Numb Reflection: Ιουλίου 2012

18 Ιουλίου 2012

Eremita

What could sb say about Ihsahn? After Emperor , he has done an excellent job and i believe 'after' was the highlight of it. Eremita could not be different. But at the same time this is the drawback. I feel that he could go one step further, evolve to sth more personal and new, but what i saw was a recycling of the -flawless for sure but-past. Everyone must check 'eremita' (latin for hermit) out.

http://www.ihsahn.com/
http://www.facebook.com/ihsahnmusic
http://www.myspace.com/ihsahnmusic
http://www.last.fm/music/Ihsahn

Nihilum Bellus

Interesting release by Depressive Winter.Definitely stands out among the piles of new dbm albums.

http://www.myspace.com/thedepressivewinter

http://www.last.fm/music/Depressive+Winter

Himmelsradt

Himmelsrandt is a project of the neoclassical band Nachtreich. You can find this song in the compilation Pest Productions Promo 2012 along with other great tracks.

www.myspace.com/nachtreich
www.facebook.com/pages/Nachtreich-Official/134636053320790

Arctogaia

Despite the successful arrangement and memorable melodies , I still think that there's some problem with the recording...could be more original, too.

http://www.myspace.com/ulvegr
http://www.last.fm/music/Ulvegr
http://vk.com/club13789517
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Ulvegr

ΓΛΩΣΣΟΛΑΛΙΑ

Greek psychedelic black metal! Wow we can go truly psycho here!

Gebirge

It's not draumar. It's nature singing its beauty and serenity. With the help of the fitting in screams, rythm guitars or acoustic parts and cold drums. Well, a masterpiece.
http://www.myspace.com/draumarambient
http://www.facebook.com/draumarambient
http://www.last.fm/music/Draumar

Fade away gradually, my hope...

While in the beggining you may think 'another typical dbm release', due to repetition and tested sound, don't push the stop button! The dreamy, dark atmosphere and the well performed vocals dressed with some ambient tones and nice clean guitars make Misere Nobis a worth-listening band.
http://www.myspace.com/miserenobisband
http://soundcloud.com/misere-nobis
http://www.last.fm/music/Misere+Nobis

Where fate lies unbound

Folk/ symphonic black metal with classical elements..really good for an upstart unsigned band! Surely pointed for its creativity, perfect instrumentation and pleasant swifting between clean and harsh vocals, 'Where fate...' reveals that we have a lot to expext of Warseid.
http://warseid.com/
http://warseid.bandcamp.com/

Tired, Numb, Still alive

Depressive Black Metal ,3-way split by psychonaut 4, unjoy and eurythmie ...Despair and misanthropy. Good for what it is.

17 Ιουλίου 2012

Csejthe, staré spiace domy

Korium's 2012 atmospheric/dbm album.

http://www.last.fm/music/Korium

http://korium.webs.com/

Silent Scream

After 13 years, here is a new dark/ambient black metal release by the asian band Gnome! It's a split with Human Soul. Great record, listen to it.

13 Ιουλίου 2012

Regression to nothingness

Inborn Suffering have returned 6 years after 'wordless hope' and released one of the best doom/death records of the year! Less melodic than their previous one, this album is characterised by heavy and eerie tones .Fans of doom and dark music will love it.

http://www.myspace.com/inbornsuffering
http://www.reverbnation.com/inbornsuffering
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Inborn-Suffering/117955402733
http://www.last.fm/music/Inborn+Suffering

12 Ιουλίου 2012

Weder nicht licht noch schatten

Wow. I don't know how verdunkeln do it, tying the listener tightly to their doomy riffs and calm but edgy repetitions. Sounding in the same time so desperate to make him feel isolated. And everything is done subtly, uncannily... in a few words, a must have.

http://www.last.fm/music/Verdunkeln

Lugburz Sleed ep

Atmospheric, dbm band with some post metal influences. Their latest one-track ep is really promising... plainly hypnotising.

http://www.lugburzsleed.narod.ru
https://www.facebook.com/lugburzsleed
http://www.myspace.com/lugburzsleed
http://www.lugburzsleed.bandcamp.com
http://www.last.fm/music/Lugburz+Sleed
http://twitter.com/lugburzsleed

A beautiful dystopia

Okera is a melodic death/ doom band from Australia. I'd say that their new album consists of upbeat songs, haunting doom melodies, progressive metal sections. You will find a lot of experimentation here leading -luckily- to an harmonic result, their 'beautiful dystopia'.

http://okera.bandcamp.com/

http://www.myspace.com/okerametal

http://www.facebook.com/okeraband

http://www.triplejunearthed.com/Okera

http://www.reverbnation.com/okera

http://www.last.fm/music/Okera
(Hey, net overuse!)

