With an instinctive appetite for post punk we have found it lustfully coming to the fore as many notable encounters forged in its depths have been recently unveiled. Now it is getting another shot of adrenaline with the new album… Read More ›
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Vesssna – Почти Святая/Just About Saintlike
Hailing from Russia, Vesssna is a gothic metal band which has just released their debut album on CD. Почти Святая translated as Just About Saintlike was originally unveiled in 2018 but as sadly so many encounters from the band’s part… Read More ›
The Mojo Slide – Manic Panic
After the release of their well-received debut album, Twist Your Bones, in 2015 The Mojo Slide with praise still wrapping their ears have spent the past few years working on its successor. This September sees its highly anticipated release and… Read More ›
Chasing Ghosts – Bring Me Suffering
Immersing in hauntingly melancholic adventures has been a regularly rewarding experience since first being enveloped by the dark sounds Of Chasing Ghosts through 2016 single Everything Changes. Even so it is hard to remember being more enthralled and emotionally engaged… Read More ›
Her Despair – Mournography
“Mournography is an exploration into the mysteries of tragedy, blasphemy, death, and love; both literally and figuratively…The mourning of some, the lust of others. These songs praise and pervert the Word of God simultaneously: providing a deeply unsettling spiritual experience… Read More ›
Quantum Leap – No Reason
Creating a tantalising yet portentous fusion of post punk and garage rock, Swedish trio Quantum Leap make their major entrance with a debut album which through its dark climes and apocalyptic tones makes for one hungrily infectious and enthralling proposition…. Read More ›
Shriekback – Why Anything? Why This?
In music it is so easy to be adulterous to one’s first love; to gather a harem of lustful attractions just as fevered though the one is always the prime affection. For us XTC was and is that irreplaceable ardour… Read More ›
Mayflower Madame – Premonition EP
Though formed in 2011, it was the release of their debut album Observed in a Dream two years ago which awoke real attention upon Mayflower Madame, introducing them to a whole wealth of new fans, us included. It offered a… Read More ›
The Filthy Tongues – Back to Hell
Two years ago Scottish band, The Filthy Tongues released a debut album which quite simply blew us away. It was a striking and increasingly haunting incitement of “caliginous flavours and textures.” Such its gothic beauty and immersive intimation we wondered… Read More ›
Varsovie – Coups et Blessures
Comprised of Arnault Destal (drums, lyrics, music, arrangements) and Grégory Catherina (vocals, guitar, music), Varsovie is a band which has just released one of the year’s most compelling propositions so far in the shape of third album Coups et Blessures…. Read More ›
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