Arditi – Spirit Of SacrificeLabel: Equilibrium Music – EQM032Format: CD, Album, ReissueCountry: PortugalReleased: 2011Style: Modern Classical, Industrial Originally issued in 2004, “Spirit of Sacrifice” was ARDITI’s second full-length album, a release that would not only establish them as one of the leading projects in the Martial Industrial scene, but also one which brought along the controversy that seems to come with such a post. Concerns regarding ARDITI’s imagery and their references to the Italian Futurist Movement prompted some of the press to refuse any coverage of the band, leading to timid promotion for the album upon release, as the original label discreetly retracted from a more active role in its…
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COLOSSLOTH – Heathen Needles
COLOSSLOTH – Heathen NeedlesLabel: Cold Spring – CSR235CDFormat: CD, AlbumCountry: UKReleased: 08 Nov 2017Style: Industrial, Power Electronics, Experimental On his second album, Colossloth continues his esoteric sonic crusade of volatile yet absorbing audio textures. Cold electronica, with swathes of rhythmic power noise and industrial harshness, tempered with penetrating song structures. Eleven tracks of austere, reflective and exploratory electronics for journeys made into the hidden realms underpinning daily life, spanning the bridge between gnosis and praxis. The dissonance of opposites falling into elemental synthesis with a sound and approach influenced from the past, present and future, letting us remain anachronistic yet temporal voyeurs in the abyss evoked forth.
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Urze De Lume – As Árvores Estão Secas E Não Têm Folhas
Urze De Lume – As Árvores Estão Secas E Não Têm FolhasLabel: Equilibrium Music – EQM045Format: CD, AlbumCountry: PortugalReleased: 10 Mar 2018Style: Folk, Neofolk On their third album, URZE DE LUME turn inwards for a soothing journey which illustrates not only departure, but also homecoming, meticulously setting to music memories imbued with both nostalgia and longing. “…The trees have grown dry and bare, as have I…” On their third album, URZE DE LUME turn inwards for a soothing journey which illustrates not only departure, but also homecoming, meticulously setting to music memories imbued with both nostalgia and longing. “As Árvores Estão Secas e Não Têm Folhas” is the second and…
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Jotunspor – Gleipnirs Smeder
Jotunspor – Gleipnirs Smeder Label: Cold Spring – CSR244CDFormat: CD, Album, Reissue Country: UKReleased: 10 Nov 2017Style: Black Metal King Ov Hell (Gorgoroth, Sahg, God Seed) and Kvitrafn (aka Einar Selvik of Wardruna, Skuggsjá, Gorgoroth) teamed up and formed Jotunspor (“tracks/traces of giants”). Musically, “Gleipnirs Smeder” binds grim and primitive black metal together with elements of noisy dark-ambient, while the concept of Jotunspor is strongly founded in the old Norse cults and beliefs. “Glepnirs Smeder”, or The Forgers of Gleipnir, explores some of the incidents surrounding the creation of the world and Ragnarok – the ultimate doom / transformation. The chain Gleipnir, its forgers from the depths of Svartalvheim and…
