Articles by Sander van den Driesche

Atmospheric post-metallers Without Waves will release their new album ‘Comedian’ on Prosthetic Records soon. We asked the band to give us 3 releases that have influenced them a lot.
Terzij de Horde | Facebook | Bandcamp | Twitter Terzij de Horde have always tried to not limit themselves by genres per se. Over the years, there have always been elements of black metal, progressive doom, chaotic screamo and extreme hardcore, but …

Sum Of R | Website | Facebook | Bandcamp Sum Of R is a heavy experimental trio from Finland and Switzerland, consisting of Reto Mäder (JeGong, Ural Umbo, RM74 – bass guitar, drones, synth, effects), Marko Neuman (Convocation, Waste Of Spa …

Ahead of the release of their debut album ‘Born of Obsidian’, Sheffield based psychedelic sludge/doom trio Kurokuma talks to Echoes and Dust about 3 releases that have influenced them hugely.

Guitarist Vor from dystopian black metal band Abhoria talks to Echoes and Dust about 3 releases that have influenced him musically.

British drone musician and sound artist Daniel W J Mackenzie releases a new Ekca Liena album called ‘Skyward Vernacular’ through Consouling Sounds. Listen to the full album ahead of its release date here.

Australian math-rockers SEIMS recently released their latest album ‘FOUR’. The band’s multi-instrumentalist Simeon Bartholomew talked to us about 3 releases that have influenced their music a lot.

Christian Muenzner from European based technical power metal band Eternity’s End talks to us about 3 releases that have influenced their latest album ‘Embers of War’ a lot.

Technical death metal band Reaping Asmodeia recently released their new album ‘Darkened Infinity’, so we asked the band to talk to us about 3 releases that have influenced them a lot.

Iamthemorning’s Mariana Semkina recently released a new EP called ‘Disillusioned’, and she spoke to us about 3 releases that influenced her musical journey a lot.

The Silver is a new supergroup featuring members of Horrendous and Crypt Sermon. Vocalist Matt Knox talks to us about 3 records that have influenced him a lot for this new project.

Russian celestial blackgaze trio TRNA talk to Echoes and Dust about some releases that have influenced them a lot.

David Schellenberg from noise-rock band Tunic talks to Echoes and Dust about 3 releases that have influenced him a lot.

Theodore Wild Ride’s self-titled album unfolds like a magical film, which can be set in the vast American landscapes of bygone days as well as in a post-apocalyptic future. Check out some of the band’s influences here…

Theodore Wild Ride | Facebook | Instagram Theodore Wild Ride started from the collaboration between French keyboardists Christine Ott (regular collaborator of Yann Tiersen, Tindersticks, Oiseaux-Tempête…), Mathieu Gabry (Snowdrops) and Oud player Oph …

Wingtips is a duo that makes darkwave combined with lush synth-pop. Vincent Segretario from the band talks to Echoes and Dust about 3 big influences.

New super group Utopia talks to Echoes and Dust about 3 releases that have influenced the band a lot.

Insect Ark | Facebook | Bandcamp When Dana Schechter started Insect Ark as her “true” solo project in 2012, she set out to build desolate and hallucinogenic galaxies of sound entirely on her own. Writing and playing solo offered an escape into the deep …

Russian Circles and SUMAC bass player Brian Cook talks to Echoes and Dust about 3 releases that have influenced his solo project Torment & Glory a lot.

UK based death metal act Beyond Grace talk to us about 3 releases that have influenced the band a lot.