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Post-rock has taken many great forms since its inception. Over time it has expanded as a genre that takes in influences from an immense variety of musical spaces, with bands incorporating all sorts of elements until some have become staples while others still remained outliers. Paint for the Blind are […]
As I’ve mentioned in my past reviews, I am, first and foremost, an emotional listener. Technical prowess means little to me if it doesn’t serve to elevate a specific subset of sensations. This may explain a lot about my listening habits. In their “We Are Very Happy,” it’s clear from […]
Emarosa releases their next flamboyant pop track, ‘Stay”’ The memorable, melodic track coincides with the announcement of their highly anticipated album “Sting”, set to release on January 27th via Out of Line Music. About the single: “’Stay’ really turned into a ‘become what you hate’ story. That feeling of knowing something is bad for you and you’re on the […]
US post-metal trio GIRIH has recently shared a music video for ‘The Key’, a new song off their forthcoming album “Ikigai”, due out on vinyl and digital formats on October 14th via A Thousand Arms and dunk!records. Filmed by gotdamnjoshua and Brad Griffin and edited by Brian Luttrell, this video was captured at a local show in their hometown Manchester. Named after the Japanese […]
Ukrainian black metal stalwart DRUDKH has just revealed the brand new track ‘November’, the second song from the newest album “All Belong to the Night” which will be see the light of day on November 11, 2022. The year is 2022. Pop culture has decayed to the point where social media platforms set the narrative and by the […]
Ghent-based post-metal collective Huracán will release the second full-length album “We Are Very Happy” on September 30 via dunk!records. The follow-up to their 2017’s EP “Realm of Instability” was produced by Huracán and Wim Reygaert, recorded and mixed by Geert Reygaert, and sees the Belgian group delivering a dynamic and powerful post-metal sound. With its razor-sharp riffs, propulsive drumming, […]
VALBORG‘s massive new full-length “Der Alte” is crushing stores on brutal impact today, Friday, September 9. The German sludge monsters will be able to support their fresh album on tour with MANTAR, which kicks off tomorrow at the Hellseatic in the duo’s original hometown of Bremen in the North of Germany. VALBORG comment: “Today, ‘Der […]
‘Wonder’, the third single from BOOGIE BELGIQUE‘s forthcoming album “Machine”, is a joyful yet nostalgic nod to their roots. In line with fan favorites like ‘Goodnight Moon’ and ‘Forever & Ever’, this modern melancholic Crooner, inspired by the 1909 Harold Orlob hit ‘I Wonder Who’s Kissing You Now’, mixes modern punchy beats with the best […]
After the two upfront singles ‘Careworn Face’, accompanied by an intense video clip, and ‘Jane Doe’, Greece-based Electronic / Minimal Synth duo INCIRRINA have just released their second album “Lip Led Scream”. “These 10 songs were written during a painful period for all of us – personally and globally speaking – and at […]
‘Saturday Night‘ is the first single from Major Parkinson’s fifth studio album, “Valesa: Chapter I.” And with this song, this eccentric musical collective returns with something of a paradigm shift – exchanging the dark vortex of “Blackbox” (2017) with bright sunsets and ocean boulevards. ‘Saturday Night‘ is a hedonistic technicolor blaze against […]