Month: June 2020

There is a certain vibe surrounding the music of those who follow the right hand path, that those who prefer gazing into the abyss rather than the sky lack. Not cheeriness or joy necessarily, but […]

I am following the development of this band for quite some time now, since their first album. And what a development it has been. KEEP OF KALESSIN have, after two, well, “nice” but mediocre albums, […]

There are certain works of art that are delivered complete and immaculate, meticulously crafted – lines sharp, edges trimmed, flush, sanded smooth. Works exact in their presentation and targeted in their impact. From the outset […]

Have you ever listened to Laibach all day long and then tried to write an album review? Well I have, and this is what I heard thereafter. The album has got five windows that are […]

Sbrodj is a region of the fictional kingdom of Syldavia. There is a shuttle base in that region or something, I think, from where Tintin took a trip to the Moon. There, in the Moon, is where Dan Swanö must have […]

How anti-avant-garde can metal become? Listen to Kampfar’s new album “Heimgang” and you’ll get a dubiously perfect idea! The title nearly says it all: Kampfar is on its “Heimgang”, way back into “Skogens Dyp” (song […]

When I hopelessly fall in love with an album I usually need to share my naked emotions with the world: with Bildfänger I am almost tempted to keep them close to my chest. This work, […]

Sometimes an album earns sympathy credits before listening and that’s exactly the case with Italian based instrumental duo KAILASH. Already the band name sounds rather unusual, the at first sight illogical album title hints at […]

Seeing Japan from the perspective of entertainment, three significant forms will appear. One of them is the animation movie, the other one is the horror film industry. And the third one is music which is […]

Johann Wolfgang Pozoj Pozoj. Lost. Eternal. Tragic. Pozoj, a mythological creature, a dragon. In Indo-European mythologies it sleeps among the roots of the world tree, in the underground, he is connected with water. Up, amongst […]