Tag: Ambient

Echtra – Paragate Review

originally written by Juho Mikkonen Artists like Echtra are somewhat of a tough pill to swallow for most of the garden variety, denim-vested music buffs. This American one-man band, crafting obscure droning soundscapes in 23-minute

Earth – Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light 1 Review

Dylan Carlson’s Earth is the closest thing to a genuine glacier that music can offer. Sure, plenty of other bands take a similarly crawling approach, but Carlson’s project has been inching its way down the mountain

Earth – A Bureaucratic Desire For Extra Capsular Extraction Review

Regardless of which era of Dylan Carlson you prefer to listen to, his music will always have a subtle way of, well, droning over your thoughts. After all, this is the man responsible for inventing

Celestiial – Where Life Springs Eternal Review

Originally written by Jordan Campbell ‘Tis a bit daunting, this attempted dissection of something so subtly evocative. One would be foolish, however, to delve into such waters without expecting a challenge. On Where Life Springs Eternal, Celestiial indeed

Final – Reading All The Right Signals Wrong Review

Justin K. Broadrick is one prolific sumbitch, no one can deny him that. Just counting since the beginning of 2008, the legendary Godflesh mastermind has recorded four new Jesu releases (counting splits, the new full length and the upcoming EP),

Nahvalr – Self Titled Review

Originally written by Jordan Campbell So…fuck. Another noise record. A surprising amount of these things have been stumbling in here lately, careening through the corridors and leaving grease stains on the walls.  Nevermind that the

Ayat – Six Years Of Dormant Hatred Review

Originally written by Kris Yancey Every now and again, I wish I could project vomit blood at will. Sure, it would probably denigrate my health, but goddamn, bespeckling somebody with crimson vitae from your throat;

Eidulon – Idolatriae Review

I travel for a living, and as I was listening to this record, planning my angle of approach to this very review, I found myself on the road again, this time traveling through a particularly