Lantlôs – Agape

March 28, 2012

For those of you familiar with , you may already know that Lantlos is the side project of ‘s band member, Neige. I’d say that the material on this album is a bit heavier than stuff you’ll find on albums,

Prurient – Rose Pillar (2009)

January 10, 2012

Dominick Fernow’s is a project which explores various bleak landscapes in many different ways. Through different stages of his extensive career, his discography has had strongly fluctuating moods. Sometimes Prurient’s music is loud and harsh, melting peoples’ faces off with

Love Sex Machine – Self-Titled

January 9, 2012

Y’know, I almost didn’t bother to listen to this album based on the song titles and the band name itself. Sure, that’s probably pretty shallow, and don’t get me wrong – I’m not a prude that’s offended by everything, and

Beyond Creation – The Aura

January 5, 2012

With technical death metal on a rapid decline, I figured now would be a good time to start sifting through recent tech death releases. It’s understandable that a subgenre which focuses on technical proficiency and blazing speeds would face an

Banda de la Muerte – Banda de la Muerte

January 3, 2012

In recent years, South America has seen a rise of promising metal bands popping up from all around the continent, with stoner, sludge and doom metal being a popular trend. entered the scene with their self-titled debut in the year

Alrakis – Alpha Eri

December 29, 2011

For as long as mankind has existed, we’ve always had a fascination with the stars. To this day, you’ll find that each of us look up toward the sky on a clear night and, from the experience, each one of

Haus Arafna – New York Rhapsody

December 27, 2011

Meet Mr. and Mrs. Arafna – or and . They’re an enigmatic couple who wear their strangeness as if it was a fashionable accessory. Together, they create a form of minimalistic power electronics that they’ve dubbed as ‘angstpop’, and indeed,

Aderlating – Spear of Gold and Seraphim Bone, Pt. 1

December 25, 2011

For the most part, dark ambient can very much be a cliched affair – musicians choose to have some sort of ominous choral “oohs” rumbling in a guttural low octave with some sparse samples of creaking doors, or the clanging

SEN – Sensory Emotive Network

December 21, 2011

If you’re old enough to recall the thriving electronic music scene of the ’90s, or if you’re an avid electronic music fan that has spent a copious amount of time exploring the genre, you’ll either remember or know that artists