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  Picture Credit: Kaskadeur Kaskadeur - Uncanny Valley Release: 25 September 2020 Label: Noisolution / Souldfood Format: Vinyl / CD / Digital Length: 36:19 Genre: Heavy Math Rock / Progressive Rock Origin: Potsdam , Germany In Potsdam, the capital of Germany's federal state of Brandenburg, there once was a band called Stonehenge. They were known for their Doom-laden and progressive Stoner Rock. After several albums, EPs and plenty of shows the quartet decided that it was time for a change. Hence, the band was disbanded for good. Apparently, they even deleted their Bandcamp account. But in a same breath, the four musicians founded their next band. And thus, we can now enjoy the first output under their new name Kaskadeur. Whether "Uncanny Valley" is a proper debut or not, one can argue. More important is the music presented on the 11-track album. The adjective fitting the most to the auditive presentation by Kaskadeur is anarchist. The quartet lets influences of their St...

Picture Credit: SteelSwarm SteelSwarm - Aspects of Dissonance Release: August 06, 2020 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 36:55 Genre: Prog Metal / Djent Origin: Sydney , Australia Back 2012, SteelSwarm was formed by brothers Dane  (guitars and vocals) and Jamie Simms (bass) to create unconventional, progressive and intense music. The band was completed by drummer and synthie player   Zac Stewart , and in early August the first full-length "Aspects of Dissonance" saw the light of the world. The debut features eight tracks,of which 'Everything lasts forever' and 'Twilight Harbour' were released as singles way before the album dropped. The music on "Aspects of Dissonance" is rough, smooth, dynamic, complex, and catchy at the same time. Hard to grasp what SteelSwarm exactly did, but it is amazing. Shifted beats and dynamic drumming creates a complex carpet on which the sound is founded. Jamie 's bass picking is sheer astonishing. The bass l...

Lasst uns eine Zigarette rauchen und über das neue Album von Totally Unicorn mit dem Titel "Sorry" reden. Aber passt auf, denn das hier ist kein leichter Tabak. Auf etwa 35 Minuten hat das irre Viergespann intensive Attacken, abgehackte Beats, wilde Variationen in Rhythmus und Stimmung sowie einen tonnenschweren Sound aufgefahren. Genau so soll Heavy Math Rock oder Math Metalcore klingen. Die verbrannten Zigaretten auf dem Cover geben einen guten Eindruck von der Stimme des Sängers. Gepresstes Schreien und Shouten hüpfen in einer Leichtigkeit über die brachiale und aus purem Wahnsinn bestehende Soundlandschaft. In den Breaks wird die Stimme gelegentlich zu kräftig gesprochenen Ansagen und in Intros wie bei "A Song for the Dead Shits" verformt sie sich zu einer leicht jammernden und dennoch kraftvoll singenden und kratzenden, wunderschönen Figur. Generell festhalten lässt sich vor allem, dass Drew's Gesang laut, intensiv und packend ist. Musikalisch präsent...

Let's have a smoke and talk about Totally Unicorn's new LP "Sorry". Be aware that this is no light tobacco. The quartet has created around 35 minutes of intense attacks, staccato beats, wild varieties in rhythm and tune, and a heavy ton of savage sound. This is what Heavy Math Rock or Math Metalcore should sound like. The burnt down cigarettes on the cover give you a nice impression of what the singer's voice sounds like. The strained screams and shouts easily jump across the heavy soundscape of pure and heavy madness. In several breaks the vocals turn into a strongly announcing or commenting manner, and when singing intros as in "A Song for the Dead Shits" there is this weeping but massive mixture of chanting and shouting which is just awesome. In general Drew's vocals are loud, intense, and thrilling. Music-wise Totally Unicorn on "Sorry" present themselves as professionals in heavy and intelligent music. Straight-up Hard Rock or Th...