Bold, rapturous melody meld with enterprising, creative composition. This is a fantastic album of post-rock/metal/instrumental/atmospheric/progressive/drone/ambient… delightfully experimental… music. By Dave Allan Guzda

Noveller traverses alluring and expansive soundscapes with a deluge of emotive and colourful guitar. The album is a collection of individual trips to distant celestial spaces with long waves of droning guitar washing against subtle tides of rising and falling sounds. Is there a “theatrical alien surf” sub-genre? By Dave Guzda

Animism fuses traditional and modern music with a remarkable creative finesse that rivals some of the leaders in alternative music. The star of this album is the diverse sounds Tagaq creates with her throat singing. The energy, the vocal patterns, the diverse and eclectic harmonies, moans, growls, groans, yells, noises, beats… It’s simply an awesome showcase of what the human voice is capable of. By Dave Allan Guzda

Awesome oscillated experimental cacophony (say that 5x fast :P). By Dave Guzda

The aural balance is captivating, if not astonishing for such a young band. The EP is a collection of well crafted, rewarding songs that showcase some phenomenal melodies, thoughtful musical structures and pounding sonic passages. The ability of Astrakhan to create such urgent infectious grooves bodes well for these fledgling rockers. Metal fans give this lush Tapestry a listen! – By Dave Allan Guzda

If you like dark ambient and drone that occasionally reaches into more aggressive noise then you’ll want to hear this EP. Each of the three producers: Aires, Rui P. Andrade and Earthly Beasts infuse their own unique sound artistry to contribute a memorable track. By Dave Guzda

A World Lit Only By Fire is unforgiving lyrically, sonically crushing and masterfully constructed. Broadrick and Green have created a relevant and impressive album that shows no rust from the band’s long hiatus. You can believe it. Godflesh is back. – By Dave Guzda

Energetic, ingenious instrumental rock/post-rock with an occasional metal edge. Tides is well balanced with dynamically diverse sonic highs and lows resembling the dynamics of undulating tidal waves by Dave Guzda

If you’re looking for gritty unconventional rock songs sung with flair and seething spirit then get Cry is for the Flies into your playlist. By Dave Guzda

1) occasionally haunting, sometimes exhilarating but always enthralling 2) ethereal and ponderous 3) Soars with a monstrous whir or 4) Majestic and uplifting with towering washes of glittering drone

1) savoury aural shadows 2) a conjured blur of mesmerizing vocals, potent low end punctuation and bleak ambient soundscapes 3) foreboding aural phantasmagoria 4) Ghastly and captivating

Approaching Silence is a solid post-rock album executed with imagination, dauntless vigor and grit. – By Dave Allan Guzda

Ultra Silvam finds an impressive measure of ugliness and beauty, capably balancing between melody, emotion and imagination. By Dave Guzda

It’s been three years since their last album, in which time we actually thought they’d split up, but Leeds post something 2 piece Khuda are very much back with a spectacular new album; Molasses Constricts The Clinostat. We sent Dave Guzda to talk to Tom (guitar) and Steve (drums) to find out what they’ve been up to in that time.

The gritty, driving mechanical monstrosity that is Godflesh is back. Today is a good day. – By Dave Guzda

Many stunning passages pulsate with a melodic and vigorous venom. – By Dave Allan Guzda

An enticing fist full of melodies, noise and potent aggression [[[[[[[[[[ or option 2: ]]]]]]]]]]] a ferocious slab of ruthless blackened metal that brilliantly fuses a storm of molten rage with itchy experimental melody. – By Dave Allan Guzda

Able to segue seamlessly between sections of energetic muscular fury and gentle introspective atmospherics – By Dave Guzda

1) a refreshing take on sludgy-doom infused metal 2) For a band that is so entrenched in the muck of sludgy doom, their ability to create compelling and catchy melodies must be noted – By Dave Guzda

It is easy to get lost within their vivid instrumental textures & the music has intriguing melodies and highly palpable atmospheres. By David Guzda

It’s a cataclysmic aural smorgasbord for metal fans. – By Dave Guzda