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  Fresh Mango 8 new releases that are worth checking out! 8 short reviews.  If available on Spotify, one song each will also be added to the  MangoRotation playlist  (MR) for 14 days. Want to advertise on MangoWave? Send a request to rmangowave@gmail.com (DOLCH) - Nacht   ( MR ) (50:52, Album, CD/Digital, Ván Records , 04/02/2022) "Nacht" (German: "Night") is the second part of the trilogy, the collective (DOLCH) (German: Dagger) are working on. The twelve-track release on hand is thus following up to previous album " Feuer " ("Fire"), and in the near future the series will be finished by the upcoming album "Tod" ("Death"). On a dozen new tracks and almost one hour (DOLCH) create dreamy and atmospheric soundscapes that easily cross the borders between Black Metal, Shoegaze, Post Punk, and Dream Pop. Seremonia - Neonlusifer   ( MR ) (35:38, Album, Vinyl/CD/Digital, Svart Records , 04/02/2022) Black masses do not always have t...

Picture Credit: Pressor Artwork: Stas Vasilev   Pressor - I glow Release Date: August 20, 2021 Length: 05:56 Genre: Post Rock / Experimental Origin:  Kostroma ,  Russia Recently, Pressor's cover version of The Beatles' 'I want you' was featured on MangoWave . Now, the four-piece band from Kostroma has released another cover single. This time, Pressor present their interpretation of the song 'I glow', originally written and played by St. Peterburg's Antethic . I Glow by Pressor Different to recent tracks by Pressor, this one is not as heavy when it comes to Stoner Metal. Instead, the quartet provides us with some stunningly atmospheric Post Rock and an experimental twist. Thereby, Pressor pay tribute to Antethic - a band you should check out - and show the great variety of their music one more. Pressor Online: Facebook Instagram V Kontakte Bandcamp YouTube Spotify Looking for affordable and high quality promotion for your music?  Here's MusoSoup! Follow ...

Picture Credit: Crust Artwork: Deni Aktemirov   Crust - ... and a Dirge becomes an Anthem Release Date: August 14, 2020 Label: mmmesss (CD) / [addicted label] (Digital/Bandcamp) / RUMF Productions (Digital/Spotify) Format: CD / Digital Length: 34:18 Genre:  Post Metal  /  Blackened Sludge Origin:  Russia In April, I reviewed Crust's latest album "Stoic". To get a more concise view of the band, I also want to put in my two cents on their previous work, Crust's second long-player "... and a Dirge becomes an Anthem" which was published via three Russian labels last summer. ...and a Dirge Becomes an Anthem by Crust Most striking difference between "... and a Dirge becomes an Anthem" and its successor "Stoic" is the sound quality. Crust's second album is defined by somehow fuzzy garage sound that reminds of Black Metal recordings by early-day Bathory or Mayhem. The drums especially are a little muffled. And speaking of Black Metal, here...

Picture Credit: Pressor Artwork: Stas Vasilev   Pressor - I want you (she's so heavy) Release Date: December 04, 2020 Length: 06:06 Genre: Stoner Metal Origin: Kostroma , Russia Although this single has been released almost eight months ago, I cannot help but putting in my two cents about it. As most of you will know, 'I want you (she's so heavy)' was orignally recorded by The Beatles, and it was featured on their "Abbey Road" album. Fifty-one years later, Kostroma's Pressor released this cover version. Actually a bit shorter than the original, it shows that the works of John , Paul , Ringo , and George  are still alive as hell. Also it stands for the intense impact the Liverpudlian band has had on rock music across decades and genres. Here is 'I want you (she's so heavy)' re-interpreted as a Stoner Doom / Sludge / Stoner Metal song by Daniil , Denis , Anton , and Stas : I Want You (She's So Heavy) by Pressor The opinions on this might go ...

