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Review: Nous ‘Nous II’

11th December 201913th January 2020 Josuph Price Ambient, Experimental, Nous, Nous II, Our Silent Canvas

Going through a band’s history, describing their artistic goals, or picking apart the press release can usually do a lot

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Amenra ‘Alive’ CD/LP 2016

5th May 201611th September 2019 Jay Hampshire 2016, Acoustic, Alive, Ambient, Amenra, CD, ConSouling Sounds, Dark, Jay Hampshire, LP, Review

A spiritual successor to their 2009 Afterlife EP, Alive sees Belgium’s mysterious purveyors of post-doom/sludge Amenra once more bare their

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Wolvserpent ‘Aporia:Kāla:Ananta’ CD/LP/DD 2016

3rd May 201611th September 2019 Daniel Pietersen 2016, Ambient, Aporia:Kāla:Ananta, CD, Daniel Pietersen, Digital, Doom, Experimental, LP, Relapse Records, Review, Wolvserpent

Idaho duo Wolvserpent have been slowly developing their brand of tar-black doom over a number of years, always standing out

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Nadja ‘Sv’ CD/DD 2016

24th April 201611th September 2019 Guido Segers 2016, Aidan Baker, Ambient, CD, Digital, Doom, Drone, Essence Music, Guido Segers, Leah Buckareff, Nadja, Review, Sv

Reviewing a record by Nadja is not an easy task. If you just look at their back catalogue its frightening

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Ulver ‘ATGCLVLSSCAP’ CD/LP/DD 2016

8th February 20161st November 2019 Guido Segers 2016, Ambient, ATGCLVLSSCAP, CD, Digital, Experimental, Guido Segers, House Of Mythology, LP, Review, Soundscapes, Ulver

Ulver returns triumphantly with another masterpiece, at least that’s my modest opinion after listening to ATGCLVLSSCAP. Though it has been

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Amber Asylum ‘Sin Eater’ CD/LP/DD 2015

8th December 20151st November 2019 Daniel Pietersen 2015, Amber Asylum, Ambient, CD, Daniel Pietersen, Digital, Experimental, LP, NeoFolk, Prophecy Productions, Review, Sin Eater

Many cultures worldwide have some form of the archetype known in the West as a Sin Eater; a person who

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Dark Buddha Rising ‘Inversum’ CD/LP/DD 2015

20th September 20153rd September 2019 Angela Davey 2015, Ambient, Angela Davey, CD, Dark Buddha Rising, Digital, Doom, Drone, Inversum, LP, Neurot Recordings, Review

Despite housing members from the likes of Hexvessel, Atomikylä, Darkempire and Mother Susurrus and having an output of six albums

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Sabbath Assembly – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2015

7th September 20152nd September 2019 Guido Segers 2015, Ambient, CD, Digital, Experimental, Guido Segers, LP, Occult Rock, Review, Sabbath Assembly, Self Titled, Svart Records, The Church Of The Final Judgment

Never walk into something religious unprepared. Not only is it so that you don’t offend someone, but you also might

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Stranger Country – S/T – DD 2015

17th July 20153rd September 2019 Brian Burroughs 2015, Ambient, Brian Burroughs, Digital, Post-Rock, Prog Rock, Review, Self Released, Self Titled, Stranger County

I like the way Stranger Country’s new release starts out; nice, gentle and mellow. Upon first playing this album, I

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Hex Inverter – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2015

18th June 20153rd September 2019 Jeremy Moore 2015, Ambient, CD, Digital, Experimental, Hex Inverter, Jeremy Moore, LP, Psych, Redscroll Records, Review, Self Titled, Translation Loss Records

Philadelphia five-piece Hex Inverter may be intent on maintaining a low profile but their highly evolved take on meditative psych

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Northumbia ‘Bring Down The Sky’ CD/DD 2014

5th April 20153rd September 2019 John Reppion 2014, Ambient, Bring Down The Sky, CD, ConSouling Sounds, Digital, Experimental, John Reppion, Northumbia, Soundscapes

Northumbia are an ambient metal duo based in Toronto, Canada. Jim Field plays guitar, Dorian Williamson plays bass and between

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