With Anathema announcing themselves another casualty of 2020, and being placed on indefinite hiatus, I’m sure many have been reacquainting themselves with their full discography. Everyone has their own special and favourite albums from the band, as their mood and…
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Within the first minute, you know this is going to be an interesting listen, as the opening number of Áuryn’s debut album, Antes de Cerrar los Ojos, flits between prog metal and jazz fusion. The contrasts almost clash, and yet…
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For some months I had been waiting for the release of an experimental series of rich, multi-layered soundscapes created on a harp. Post-classical, ambient melodies with a watery theme evoking nature and nostalgia. An ode to the past and to…
View More Adenine – Adenine | Mary Lattimore – Silver Ladders
New Zealand band Cut Off Your Hands is one I’ve followed without great enthusiasm. With a bunch of EPs under their belt, their debut album was accompanied by a lot of hype. Possibly not undeserved, either, as it is a…
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Even if I did not already have great interest in a new LogoS album, the title and artwork would have settled it for me. Without knowing Italian, it’s clear enough that this is an album that references Sasaki Sadako and…
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One of the most intriguing things over the last year has been watching New Zealand band Domes build their debut release. A self confessed experiment, rather than be released all at once, each track has been released individually. A test…
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2020 seems to have been a banner year for New Zealand music with a progressive bent. The long-awaited City of Souls debut finally arrived. Coridian released the penultimate chapter of their Elements series, and it’s the longest and most impressive…
View More Koert Wegman – Pull Down the Sun
Sometimes you hear an album and it just sweeps you away. New Zealand band Pull Down the Sun’s Of Valleys and Mountains is the latest album to fall into my lap for review, and so there’s no way I should…
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In this update we feature: • The Osiris Club – Blazing Worlds: Live at Roadburn & Twicefold Of Kind • Dušan Jevtovic – If You See Me • Slomosa – Slomosa • Boris – NO • Taskaha – Taskaha •…
View More A Different Aspect #44
Wow! Talk about growth! I enjoyed Pencarrow’s debut four years ago, but I wouldn’t say I raved about it. It was a solid album, with a lot going for it, and I don’t think I ever read a negative review…
View More Pencarrow – Growth In The Absence Of Light