Árstíðir lífsins 2012

Excellent release by this folk black metal band! Listening to this masterpiece, i felt as if was familiar with Iceland's history, sharing the grief and agony of the songs' protagonists... Music like it should be.

http://www.arstidirlifsins.net/

http://www.myspace.com/arstidirlifsins

http://www.last.fm/music/%C3%81rst%C3%AD%C3%B0ir+L%C3%ADfsins

http://soundcloud.com/arstidirlifsins

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Merrimack- The Acausal Mass

I don't feel at ease commenting on such a big swedish band, let alone when i am not really satisfied. The truth is i expected more inspiration and originality of them. I must say the recording is perfect, and anyway the tracks are not bad...actually this is what i mean.They are mediocre.

http://www.facebook.com/merrimackofficial
http://merrimack.satanslegions.com/
http://www.last.fm/music/Merrimack
http://www.last.fm/music/Merrimack

Sorcier Des Glaces & Monarque

Nice split, it shows a musical progression made by both bands. But while being optimistic about their new, ear-pleasant influences, i get somewhat annoyed by their choice of covers ('sacrifice?!')

SDG
http://www.myspace.com/sorcierdesglaces666

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sorcier-Des-Glaces/17529065374
http://twitter.com/sdg_official

M
http://www.facebook.com/monarqueqc
http://www.last.fm/music/Monarque

Faustian echoes

Without having lost any of their inspitation and answering to those who claim that 'perfect' will necessarily become at least 'plain good', agalloch present their new record. The result is dark, epic, majestic. The folk element is combined with the frightening riffs and frantic drums, while the acoustic or spoken word parts are like they want to drag you into the melancholy of Faust's story. Tragedy mixed with art. This is what best describes 'faustian echoes'.

http://www.agalloch.org/
http://www.myspace.com/agalloch
http://www.facebook.com/AgallochOfficial
http://www.last.fm/music/Agalloch

Pearls

Mutiara damansara's new album is surely different from their previous one. Their turn to clear post rock/ shoegaze sound is obvious. Along with the great atmosphere and the strong songwriting, 'pearls' give the sense of dancing around the listener until they reach the depth of his soul.

http://www.myspace.com/mutidama
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mutiara-Damansara/211707665516132?sk=app_2405167945

Gall And Wormwood by Juvenile Baroque

Have you ever listened to music while being high?Probably yes. But have you ever listened to stoned instruments?!! This is exactly what u will feel listening to this strange instrumental post rock release. I'm preety sure that the guitars have sniffed coke, the drums faint, come to their...rhythm, then fade again, and the synth is acting really weird lying there in the corner...

http://juvenilebaroque.bandcamp.com/
http://www.myspace.com/juvenilebaroqueslaughterhouse
http://www.last.fm/music/Juvenile+Baroque+Slaughterhouse
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Juvenile-Baroque-Slaughterhouse/221038571263824

With the same smile as those days

A world inside, created with my eyes closed...

http://lunaire.bandcamp.com/album/lunaire-ep
http://www.myspace.com/lunaire1
http://www.triplejunearthed.com/Lunaire
http://www.facebook.com/lunaireband
http://www.last.fm/music/Lunaire

11 Ιουλίου 2012

Calm down, you weren't set on fire

Hypomanie, having been born and walked in the footsteps of alcest like so many others, is proved far more superior to its 'siblings'.This is in fact what the band showed with the album 'city in mono' and what its processor 'calm down...' confirms.This is a more personal release that reveals hypomanie's potential of going even further. Truly powerful, it causes many feelings alternating between distortion, heavy riffs and relaxing moments or repetition. A must have for post rock/shoegaze fans.

