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Edinburgh-based post-metal band Codespeaker has just released their new single, ‘Usud,’ the track which opens the band’s highly anticipated sophomore album “Scavenger,” set for release on November 8th via Ripcord Records. Scavenger by Codespeaker “‘Usud’ looks at the notion of birthright and the role that luck and privilege play in what we perceive as success. […]
Norwegian progressive metal trio GRANT THE SUN, comprised of current and former members of Insense and Beaten to Death, has recently shared a new track titled ‘Mariana,‘ which is taken from their first full-length album “Voyage,” set to be released on June 9th via Mas-Kina Records. The follow-up to the band’s critically lauded EP “Sylvain” is a 39-minute inventive […]
Athens-based post-sludge-metal band Allochiria will release their third full-length album “Commotion” on April 24th via Venerate Industries. Now, the Greek collective share a music video, directed by Manos Daskalakis, for the leading single ‘Darklight’. The band comments on this new video “This pretty much describes a ghost town, where people were forced to evacuate due […]
A couple of weeks after unveiling the audio version of the song and a very successful crowdfunding campaign on wemakeit, Swiss progressive post-metal collective NevBorn shares now the video for their single ‘NEMEA’. This track will be part of the first chapter of the “Alkaios” trilogy, a complete project gathering many artists from […]
rýr (Icelandic: barren, sparse, weak) is an instrumental post-metal band from Berlin, Germany. “transient” is their second full-length album, which will be available from Golden Antenna Records on October 28th. “transient” is also the title track and second single from the new album. “transient” was written by the band in 2020 and 2021 […]
Comprised of Alex Paul (guitar), Brian Luttrell (guitar), and Jeremy Dingman (drums), Girih made significant strides towards improving and evolving their sound, and the new effort “Ikigai” is not merely a continuation of their impressive capabilities; it is an evolutionary progression in every tangible facet of their artistry. So, let’s get carried away in their creative process and […]
US post-metal trio Girih has just shared a new song off their forthcoming second album “Ikigai”, due out on vinyl and digital formats on October 14th via A Thousand Arms and dunk!records. Named after the Japanese conceptual philosophy of finding purpose and fulfillment, the eight-track release was recorded at Wachusett Recording Co. by GIRIH and Mike Moschetto, who also engineered and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]