven’t heard the first collaboration, but this album has certainly made me curious!

On [...]

Review: Blood & Sand – Bardo (2007)

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artist: Blood & Sand release: Bardo format: CD-R year of release: 2007 label: Bunkier Productions duration: 46:49

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When it comes to capturing and delivering feelings, I think the Russians do a good job. And they have proven several times that when it comes to playing dark folk music they also know what [...]

Review: Ulver - Shadows of the Sun (2007)

artist: Ulver release: Shadows of the Sun format: CD, LP year of release: 2007 label: Jester duration: 39:54

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Wolves Evolve. We’ve known that since 1998, when Ulver released the epic and experimental Themes from William Blake’s The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. Since then, not one of their releases sounded quite like [...]

Review: Far Black Furlong – The East Room (2006)

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artist: Far Black Furlong release: The East Room format: MP3 year of release: 2006 label: Woven Wheat Whispers duration: 24:38

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[Note: The remark about the M.R. James story in the second paragraph turned out to be incorrect. There is actually no such story, and it was apparently made up by Mark Coyle [...]