Electronic doom huh ? But that’s not even a thing !
Well. That’s where you’re mistaken. Because electronic doom is probably the best label you can put on Wreck And Reference. A band creating doom soundscapes using naught but electronic wizardry. And some drums.
1. All The Ships Have Been Abandoned
2. Surrendering
3. In Chains, Awakening
4. Evening Redness
5. Desire, Ether
6. A Lament
I stumbled across Airs whilst having a bit of a trawl through bandcamp a month or so ago. Not really sure what I was looking for, I casually searched for “black metal” in the tags and this little gem popped up. I’m sure you’re looking at this cover and wondering how on earth it could be said to be black metal, “….but, the cover is all blue, and nice !” you cry. It certainly doesn’t strike you as a BM record on first glance, but delve into the sounds and you’ll soon be convinced.
Airs straddle that ever popular genre known as post-black metal; full of shoegazing, wistful long haired Frenchmen, and the occasional American counterpart. Somehow they manage to produce their music whilst the two members live at opposite ends of the country. A logistical nightmare I’m sure.
1. Overcast -das ende der zeit-
2. Rainclouds Over The Remains Of Hope
3. Cast Into The Sea
4. Innocence
5. Everyone Has Died Post-Haste
6. Joyless
7. Never Without
8. We’re Still Drifting
9. Passing
10. Clear Skies -und zeit beginnt von neuem-
To say this was one of my personally most anticipated albums of the year is quite the understatement. I’ve been waiting for this, it seems, for a long time. And today it’s finally released into the wild. And the wait was oh so worth it.
1. Neptune Is Dead
2. Feather And Bone
3. When The Sun Drowns In The Ocean
4. All Life Converges To Some Center.
I first heard about Oskoreien after acquiring a pretty sweet compilation album by the name of Der Wanderer über Dem Nebelmeer. The title is taken from a famous painting, The Wanderer Above The Sea Of Fog, translated obviously. And also a Wolves In The Throne Room track. And if you know anything about Wolves In The Throne Room, then you’ll have a rough idea about what kind of musical stylings to expect from Oskoreien.
1. Illusions Perish
2. Entropic Collapse
3. River Of Eternity
4. Transcendence
5. Ashen Remains
Verwüstung is a solo project belonging to one half of a most excellent band called Airs (I’m going to be doing a piece on them very soon !), and this is his most recent release. So recent in fact, that it’s only been available for a day.
It’s a one track album, and whilst most people would probably call this an EP, the creator of the music is more inclined to call it a full length. And at twenty eight minutes long, I’m not going to argue with that.
1. Beyond The Watercolour Sunset, We Feel New Life
Woods Of Desolation. The name pretty much explains all you need to know about what kind of music you’ll hear. The band formed featuring members of the quite glorious Australian band Austere, so look to them for an inkling as to how this band sounds. That’s not to say that they’re the same band at all. Woods of Desolation take what Austere built and take it to a new level of sorrow.
1. Torn Beyond Reason
2. Darker Days
3. An Unbroken Moment
4. The Inevitable End
5. November
6. Somehow…
Bleak Metal 