Archive for January, 2010

Album of the day: Ihsahn – After

Posted on Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Ihsahn - After

Lovingly pinched from About.com: Heavy Metal: After is the third solo CD from Ihsahn, and the ending to a trilogy. The former Emperor frontman’s solo releases have been more progressive and experimental in nature, while still being rooted in black metal. After pushes the envelope even more, with extensive use of saxophonist Jurgen Munkeby.

Each song on After is painstakingly composed and arranged, and the album flows extremely well. Ihsahn utilizes many different tempos, textures and intensities throughout the album, embarking on a musical ride with many ups, downs, twists and turns. After kicks off with ‘The Barren Lands’,  a natural progression from his first two solo efforts. But then things take an interesting path.

‘A Grave Inversed’ starts off in old school black metal style, dense and fast. Then the sax kicks in, providing a compelling contrast to the intensity of the guitars and drums.

Continue reading:  Ihsahn After Review – Review of After by Ihsahn – About.com.

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Former Negura Bunget Members Perform With Dordeduh For First Time; Video Available

Posted on Saturday, January 30th, 2010

Dordeduh (rough translation: “yearning for the spirit”), the Romanian metal band featuring former Negura Bunget  members Hupogrammos (guitars, vocals, bass, keyboards, archaic instruments) and Sol Faur (guitar) alongside Arioch (former bassist for Negura Bunget and guitarist of Odem Arcarum and Secrets of the Moon), and Thelemnar (Secrets of the Moon, ...read more

Album of the day: Loop – A Gilded Eternity

Posted on Saturday, January 30th, 2010

Praise for Loop’s A Gilded Eternity reissue from San Francisco’s Aquarius Records: Contemporaries of legendary drug rockers Spacemen 3, Loop took the same sonic influences but rocked a little harder, opting out of the extended soporific drifts the defined the Spacemen, (although they were perfectly capable of blissing out with ...read more

Troubled Horse: Debut Single Due In March

Posted on Friday, January 29th, 2010

Troubled Horse will release its debut single, titled Bring My Horses Home on March 19 via Crusher Records.
Hailing from Örebro, Sweden, Troubled Horse is comprised of Witchcraft’s Ola Henriksson (Bass/Back-up vocals) and John Hoyles (Guitar/Back-up vocals) along with Jens Henriksson (Drums/Percussion) and Martin Heppich (Guitar/Vocals). The band sports a distinctive, ...read more

Album of the day: Skullflower – Strange Keys to Untune Gods’ Firmament

Posted on Friday, January 29th, 2010

Lovingly pinced from The Obelisk: What starts out as a litmus test for how much drone punishment a listener can handle not so quickly becomes an encompassing ritual nearly religious in its scope. Skullflower’s Strange Keys to Untune Gods’ Firmament (Neurot) is a double-disc, 12 track excursion to the outer ...read more

Album of the day: Far East Family Band – Parallel World

Posted on Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Praise from Volcanic Tongue for Far East Family Band’s Parallel World:  CD issue of what’s regarded as the most perfectly realised of the collaborations between the post-Far Out Far East Family Band and visionary Kraut cosmonaut Klaus Schulze.
Recorded in 1976 on the back of Schulze’s classic Black Dance LP, Parallel ...read more

Aderlating: New EP Available For Download

Posted on Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Aderlating, the drone / horror soundtrack / noise sibling of Gnaw Their Tongues has made his new EP available for download. Dying of the Light is the follow up to Aderlating’s split CD-R with Defiler and you can check that out at the link below:
Download: Dying of the Light EP ...read more

Album of the day: Circle – Tulikoira (Reissue)

Posted on Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Praise for Circle’s Tulikoira from San Francisco’s Aquarius Records:  This 2005 Circle album, out of print for a bit, is now newly reissued on CD, this time its jewel case wrapped in a spiffy slipcase, featuring some cool new artwork (and a “no posers” symbol)!
NWOFHM. That’s what it says on ...read more

Suma: New Album Due In March

Posted on Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Sweden-based noise / sludge band Suma has finished recording its new album titled Ashes. The CD was engine-ear’d by their good friend and brother Billy Anderson and is due in March through the band’s own record label, Speakerphone Recordings.  The deluxe 2 x LP will be released on Throne Records ...read more

Wooden Shipjs: Vol 2 – 2nd Singles Comp Out March 30th

Posted on Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Strap in for travels beyond the galaxy, to tranced-out cosmic bliss! Sick Thirst presents Vol 2, the second compilation of hard-to-find Wooden Shjips tracks. Vol 2 digs deep to collect the band’s Sub Pop and Mexican Summer singles, two self-released European tour singles, and a track from Yeti magazine, for ...read more

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