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What? A power metal album reviewed on Musique[Machine]? What's going on?
Wow! My whole CD collection on one CD! Now this is a space-saving alternative for the open-minded musiclover! Estradasphere might even be the most diverse band in existence.
A Silver Mt. Zion is looking (I said "looking", not "sounding") more like Godspeed You Black Emperor with every release. They went from 3 members to 6 now with an expanded name that makes even acronyms useless (ie. ASMTMO&T-L-LB).
Techno mixed up with country, blues and gospel samples. Sounds like a strange combination, doesn't it? Strangely enough, it works, on Moby's "Play".
"Cuz nothing's worse than a suicide chump" Frank Zappa once sung: now imagine five of 'em! Misunderstood in their hometown Coalinga because of their disfigured appearance as a consequence of their suicide attempts they chose to vent their frustration through music.
Perhaps I could have chosen a better moment to review a CD with such a title, but I'll do it anyway. Mainly because it deserves to be reviewed.
Although the wave of bizarre experimental projects arisen from the Norwegian ex-black metal soil has multiplied aggressively during the last few years, Solefald will be most likely remembered as pioneers on this area, even considering the versatility and creativity of the other contesters.
Oh, what do we have here? Hmm, this is definitely not for fans of the more "traditionally" structured & played music and here's the problem I have with this review: the people who will like this probably know the genre much better than I so they will find my review inadequate and the people who won't like this, well, they won't like it anyway.
Honestly? At first I thought I wouldn't like it. The production is pretty low-fi: everything sounds muffled (except the keyboard), the guitar is inaudible most of the time, the singer sounds distant... "Not a great first impression" is the least I could say.
Here it is, one of the most highly anticipated metal/hard-rock (well, much more than that actually - hard to categorize) album of the year and, what a coincidence, it also happens to be one of the juiciest!
Jonas Renske is definitely a very troubled individual; he probably was second in the 'problem distribution' line (right after Bin Laden) if his lyrics are to be believed. Mind you, I'm not complaining - it makes great music!
Empiricism, it's the long-awaited new Borknagar album. With 2 new members in the line-up, Tyr on bass and Vintersorg on vocals, who are both replacing Simen Hestnæs.
Century Media is not a label that has a habit of signing garage bands and, even before listening to this new Scar Culture album, we can presume that it's no exception... And what a surprise! It is not!
Enya is back with her first new studio album in five years.
A new CD by Krang -oh brave new world that has such wonderful things in it ! And then my inspiration runs dry. Not that I can't thinkof anything to say, it's rather that I want to say so much it's all lumping together and blocking the exit.
What can we expect from an album that was recorded and mixed in 6 days? A lot!
Institut is one of the newer acts on Cold Meat Industry. Since some years CMI have obviously moved into a direction which combines the usual dark ambient with the more unusual power electronics / noise music. Institut definitely belongs to the latter group.
Rotoscope was formed by Andreas Mjøs in 1999. It's a six piece of artists and performers with diverse musical backgrounds, including Lars Horntveth and Rune Brøndbo.
Yet another name for a James Plotkin project. Romance suggests nice and cosy music, the album's title points in another direction though...
James Plotkin's latest release is a departure of the poppy and ambient activities of the last five years. The very dense material on this album is very intense and energetic.
The swansong of OLD displays a very structured and stripped-down version of the futuristic psychedelica of its predecessor 'Musical Dimensions Of Sleastak'. The use of vocoders injects the music with a sense of melody new to OLD.
Moloko had their biggest hit with disco/techno remix of 'Sing It Back'. Although their regular records were more in the vein of electronic funk and pop, they always had a connection to the techno-scene.
This is the third installment of Unquiet Grave, a 2 CDs compilation of songs from underground bands coming from various dark backgrounds; darkwave, goth-rock, industrial & a pinch of black-metal.
Puissance is probably more known for its radical views upon the world than for its music. But the newest release "Total Cleansing" should change that. With the help of Blooddawn / Regain Records and a slightly more accessible sound the Swedish duo is ready to take over the world...and destroy it.