Picture Credit: Dusky Dive Artwork: Sergey Plishka   Dusky Dive - Flanger Studio Session Release Date: February 25, 2021 Label: [addicted label] Format: Digital Length: 36:00 Genre: Desert Rock / Jazz Rock Origin: Moscow , Russia The album on hand is the result of an improvised live session by Grigori Perelman  (drums), Alexey Stanchinskiy  (bass, vocals), Ivan Izmalkin  (baritone sax), and Sergey Plishka  (guitar) at Flanger Studio . Moscow-based quartet Dusky Dive has called their musical style Stoned Jazz. Whether sedative or psychedelic substances have had an influence on the sounds of these six tracks, one can only assume. In the end, it is not neccessary, anyways. Flanger Studio Session by Dusky Dive On 36 minutes, Dusky Dive present a psychedelic and heavy sound that mostly fits the description of Desert Rock. Bonedry, dusty riffs move like a steady and remorseless sandstorm. Predominantly through the saxophone but also by the eclectic rhythms, a strong ...

Picture Credit: Dead Man Tells Artwork: Vadim Zorin  & Stanislav Vasiliev   Dead Man Tells -  Среди мыслей Release Date: January 11, 2021 Length: 06:20 Genre: Experimental / Psychedelic Rock Origin: Saint Petersburg , Russia "Среди мыслей" (Russian: Among Thoughts) is the first single ever by Petrograd's quintet Dead Man Tells. Now, some connaisseuses and connaisseurs of the Russian Psych-, Kraut-, or Avantgarde-scene might stop and wonder "Hold the phone! Don't you mean Dead Man Tells No Tales ?". And you are kind of right. Dead Man Tells is the rebirth of Dead Man Tells No Tales. Only that the band has abandoned their instrumental past, and has risen anew like phoenix from the ashes. This is the zeroth birthday of Dead Man Tells. The single "Среди мыслей" is the first omen of a debut album coming soon. Среди мыслей by Dead Man Tells Dead Man Tells let us dive into the darkest depths of the human mind. Their psychedelic mix of Kraut and Jazz ...

Picture Credit: Remote Artwork: Alexey Sivitsky Remote -  Дым Release Date: July 02, 2021 Label: [addicted label] Format: CD / Digital Length: 45:42 Genre: Blackened Sludge Origin:  Kaluga ,  Russia In January, we received the first omens of Remote's third full-length album, when the band released the ex ante single " Гореть " (Russian: burn). And now here we are, listening to "Дым" (Russian: smoke), 45 minutes of sonic ashes, fire, and infernal soundscapes. As far as I can tell, "Дым" is the first album with Russian lyrics only by the band from Central Russian Kaluga. Дым by Remote On their newest work, Remote provide us with a brachial mix of atmospheric Post Metal, Black Metal-like coldness, and the slow but massive force of Sludge and Stoner Metal. Listening to "Дым", you can easily imagine a giant crack tearing apart Earth's soil, spawning eruptions that burn down every living being while an army of demons marches across the flaming ...

Picture Credit: Grey Mouse   Grey Mouse - A Moment of Weakness Release Date: May 07, 2021 Label: [addicted label] Format: CD / Digital Length: 38:36 Genre: Psychedelic Rock / Alternative Rock Origin: Moscow , Russia A new release by Moscow's [addicted label] always makes me very happy. Hence, today is a good since Grey Mouse are releasing their fifth full-length album "A Moment of Weakness". The band was originally formed in the late 90s by Alexey Chunikhin  and has since then gone through plenty of changes in their line-up, and has steadily experimented with different styles of psychedelic and melancholic music. Their newest work can be located in the realms of Psychedelic Folk, Alternative Rock, Alt Country, and the deeply stoic sounds of Soviet Rock. A Moment of Weakness by Grey Mouse "A Moment of Weakness" - what a powerful name for an album that is defined by selfreflecting and considerate soundscapes. The sonic construct resembles a person looking back o...

