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Picture Credit: Karmazid   QOYA -  Yōkai Release Date: October 15, 2021 Label: selfrelease Format: CD / Cassette / Digital Length: 38:45 Genre: Post Metal / Post Punk Origin: Grenoble , France In 2019, QOYA from the French Alps released their first EP " The Fall ". After this debut work the band shrank from a quartet to a trio since their bass player left the band. So, drummer Amar Ruiz  also began to implement synthesizers to the sound of QOYA and thus, the search for a new bassist became obsolete. Like Amar Ruiz , Quentin Chazer  (guitar and vocals), and Antoine Roux  (guitar) are original members of the band that has now released their first longplayer "Yōkai". Yōkai by QOYA QOYA go into the fields of Post-genres. The sound they present on "Yōkai" contains massive and doomy arrangements of Post Metal and Post Rock. Guitar leads as delicate and cold as fresh snow encounter intense walls of riffs that resemble giant blizzards. Between those soundscapes o...

Picture Credit: Elisa Habib  (TKNR) / Witch in Hawaii Witch in Hawaii - Compulsive Order Release: July 12, 2020 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 03:20 Genre: Heavy Blues Rock / Alternative Rock Origin: Grenoble , France Only half a year after the release of their first album " Wrong Place " Grenoble's Alternative Blues Rockers Witch in Hawaii strike again. The new single "Compulsive Order" is an aperitif for their new album which may come up in late 2020. Those who knew Witch in Hawaii before, will have encountered that the new single is completely instrumental, unlike their debut album. Also, the sound has become a bit more scratchy and crunchy which I enjoy a lot. "Compulsive Order" features a heavily fuzzy impact that makes their Heavy Blues Rock very Kraut-y. It is amamzing to follow how Witch in Hawaii build up the momentum which they interrupt from time to time, but still steadily accelerate. This movement makes the song appear like a ...