Tenhi – Valkama (Vinyl 2-LP Gatefold, Clear)Label: Prophecy Productions – PRO 351 LPFormat: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, ClearCountry: GermanyReleased: 2023Style: Folk Rock, Neofolk When night falls onto the sub-arctic landscapes of the Land of the Thousand Lakes, in the twilight of forest and swamps, the veils between our reality and the otherworld grow thin. It is at those times that stories such as ‘the fairy tale that never was’ leak into the lyrics and music of TENHI. On their sixth album, «Valkama», which translates as ‘harbour’ or ‘shelter’ among other meanings, the Finns originally began telling of a journey that was meant as a fairy tale…
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Kill Shelter – Asylum (Vinyl, LP)
Kill Shelter – Asylum (Vinyl, LP)Label: Manic Depression – MD148-LPFormat: Vinyl, LP, AlbumCountry: FranceReleased: 29 Jul 2022Style: Goth Rock, Coldwave Third album for Kill Shelter. After «Damage» (2018) and the acclaimed «A Haunted Palce» (2021) with Antipole, the Edinburgh based multi-instrumentalist, producer and remixer Pete Burns comes back with «Asylum». Again Kill Shelter involves many prestigious personalities of the Post Punk / Darkwave scene in its universe…
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FragmentsHelrunar / Árstíðir Lífsins – Fragments – A Mythological Excavation (Vinyl, LP)Fragments
Helrunar / Árstíðir Lífsins – Fragments – A Mythological Excavation (Vinyl, LP)Label: Lupus Lounge – WOLF 056 LPS, Ván – Ván93Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, SilverCountry: GermanyReleased: Aug 30, 2013Style: Black Metal, Viking Metal Joint conceptual release by the two Mythological Metal bandsApart from being a collaborative effort by Helrunar und Árstí∂ir Lífsins, who each recorded one song of epic length, «Fragments – A Mythological Excavation» also testifies to the friendship between the labels of both bands, Prophecy Productions and Ván Records. As the title of this release (overall duration: 35 minutes) already suggests, both groups delve into mythological topics: Helrunar’s «Wein für Polyphem“ draws from Homer’s «Odyssey» while…
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Nihiltronix – Traces
Nihiltronix – TracesLabel: OPN – OPNCD0034, La Nouvelle Alliance – L.N.A.015Format: CD, Album, Limited edition digisleeveCountry: FranceReleased: Nov 15, 2018Style: Industrial
