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Picture Credit: Breaths Artwork: Michelle Roberts Breaths - Lined in Silver Release Date: March 26, 2021 Label: Trepanation Recordings Format: CD / MC / Digital Length: 60:18 Genre: Post Rock / Post Metal Origin: Richmond (Virginia) , USA The album on hand is the debut by Virginia's Doomgazer Jason Roberts , also known as Breaths - not to be confused with Oregon's Stoner Doom band Breath ! Breaths provide us with almost exactly one hour of atmospheric and intense music that can be located somewhere between Post Rock, Post Hardcore, Post Metal, Shoegaze, Doom Metal, and even some Black Metal. Quite an interesting mix and definitely a great recipe for music that is brachial, soulful, and atmospherically cold at the same time. Like fog on a cold winter morning, the atmospheric soundscapes shimmer through the air, as they are joined by heavy Doom Metal riffs. The brutal intensity of the motifs makes a spring on this foundation like waves of a storm surge and hence creates this in...

Picture Credit: Black Autumn / The Mountain King Artwork: Steffen Albrecht Black Autumn / The Mountain King - Rauhnacht MMXX Release Date: February 14, 2021 Label: Cursed Monk Records Format: CD / Digital Length: 24:53 Genre: Doom Metal / Post Metal This year, we can enjoy a very special Valentine's Day gift. It is the "Rauhnacht MMXX" Split EP by Dortmund's Black Autumn and Mainz' The Mountain King - two one-person armies of atmospheric, dark and intense music. "Rauhnacht" is a German word that could be translated to "harsh night", but actually the "Rauhnacht" (or "Rauhnächte" in plural) describes the twelve nights from December 25 to January 6. Those stormy and cold nights allegedly forecast the weather of the following year, as the legend says. Black Autumn has released four "Rauhnacht" EPs since 2014, which you can listen to on Bandcamp (you can find the link below). This year's release is the first "...

Picture Credit: Einvigi Einvigi - Sielulintu Release Date: December 11, 2020 Label: Inverse Records Format: CD / Digital Length: 35:44 Genre: Blackgaze / Folk Metal Origin: Finland The first chimes of Einvigi's "Sielulintu" arouse a two-fold mood of nostalgia that vibrates from my eardrums to my brain. Firstly, I am reminiscined to the time around 2010 or maybe 2015 when Blackgaze was en vogue all over the Western spheres of Metal. And secondly, I thought the era when Nordic Folk-inspired Metal was the hottest shit in Europe and band like Catamenia or Ensiferum were on heavy rotation in every Rock discotheque. Einvigi is a rather new name in both of these spheres. Furthermore, they actually do not belong to any of these specific groups. The Finnish quartet was founded in 2014 and has now released their debut album "Sielulintu" via Inverse Records. Like many Metal acts from Finland, Einvigi tend to stick to their mother tongue. Yet, the band name seems to be in ...

"Codex" heißt die erste Platte der Osnabrücker Band Toadeater. Das Trio hat letztes Jahr erst die erste Demo rausgehauen, und geht jetzt mit dem ersten Album "Codex" auf Vinyl und Tape an den Start. Das gute Teil könnt ihr euch in groß und rund bei Fucking Kill Records, oder in klein und eckig bei Kellerassel Records vorbestellen. Geboten sind acht Tracks. Toadeater spielen rauen und sehr schnellen Black Metal mit frostig kalter Stimmung, einer gewissen Portion Hardcore Punk oder Crust, und etwas vom Flair, wie man ihn von DSBM oder Blackgaze kennt. Stakkato Riffs, die wie Blitzeis über den gefrorenen Nebelteppich aus massivem Bass- und Schlagzeugsound flirren, hier und da eine krustig-dreckige Passage im Stile von Skitsystem oder Warcollapse. Beim Gesang und den unverzerrten Parts auf der Gitarre bin ich darüber hinaus ab und zu an Graupel oder Helrunar erinnert. Musikalisch wie inhaltlich ist "Codex" von Toadeater eine stimmige Nummer. Zwischen Mi...