Picture Credit: Crust Artwork: Abyssic Art Crust - Stoic Release Date: April 02, 2021 Label: [addicted label] (CD/Digital) / RUMF Productions (Spotify) / slowsnow records (Tape) Format: CD / Cassette / Digital Length: 46:52 Genre: Post Metal / Blackened Sludge Origin: Russia Have you ever stared into the abyss and asked yourself "What would Lucius Annaeus Seneca  do?" or have ever felt like Epicurus might have been right after all? Well, I can relate. Modern society has a way of making stoicism very attractive again. Surrounded by darkness, false beliefs, and chaos, Russian band Crust has faced the ancient paradigm and is hence leading their audience through thick darkness towards the light of wisdom. Contrarily to what the band name might make assume, Crust play a mix of Sludge, Doom, Black, and Post Metal. They create opulent apocalyptic soundscapes with the potential to raise an army of the undead. Heaving Doom and Post Metal rhythm march through the swampy depths of S...

Remote -  Гореть Release Date: January 09, 2021 Length: 07:34 Genre: Blackened Sludge / Post Metal Origin: Kaluga , Russia Stream and Download on Bandcamp Picture Credit: Remote Artwork: Alexey Sivitsky Remote Online: VK Instagram Apple Music Tidal BOOM Deezer YouTube Music Bandcamp YouTube Spotify Looking for affordable and high quality promotion for your music? Here's MusoSoup! Follow MangoWave on Telegram DONATE

Picture Credit: Detieti Layout: Maria Kodachigova Artwork: Han Detieti - Frogressive Punk Release Date: May 19, 2018 Label: [addicted label] Format: CD / Cassette / Digital Length: 47:50 Genre: Experimental / Fusion / Post Rock Origin: Moscow , Russia Releases from Moscow's [addicted label] have one thing in common. They are very hard to categorize. Therefore, the label has a certain similarity to Greek music community Polyscope , as a side note for those who enjoy experimental and boundary-breaking music. Detieti's "Frogressive Punk" is a perfect example for these introductory words. What do artists do when their music does not fit any genres? They create their own genre. Thus, Juice Oh Yeah play Klezmer Doom, and Detieti play Frogressive Punk. Listening to the first track 'Cocaintro' (video above; awesome title by the way) might give you a certain impression about what is happening here. Funk meets Jazz, slides into atmospheric and heavy Post Rock, joins...

Photo Credit: Рудольф Рудольф - Прелюдия Release: April 10, 2020 Label: [addicted label] Format: Digital Length: 20:16 Genre: Experimental / Hardcore / Avantgarde / Rap Origin: Moscow , Russia Insanity and genius can be very close to each other. I am pretty sure that Moscow-based band Рудольф (in Latin letters: Rudolf) are trying to explore the very line between those two states. Their newest work Прелюдия (Russian: Prelude) is a freaky mix of powerful Hardcore, freaky Jazz and rough Rap. The six tracks are defined by breathtaking breaks in rhythm and tempo. These are accompanied by raw and powerful riffs that interchange with heavy scratching on the turntables and tough rap lyrics. In the opening track 'Нападая на акулу' (Russian: to attack a shark) Рудольф announce their "Crazy Hardcore". "Прелюдия" is an artistic, funny, crazy and loud freakshow. I am highly entertained by this musical presentation without any boundaries. To describe it with one word: ...

Photo Credit: Stas Vasilev  / Pressor Pressor - Twist The Bliss Release: May 18, 2020 Label: [addicted label] Format: Digital Length: 11:44 Genre: Psychedelic Rock / Sludge / Krautrock Origin: Kostroma , Russia The newest single by Stas Vasilev  (synths, guitar, vocals), Anton Khmelevskiy  (guitar), Denis Zarutsky  (bass) and Daniil Kornev  (drums), also know as Pressor is out. The band from Kostroma delivers two parts of a new track, 'Twist' and 'The Blist'. Together that's "Twist The Blist". "Twist The Blist" is highly electrifying. Pressor play a deeply psychedelic and dark form of sludgy Krautrock on this one. It is the kind of pitch black music you just dive into and experience a joyride alongside flickering lights with. The dark sound of the synthies adds to the feeling by its Wave -like atmosphere. This mesmerizing piece is a great tune, not only for fans of The Melvins or Jalayan . Oozy, sludgy, psychedeli...