This is the debut album from Jesus Piece, a hardcore band from the US.
Only Self opens up a world of expressive violence with 29 minutes of aggressive hardcore tinged with experimental elements. Continue reading
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Tag Archives: Ambient
Morrow – The Weight of These Feathers (Review)
Morrow are a US black metal band and this is their debut album.
Not to be confused with the Morrow from the UK that have appeared on this site previously, this US band play atmospheric black metal with ambient and post-rock influences. Continue reading
Second to Sun – The Black (Review)
This is the fourth album from Russian blackened melodic death metal band Second to Sun.
Apparently this is a rerecording of the band’s 2016 release Blackbound, with added vocals, and other differences. I was totally unfamiliar with Second to Sun’s work prior to listening to The Black, so I can’t comment on how this relates to Blackbound, other than to say that it does. Continue reading
Råttkung – 15:25 (Review)
Råttkung is a one man black metal band from Denmark, and this is this latest EP.
If you’re unfamiliar with Råttkung’s output, I would point you in the direction of Dark Is the Beginning, Unborn Undead, and Metamorphosis, all of which showcase the project’s musical proclivities and progression well. Continue reading
Clawing/Offerbeest – Split (Review)
Clawing are from the US and Offerbeest is a one man project from the Netherlands. Together they have birthed this monstrosity made of noise, ambient, experimental, and drone components.
A word of warning – this is not a pleasant listen. Continue at your peril. Continue reading
Morag Tong – Last Knell of Om (Review)
Morag Tong are a UK doom band, and this is their debut album.
Here we have 48 minutes of material from exploratory doomsters Morag Tong.
Last Knell of Om is an expansive and compelling listen, riven with huge slow guitars and imbued with a keen spacial awareness. It’s Continue reading
CHRCH – Light Will Consume Us All (Review)
CHRCH are a doom/sludge band from the US and this is their second album.
My first encounter with CHRCH was on their split with Fister. I think you can safely say that I fell in love with them at that point, so it’s very exciting that their latest full length release is now here with a new 47 minutes of material for me to get lost in. Continue reading
Hundred Year Old Man – Breaching (Review)
Hundred Year Old Man are a post-metal/sludge band from the UK and this is their debut album.
Breaching contains almost 60 minutes of affecting, emotive material. With a post-metal approach to intensity the band wield their various influences to produce atmospheric sludge metal that’s a monolithic and immersive listening experience. Continue reading
Louise Lemón – Purge (Review)
Louise Lemón is a Swedish death gospel artist and this is her debut album.
Mixing folk, soul, Gothic, electronic, pop, and ambient into slow, meaningful songs, Purge contains 31 minutes of exquisite material. Pretty much every second of it is tinged with darkness and melancholy, which has all contributed towards the creation of a superlative collection of tracks. Continue reading
Clawing – Spectral Estate (Review)
This is the debut album from US drone/noise band Clawing.
This is a harrowing, uncomfortable trip into dark ambient, drone, noise, and doom waters. Apparently this is a concept album about night terrors, child abuse, and haunted houses. No, this is not a light and friendly listen. Continue reading
