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Sons ov Omega – Reign (2017) – Review

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Today I would like to waste a few words on a fascinating and intriguing record. Something stuck between early Tiamat (the band), the dark reckoning of Moonspell, and the hungry urges of Darkend.

It boasts a Gothic tinge, just enough to remind you of where it could be, yet it is not quite there. You will find dark hints of eternal nights, weird-headed gods, and inklings of dark, bloody rituals. Of atrocious devilry in long-forgotten cities.

Ia! Ia! Cthulhu Fthagn! As they say, don’t they?

Sons ov Omega formed already back in 2012 but unchained their debut full-length album … [...] Click to raid more!

King Goat – Conduit (2016) – Review

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I did not even like the record at first when I discovered the disc sometime around spring break last year. Too loud, too chaotic, too unharmonious. Take that, unknown record! So, all its wonders more or less intact, the dish got shelved quickly and brutally. And continued to collect dust ever since, sent to oblivion to rot forever.

But then, some magic sun ray appeared [weird music playing]. And the 2016 debut full-length album Conduit from the UK band King Goat returned to some inkling of good graces. The album even received a first listen. Now, get this: The feeling … [...] Click to raid more!

Frozen Sand – Fractals: A Shadow out of Lights (2017) – Review

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Fractals. An interesting subject. Something that can be divided into ever smaller shapes of the same. And fractals in a Progressive Rock piece are still more interesting. Does this mean we can subdivide the music into the same pieces as well? Probably not. Even if scientific studies were held on that subject.

But this is the title that Frozen Sand saddles us with on their newest full-length Fractals: A Shadow out of Lights. The title and album are actually part of a storyline the band is developing called Fractals of Frozen Lifetimes. So, [author rolls eyes] here we go … [...] Click to raid more!

Wolfheart – Tyhjyys (2017) – Review

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Damn, I’m freezing! It is this cold, cold gale blowing down on us from the arctic North. Or is it the cold metal blasting out of my boomboxes? 

Luckily the winter is over soon and the frozen tundra and wind-blown plains between the Russian border and eternity will warm up. If not, these guys up in Finland will continue to find dark and cold tunes that will ice our bones and souls. And there is a bunch of them trying to drive us to tears with doom-laden and dark soundbites that flow towards us.

Now speaking of cold and desolate.

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