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Eclipse Review: M.J. Harris & Martyn Bates – Murder Ballads (1994-1998)

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artist: M.J. Harris & Martyn Bates release: Murder Ballads (Drift, Passages, Incest Songs) format: 3x CD year of release: 1994 (Drift), 1997 (Passages), 1998 (Incest Songs), 1998 (The Complete Collection) label: Musica Maxima Magnetica, Invisible duration: 63:24, 55:30, 59:07

detailed info: discogs.com [Drift, Passages, Incest Songs, The Complete Collection]

Some sublime works of art just [...]

Eclipse Review: Skepticism - Lead and Aether (1997)

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artist: Skepticism release: Lead and Aether format: CD year of release: 1997 label: Red Stream duration: 47:46

detailed info: discogs.com

A lot of alternative music is very specific to a certain scene, genre, or style, where the rules are clear and everyone – that is, the insiders – knows what to expect. Sometimes, though, albums [...]

Eclipse Review: Ulver - Blood Inside (2005)

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artist: Ulver release: Blood Inside format: CD, LP year of release: 2005, 2010 label: Jester, The End, Profound Lore duration: 45:56

detailed info: discogs.com

I admit it, I was totally wrong about this one. A couple of years ago, when I wrote about Ulver‘s 2007 opus Shadows of the Sun, I claimed [...]

Eclipse Review: Ulver - Kveldssanger (1995)

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artist: Ulver release: Kveldssanger format: CD year of release: 1995 label: Head Not Found duration: 34:33

detailed info: discogs.com

Few albums can be said to have had such an influence on a typical style of music as Ulver‘s Kveldssanger. Released in 1995 as the second instalment in the band’s [...]

Eclipse Review: Rozz Williams – The Whorse’s Mouth (1996)

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artist: Rozz Williams release: The Whorse’s Mouth format: CD year of release: 1996 label: Hollows Hill Sound Recordings duration: 60:24

detailed info: discogs.com

If there is one album that satisfies the criteria of dark and experimental, it has to be deathrock legend Rozz Williams‘ (1963-1998) The Whorse’s Mouth. An album – and a project – [...]

Eclipse Review: Martyn Bates – Mystery Seas (Letters Written #2) (1995)

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artist: Martyn Bates release: Mystery Seas (Letters Written #2) format: CD year of release: 1995, 2005 label: Ambivalent Scale/World Serpent (1995), Shayo (2005) duration: 58:32

detailed info: discogs.com

Martyn Bates has been active as a singer, lyricist and musician since the end of the 1970′s. He is most recognised for his [...]

Eclipse Review: Werkraum – Unsere Feuer Brennen! (2004)

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artist: Werkraum release: Unsere Feuer Brennen! format: CD year of release: 2004, 2009 label: Cold Spring Records duration: 50:02

detailed info: discogs.com

I didn’t care much about this so called “neofolk” music that flushed like a wave over Europe some years ago. I had my favorite albums with Death [...]

Eclipse Review: Tenhi – Väre (2002)

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artist: Tenhi release: Väre format: CD, LP year of release: 2002 label: Prophecy duration: 57:39

detailed info: discogs.com

Väre was Tenhi‘s second full length album, and one that showed that the band had progressed strongly since Kauan and the airut:ciwi EP. Although those two releases were already rather good, and showed that the band had [...]

Eclipse Review: Ryuichi Sakamoto – Discord (1997)

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artist: Ryuichi Sakamoto release: Discord format: CD year of release: 1997, 1998 label: Sony Classical duration: 54:41

detailed info: discogs.com

Ryuichi Sakamoto is a Japanese composer, who is mainly known from his award-winning film soundtracks (like The Last Emperor and Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence), and his work with the band Yellow Magic Orchestra. Discord is [...]