I really should’ve written about this new cassette by Clint Heidorn sooner, as it’s one of the best releases we’ve been sent in quite some time. Besides some outstanding music, the deluxe release includes ”the cassette in a canvas bag, and six redscale photographs, resting on a bed of oak leaves, inside a hand-stained and silkscreened [...]
At last, it appears Watain’s discography will be repressed. That’s stellar news for those of us who don’t own vinyl editions of Casus Luciferi, Rabid Death’s Curse or Sworn to the Dark. And hey, if you missed out on Lawless Darkness, well that’s available, too. You can purchase each 2xLP individually or as a satanically [...]
The magnificent Mister Stott comes back with another 8 tracks, spread across two LPs. All signs indiciate that this is even more of a heady trip than his last outing, and it appears to be selling fast. Low stock levels are already being reported at beta.forcedexposure.com, but you can still pick this up from the [...]
The Head Technician returns with another album of fuzzy beats and hypnagogic melodies. A single, focused statement from this mysterious musical project and a 5 star recommendation from the OMGV staff. Ghost Box is a label whose every release warrants “must grip” excitement. Available at ghostbox.greedbag.com but also being carried by experimedia.net.
Alight in Ashes, which currently stands as Menace Ruine’s most defined work to date, is now available to pre-order in a 2xLP package with silkscreened artwork both on the jacket and on the insert. This is not your typical black metal record, it feels forced to place a label on it at all. Stream a [...]
A brand new album from Emeralds, on their new home at Editions Mego. Cleveland’s promised sons deliver another sparkling, face-shredding slab of electric synth odyssey with the fantastic guitar accompaniment of Mark McGuire. Pre-orders direct from the label get limited edition colored vinyl, but if the conversion rate is killing your pocketbook, you can expect [...]
Dan Snaith, the brilliant musical mind behind Caribou, is having a not-so-secret love affair with dance music. At least he changed his name to protect the innocent – as Daphni, he has released a handful of well received 12″ mixes, and is now dropping a full length via Merge Records. Jiaolong is pressed on 150 [...]
Goods news via Hells Headbangers Friday update: namely, a brand new remastered pressing of Portal’s Outre LP. Get ready for death metal insanity, nothing else sounds like Portal. Colored vinyl, black vinyl or picture disc all available at shop-hellsheadbangers.com.
Ladies and gentleman, Mister Pete Swanson. The not-so-reformed noise addict pushes his techno experimentalism into new realms, leaving the passionless rhythms of his so-called contemporaries far behind. An essential purchase from the Type label and now available from experimedia.net.
Grails are back at it, releasing the 5th volume in their long-running Black Tar Prophecies. This time they share the platter with Pharaoh Overlord, suitable partners for this dark and psychedelic journey. Available to order right now at kemado.com.