http://www.myspace.com/hypomanie

http://www.last.fm/music/Hypomanie

http://vk.com/hypomanie

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hypomanie/223353617702684

Súl ad Astral

Though not marked for its originality, this record is undoubtedly a highlight thinking of all these uninspiring post black releases. Characterised by the - often big but not boring- instrumental interludes(or beginnings), it combines blast beats and shrieking with softer moments. U should check it out.

http://www.facebook.com/suladastral
http://suladastral.bandcamp.com/

As the valley of death becomes us, our silver memories fade

A storm of light is a black metal band with post rock, doom(even stoner) elements.The moods in this album are shifting a lot, but they keep it stuctured and solid. The production is amazing with terrific drums and astounding riffs.
http://www.astormoflight.com/
http://www.myspace.com/astormoflight
http://www.facebook.com/astormoflight
http://www.last.fm/music/A+Storm+of+Light

DOMGARD-MYRKVIDR

Classic, cold bm sound with a dreary rhythm.

http://www.myspace.com/domgard
http://www.last.fm/music/Domg%C3%A5rd
http://www.facebook.com/DOMGARD

10 Ιουλίου 2012

Cityscape drawn in black ink-Line 0 ep

This band has truly gained many fans. As an experimental post-metal record( the depressive element remains), their ep Line 0 is not bad. However, i still think that some sounds are not tied well together.
http://cityscapedrawninblackink.bandcamp.com/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cityscape-Drawn-in-Black-Ink/301072676589357

Of Strength And Solace

Being a fan of the band, i'd say this is typical good Lustre sound...Although Nachtzeit definitely knows the job, this ep leaves me in some parts with the sense that sth doesn't work.
http://www.myspace.com/lustreband

Aesthaetique

Endowed with excellent production, Esthaetique is a well performed record which has nothing to envy of other dbm albums. Rokkr succeds in creating a bleak atmosphere, while the black metal sound gives often its place to ambient moments.

http://www.myspace.com/grisatre
http://www.last.fm/music/Gris%C3%A2tre
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gris%C3%A2tre/149721125132600

Weeping Spirits-An ode to sorrow in man

Quite an improvement for the three bands. A split that will surely appeal to the fans of dbm.

Bosse-de-nage III

Moving from fast blasts to quieter moments, this record gathers many positive elements.
What about the...

-Mix of post rock and black metal? successful!
-Drumming? precise and powerful!
-Guitar and spoken word interludes? found where they should be!

Give it a listen.

http://bosse-de-nage.com/

http://www.last.fm/music/Bosse-de-Nage

Abske Fides

Death/doom sound, less funeral doom elements, feelings of despair; this is how i'd describe the first full length of the brazilian band.

http://www.myspace.com/abskefides
http://www.last.fm/music/Abske+Fides
http://abskefides.bandcamp.com/

Sound Desolations

Is it my idea or SDE have all the time some good piece of music coming out!? Post rock, post black, shoegaze...enjoy.
http://sundevouredearth.bandcamp.com/
http://www.lastfm.de/music/Sun+Devoured+Earth
http://soundcloud.com/sun-devoured-earth
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sun-Devoured-Earth/200294333326008

When dreams become reality

First full-length album of desolate oasis... Seen it uploaded in a couple of blogs. One melancholic post-black/shoegaze record, one promising band.

DRAPSNATT-Skelepht

More depressive, more mature, more sincere...maybe not so much folk, but the acoustic parts remain and along with the limited clean vocals create a dark trip in the swedish underground scene.
http://www.myspace.com/drapsnatt
http://www.last.fm/music/Dr%C3%A5psnatt
http://www.facebook.com/drapsnatt

PraekΩsmium!!

Frostseele seem to have done a very good job here...powerful, atmospheric/ambient black metal! Without being really sth new, this record's music will capture u with its hollow melody.
http://frostseele.bandcamp.com/
http://www.myspace.com/frostseele
http://www.last.fm/music/FrostSeele
http://www.facebook.com/frostseele