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‘80s L.A. post-punk/industrial band SAVAGE REPUBLIC is set to release “Live in Wrocław January 7, 2023”, their first live album in many years, on 23 January 2024. This multichannel live recording documents the feral power and passion of a seasoned band at its zenith, capturing not only the legendary energy of SAVAGE REPUBLIC’s live […]
Pyramid is an American progressive metal project, a collaboration of choice virtuosos with incredibly high vocals and lyrical content. The main man of this band is Lance Sawyer and he teamed up with some of the best musicians of the metal scene like Tim Ripper Owens (ex-Judas Priest, ex-Iced Earth, among others), Andry Lagiou (The Harps), Harry Conklin “The […]
Russian Karelian Neofolk outfit THEODOR BASTARD are now announcing the re-issue of their 2012 masterpiece “Oikoumene.” The album will be re-released via Season of Mist in various formats on June 16, 2023. The multi-layered and unpredictable 2012 album “Oikoumene” from THEODOR BASTARD inherits the band’s recognizable multi-genre approach where the psychedelic trip-hop, combined […]
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the fourth album, “Ceremonies” of Swedish post-rockers EF, Kapitän Platte will repress this album on colored vinyl again. The record will come in a fold-out-sleeve incl. a download code. The band about this release: “10 years have passed since we unleashed Ceremonies to the masses – maybe the most […]
Progressive metal outfit NE OBLIVISCARIS is now sharing the new song, ‘Misericorde I – As The Flesh Falls’ in anticipation of the release of the band’s new album, “Exul,” which is due this Friday, March 24. The band comments: “We present to you Part 1 of 2 of our 16-minute+ epic ‘Misericorde,’ […]
After three EPs defining the contours of their aesthetic at the crossroads of influences between dream pop, slowcore, and post-rock, Pam Risourié will release their first full-length album “Days of Distortion”. Taking the form of an underground dive, like a dream breaking apart and echoing along walls of guitars, days of […]
Under the acronym of O.A.K. (Oscillazioni Alchemico Kreative), the Italian musician, composer, and singer Jerry Cutillo has released “Lucid Dreaming and The Spectre of Nikola Tesla.” The album continues in the thematic paths already traced in the previous trilogy 2016-2020, namely “Viandanze,” – “Giordano Bruno,” – “Nine witches under a […]
Once we were besotted with post-rock, the genre became the new alternative culture. A form of groundbreaking music that none of us could take the ears and eyes off. For the uninitiated, which included me until I listened to this record, CARVED INTO THE SUN is a California-based instrumental post-rock/progressive […]
HURLENOIR is a French band that has flown beneath many radars since it first started in 2019. As much as a musician as a painter, HURLENOIR is an artist who exploits dark themes to challenge and engage in reflection on the often rugged course of life. With “Achromaria,” the band’s […]