(((O))) Category: Reviews

Helloween – March of Time

If you are a fan of the band you’ve either heard all these songs many times, or chosen not to hear the ones you don’t like. If like me you’re new to them, you are in for such a treat.

Stormo – Tagli/Talee

Tagli/Talee oozes a screamo creativity, passion and energy that really deserves attention.

The Grey – Kodok

Kodok is a true expansion and a beautiful execution of the, mainly, instrumental genre.

Dim Gray – Shards

Shards becomes a structure of this spiritual journey; finding your true self, and reaching out to someone who you hadn’t been in touch with, for a very long time.

Naxatras – V

Naxatras proves to be a master at blending genres, leaving the listener in a lush, positive state of mind.

Seven Sisters – Shadow Of A Fallen Star Pt.2

Be prepared to witness the wonder and mystery of Seven Sisters’ continuation on the Shadow of a Fallen Star.

My Morning Jacket – Is

It’s good to hear Jim James soar once again and the choice cuts here are some of their best.

Dean Wareham – That’s The Price of Loving Me

Thank God for the creative talents of musicians like Dean Wareham to make our days a little brighter.

Steven Wilson – The Overview

It is a strong return for an album that’ll be talked about in the years to come.

Bacht’n de Vulle Moane – Klaagrituelen

Klaagrituelen is the kind of album that lures you into eremitism, slowly dissolving into misanthropic solitude.

Henge – Journey to Voltus B

Henge are their own true sound when it comes to time traveling, telling their story, they are the band to definitely watch out for.

Dawn of Ouroboros – Bioluminescence

On first listen this album appears inaccessible – mirroring the sea in a cyclone. But if you concentrate, you can see the beauty in it.

Kaiser – 2nd Sound

Fuzz, hooks and big-ballast bass. But this is so much more than a stoner nostalgia trip.

Intensive Care & The Body – Was I Good Enough?

The results are pretty much exactly what you expect, an abrasive industrial hellscape with screaming.

The Gates of Slumber – The Gates of Slumber

A skull-crunching, powerful return for a band that is keeping the legacy of the genre alive and running.

Yaang – No

Yaang are fully carbonated and unnecessarily caffeinated, they have a short attention span, a drum machine and at least one dubious moustache.

Edge of Paradise – Prophecy

If Immortal Waltz is the alternate soundtrack to Alan Moore’s 1988 controversial graphic novel of Batman: The Killing Joke, then Prophecy itself descends into complete themes of madness.

Guiltless – Teeth to Sky

A bludgeoning debut from members of A Storm of Light, Intronaut, and Generation of Vipers.

Various Artists – Brown Acid: The Twentieth Trip

Going through the 20th trip from the Brown Acid series, it’s more and more of the heavy nuggets that these bands never gotten the recognition they truly deserve.

Edith Frost – In Space

In Space is the first Edith Frost record in 20 years. The world has changed drastically during this time, and Edith is here to address such changes with her wry warmth.

OdNu + Ümlaut – Mitochondria Johatsu

The effect created here is quite similar to the one created by those old kaleidoscope boxes, that create patterns that come and go, never to be repeated again. It might sound simple, but it still creates a mesmerising effect.

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