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Norwegian Genre-Bending Innovators, SHE SAID DESTROY have Returned from Hibernation and Announce New Album.

Norwegian genre-bending innovators, She Said Destroy return after 8 years in hibernation and have picked up where they left off with their 2012’s EP “Bleeding Fiction” for Mas-Kina Recordings. Titled “Succession”, this new album consists of material written over the last 13 years and thus represents a broad collection of influences and musical styles. “Succession” will be released once again […]

[Review] LINEA ASPERA Returns with Their Second Full-length LP, and It Has an Undeniably Contemporary Aspect

After the quick end of Linea Aspera, Alison Lewis turned to her label Fleisch Records, the solo project Zanias and Keluar, a cooperation with Sid Lamar (Schwefelgelb). In 2019, it finally came back and it was for sure unexpected. The band take a cue from the Cold Wave mood. Dissatisfied, […]

With ‘Über den Sternen’, EMPYRIUM Still Draws Inspiration from the Magic and Spirits of Wild Places.

Mountain vistas of sombre forests stretching towards the horizon, majestic ruins of medieval castles still standing proud on ragged cliffs, water spirits lurking in dark moorlands beckoning unwary wanderer to the depths – the very same motifs that inspired the painters and poets of German Romanticism have also given rise […]

LEBANON HANOVER’s ‘Sci-Fi Sky’ Album is Hard to Forget

William Maybelline and Larissa Iceglass are once again embarking on a dark journey of dejection through upcoming their music that is often characterized by a cool aesthetic, a slight slant in vocals, and guitar playing. This duo has been one of the most prominent acts in the field of cold and darkwave since it […]

‘Strangers’ by OF BLOOD AND MERCURY Tells About the Memories They Never Had

Of Blood and Mercury is not exactly what you would expect to listen to from the fusion of musicians from extreme bands such as Enthroned, Bathsheba, but that doesn’t mean it’s boring or tiresome. Quite the contrary, it resembles a bit of Lycia and Enya and that makes me even […]

Essential Post-Rock Duo COLLAPSE UNDER THE EMPIRE Announces New Album ‘Everything We Will Leave Beyond Us’

After Collapse Under The Empire finished its 10th anniversary with the triple LP boxset The End of Something last year, their new album Everything We Will Leave Beyond Us will be released on November 13th, 2020. On this album, the duo completes the story they started in 2009 and at the same time open up a […]

Neoclassical/Ambient Solo Project SAIGON WOULD BE SEOUL Announces New Album ‘The Human Stain’.

Saigon Would Be Seoul is the solo project from Mirza Ramic of the electronic music duo Arms and Sleepers. While spending most of his adult life in the US, Mirza was born in Bosnia & Herzegovina and lived there until 1992, when the Bosnian War forced his family to flee […]

MAYHEM Guitarist Teloch Releases Striking BERGETON Debut Album ‘Miami Murder’ in October.

Bergeton is the electronic music production project of Morten Bergeton Iversen, a musician based in Oslo, Norway. He is active in these bands today: Mayhem, Nidingr, Umoral and Bergeton. Other bands he has been involved in is 1349, Gorgoroth, Ov Hell, Orcustus & God Seed… all big hitters within the […]

‘The Last Exit’ by Dream-Pop Duo STILL CORNERS Takes You on a Hypnotic Journey.

First listen and my breath stopped for a bit. I was very lucky to buy the last ticket to happiness. Two years ago I saw them live and it was probably one of the best gigs I ever been to. STILL CORNERS‘ multi-instrumentalist Greg Hughes and vocalist Tessa Murray approach […]

[Review] ULVER’s ‘Flowers of Evil’ Tells Weird Tales of Tragedy, Fear, and Religion

Ahhh…and the album is out! Of course, Ulver needs no further presentation because it’s by far one of the best musicians still active in the music industry. I’ve waited for this release to show up since February when I got to listen to ‘Russian doll’. A thing which got my […]