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Picture Credit: Klamm Artwork: Daniel Bechthold   Klamm - Misanthropocene Release Date: June 01, 2021 Label: selfrelease Format: CD / Digital Length: 61:23 Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal Origin: Würzburg , Germany Six years after the release of " Ernte ", Klamm are back with a brand new full length album. The nine-track CD contains more than an hour of deep, dark, and misanthropic thoughts conveyed in melancholic tunes. Although some of the songs or parts are actually way older and have been re-arranged for this album, "Misanthropocene" has become a beautifully coherent work of sonic darkness. The theme is a distant reflection on the status quo of humakind and society in the 21st century. Chasms of human behaviour are thus taken on: egoism, intolerance, social inequality, patriarchym capitalism, violence, war, and religion. A typical Black Metal release, one could say, and yet content and music are presented in a very contemporary way. "Misanthropocene" is...

Picture Credit: Klamm Artwork: Daniel Bechthold   Klamm - Anthropocene Release Date: May 24, 2021 Length: 14:22 Genre: Black Metal Origin: Würzburg , Germany "Anthropocene" is the third and final ex ante single of Klamm's album"Misanthropocene" which  is about to be released on June 01, 2021. Previously, the quintet from Lower Fraconia already let us listen to " Death Worship " and " Dawn " and thereby increased the excitement for the upcoming full-length release. Misanthropocene by Klamm The fourteen-minute longtrack can be separated into two major themes. "Anthropocene" starts with a heavy, atmospheric and ice cold Black Metal part. For the first eight-and-a-half minutes, Klamm merge a brachial composition of melancholic Black Metal and sludgy heaviness. Cold as tundra winds, "Anthropocene" creates sonic images that resemble a staunch march against a blizzard. The second part keeps the sound of desparation but introduces...

Picture Credit: Mountain Hermit / Silenced Minstrel Mountain Hermit / Silenced Minstrel - Dark Musings of the Ages Release Date: January 22, 2021 Label: Satanica Productions Format: CD / Cassette (tba) / Digital Length: 35:41 Before we start, I think I have to add a little warning up front. This split release is not for the faint-hearted. On three tracks each Mountain Hermit from Rome and Silenced Minstrel provide their audience with musicked claustrophobia and pitch-black horror. The split will be available on stream and as a CD published via Satanica Prodductions. The artists are also planning to have it released on tape later this year. Are you ready for this? Well, here we go! A-Side: Mountain Hermit Length: 21:17 Genre: Black Metal / Horror Doom Origin: Rome , Italy Ali Owl  and Papa Hermit  are Mountain Hermit. The duo opens the split with a spooky organ intro. But don't you worry, this is not going to be a Dani Filth -like sound. Instead, Mountain Hermit present a soun...

Picture Credit: Strange New Dawn Strange New Dawn - Planet System Release: September 01, 2020 Label: Death to Music Format: CD/Digital Length: 74:13 Genre: Prog Metal / Doom Metal Origin: Kristiansand ,  Norway Twins  ExBotteri (guitar, e-bow) and C:MBotteri  (bass), both ex-members of Green Carnation and In the Woods... founded Strange New Dawn some years ago and released their debut album " The only one " in 2015. Together with Sven Rothe  (drums), Muld  (piano, keys), and ExRoyal  (vocals) the sophomore longplayer was recorded and recenty published via Death to Music . "Planet System" contains thirteen tracks of mostly mid-tempo Prog Metal and Prog Rock. But it wouldn't be Strange New Dawn if those were the only influences defining their music. Ice cold atmosphere is carried by piano and keyboards, while bass, guitar and drum let sedated Doom Metal merge with Black Metal stakkati. The vocals on the other hand create an opulent narrative which is mesm...