Obsequiae - The Palms of Sorrowed Kings
The one, the only, the original Castle Metal. OBSEQUIAE is back with its most polished album yet, far ahead of what little competition there is. But will it turn out to be the herald of a new era?
Category: Album Reviews
Grotto Grove and Shrine #01
Ἀρέθουσα & Μηλινόη don’t always see eye to eye, but the sounds from their realms intermingle all the same. Light and dark ambiences, drones, and rituals.
Yellow Eyes - Rare Field Ceiling
Rare Field Ceiling feels like part of a continuum, particularly with the last two albums, a logical next stage of the journey, and it’s one of the best, most emotionally rewarding journeys that I know of.
bvdub - Explosions in Slow Motion
Explosions in Slow Motion makes me wistfully happy like only a solid bvdub album can.
Exclusive preview: altostrati - chromatic
Internet music collaboration is cool. 100% live collaboration over Discord is way cooler, and that’s just what valyri and r0x4ry did, resulting in over an hour of really intense dronescapes.
DEITUS - Via Dolorosa
There’s always going to be a certain aggression and darkness to black metal, but DEITUS take a lot of time to craft broad vistas rather than pure oppression.
These Carbon-Composite Poles Are Made For Walkin’
Improve your health and productivity with These Carbon-Composite Poles Are Made For Walkin’! Your boss will love you!
The Penitential Station - The Cloud of Forgetting
The Cloud of Forgetting is a cloud of bliss: it is a forgetting of both past and future, as we are drawn into an eternal now that secludes us from worry.
Dronny Darko and Apollonius - The Sea of Potentials
The Sea of Potentials is an ode to the unknown, and to embracing the unknown as it lurks just beyond the border of our perception.