Allerseelen – Rauhe SchaleLabel: Aorta – AORCD13, Ahnstern – AHNSTERN 44Format: CD, AlbumCountry: AustriaReleased: 2010Style: Experimental, Neofolk, Neo-Classical The Austrian group Allerseelen have been active and innovative in the industrial and apocalyptic folk genre for many years. Their CDs and 7″ editions have been issued on Aorta and :retortae: and their double-LP editions on Ahnstern. Allerseelen is a unique combination of industrial, folklore and rock elements, and «Industrial Folklore» might be an appropriate expression to embrace these seemingly contradictory qualities. The dynamic stage presence of drummer Christien H, bass player Marcel P., and the two vocalists AimA and Gerhard Hallstatt all contribute toward a unique mood of «Apocalyptic Krautfolk» for…
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Spiritual Front – Amour Braque
Spiritual Front – Amour Braque Label: Prophecy Productions – AB 082 Format: CD, AlbumCountry: GermanyReleased: 23 Mar 2018Style: Alternative Rock Five years after the compilation album “Open Wounds”, Italian ‘suicide pop’ trio Spiritual Front will release its new album, “Amour Braque” via Auerbach Tonträger / Prophecy Productions. French for ‘Mad Love’, “Amour Braque” is conceptually described as “a sincere and cruel analysis of what love/sex relations are, a path that switches between tenderness and rot”. Five years after the compilation album “Open Wounds”, Italian ‘suicide pop’ trio Spiritual Front will release its new album, “Amour Braque” via Auerbach Tonträger / Prophecy Productions. French for ‘Mad Love’, “Amour Braque” is conceptually…
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Vidna Obmana – The Trilogy
Vidna Obmana – The TrilogyLabel: Zoharum – ZOHAR 159-2Format: 3 CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Compilation, Limited Edition, ReissueCountry: PolandReleased: Mar 28, 2018Style: Ambient Vidna Obmana. The first recordings under this moniker appeared in the mid-1980s. Initially in his work he penetrated very rough industrial sounds, but at the beginning of the following decade he turned to ambient music with subtle ethnic undertones. His first albums, where he successfully explored this style and which also brought him wider notoriety, were ‘Passage in Beauty’ (1991), ‘Shadowing in Sorrow’ (1992) and ‘Ending Mirage’ (1993), composing a trilogy in both sonic and visual sense. A few years later, they were reissued in one package…
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Changes – Psychonautika (Vinyl, Picture Disc)
Changes – PsychonautikaLabel: Hau Ruck! – HR!125Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Picture DiscCountry: AustriaReleased: Oct 2017Style: Neofolk The picture LP comes in gatefold sleeve with 12″ booklet and 3-D glasses.Gatefold, booklet & LP designed in 3-D. the new studio album from Changes has now become a reality. Though known for their apocalyptic folk music, Changes’ oeuvre consists of other facets, love and love-lost songs, and songs of legends and legendary heroes. This album explores a further subgroup, the lyrical and musical journey into the universe and terra incognita of the human mind. Consisting of thirteen musical tracks, the album, a gatefold, 12 inch LP, contains a picture disc and…
