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ALBUM REVIEW: Weft – The Splintered Oar

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Embodying a whole lifetime of exploration, growth, and the ever-dynamic passages of life’s trajectory, debut album The Splintered Oar by Weft, which was released via Bindrune Recordings, is a meticulous construction well-crafted by Panopticon’s Charlie Anderson, influenced by a vast range of names and references. While the core foundation of its soundscapes revolves around Atmospheric and Death/Black Metal undertones, Weft also incorporated influences from Prog, Country, Americana, Folk, and other means of passages that aren’t strongly inclined towards distortions and belligerent beats– and it distinctively shows in the wide range of the vocal palette that Weft presented on this album; that dynamic shift from intricate, harsh growls, to choir-inspired clean singing that appear ethereal and enchanting.
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ALBUM REVIEW: All Hell – Sunsetter

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Released under Terminus Hate City, Asheville-based All Hell releases their fifth full length album entitled Sunsetter– fusing altogether first wave Black Metal references with many other references too such as Deathrock, Punk, and film score type of atmospheres. Best known for occult-horror storytelling and narratively transgressive sounds, this time they conceptualized an album with a vast range from ancient myth to modern day apocalyptic undertones. The core themes being explored on this album include exile, rebirth, cosmic vengeance, lineage, vices and virtues, as well as the ordeals of surviving as well as apocalyptic worlds– incorporating references like Lilith, the curse of Cain, and a bloodline that is damned. Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Sakna – De Syv Dødssynder

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I’ve always been drawn to the notion of exploring the deeper cores of works that are published posthumously– and De Syv Dødssynder by Sakna is one of them. It’s not just an ordinary Sognametal-inspired record; it’s an accumulation of remnants gathered over four years consisting of Atmospheric Black Metal/DSBM materials written by the late Solemn himself– later discovered by his brother S (of Lunedi fame) in a long-lost drive, and 15 years after his demise, is set to be released via Hypaethral Records. Continue reading →