Dan Salter (Editor) This one really, really hurts. Of all the passings of musicians in the last few years, of which there have been far to many, hearing of the untimely death of Mark Lanegan has hit me harder than anyone since David Bowie. Just finding …

…an amazing reissue that gives Scheherazade and Other Stories the treatment it deserves. And I hope there’ll be a few more Renaissance reissues to come in 2022. But let’s take a trip down to the fair, and fly on our magic carpet to hear the stories of the Arabian Nights once more with an operatic form.

It’s time to embark on a magic carpet ride to be a part of Steppenwolf’s adventure and understand why they were ahead of their time. So let’s get our motors runnin’ and head down to the highway to look for more adventures of Steppenwolf’s Magic Carpet Ride: The Dunhill / ABC Years 1967 – 1971.

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.

Mandoki Soulmates’ music may not be everyone’s cup of tea per se, but this double album is quite an adventure. . .

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

One of the most talked-about bands on the Brighton scene, CLT DRP have an exciting 2022 of headline touring ahead of them. We caught up with the experimental electropunks and asked them to choose three records that have been major influences on their music. . .

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…

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.

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.

Anna and Patrick Troxell from Lovelorn talk to us about 3 releases that have influenced them and the band a lot.

While Anderson is working on a sequel to Olias, this is an album that alongside Song of Seven, gets the recognition it deserves.