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Review: Syven – Aikantaite (2011)

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artist: Syven release: Aikantaite format: CD year of release: 2011 label: Vendlus duration: 64:55

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A new project from Finland is the duo Syven, consisting of A. Tolonen whom we remember as the main artist behind Nest, and Andi Koski-Semmens, a vocalist previously in Pantheist and Ereipia. Together they’ve put together a debut album [...]

Review: V.A. – Whom the Moon a Nightsong Sings (2010)

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artist: Various Artists release: Whom the Moon a Nightsong Signs format: 2CD year of release: 2010 label: Auerbach/Prophecy duration: 1:44:23

The subgenre of dark acoustic or dark folk keeps fascinating me endlessly. On the one hand, it harbours some of the most direct and and powerful musical expressions of romanticism, melancholy and nature mysticism that [...]

Review: Ereipia - Mercy (2009)

artist: Ereipia release: Mercy format: Digital year of release: 2009 label: Finmusic duration: 37:36

Roughly two years after the debut release, last autumn saw the appearance of the second Ereipia album. The basic premise of their music has remained the same since then: compositions for organ, piano, and synths by Kostas Panagiotou are paired with [...]

Review: Ereipia (2007)

artist: Ereipia release: Ereipia format: CD-R year of release: 2007 label: Self-released duration: 39:49

Ereipia is the neo-classical project of Kostas Panagiotou and Andy Koski-Semmens (both of doom metal band Pantheist and experimental band Crippled Black Phoenix). This self-titled demo CD-R is their first release, and intended to be released by a label in the [...]