Psychic TV – Haçienda Label: Cold Spring – CSR187CD Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition Country: UK Released: 09 Dec 2013 Style: Industrial, Experimental, Alternative Rock
PSYCHIC TV, 5th November 1984, Manchester. This was PSYCHIC TV’s first show at NEW ORDER / FACTORY’s legendary HACIENDA club! For this event Psychic TV were: Genesis P-Orridge, John Gosling (Zos Kia, Coil), Paul Reeson, and Alex Fergusson. Tracklisting: 1. Intro, 2. Enochian Calls, 3. I Like You, 4. Unclean Monks, 5. Unclean, 6. Roman P., 7. Southern Comfort, 8. Godstar, 9. Thee Starlit Mire, 10. Thee Shining. This is the complete show with unseen photos! Ltd x 1000 copies.
Lotus Thief – Oresteia (Vinyl Gatefold LP | Red) Label: Prophecy Productions – PRO273LP Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Red Country: Germany Released: 2020 Genre: Rock Style: Avantgarde, Black Metal, Doom Metal, Post Rock
San Francisco avant-gardists Lotus Thief create visionary music that incorporates elements of doom and black metal as well as post rock. Transcendent in sound and substance, the band has released two acclaimed albums («Rervm» in 2014, and their Prophecy debut «Gramarye» in 2016), that draw insight from ancient texts for present-day life. History is preserved and ignited, a sonic re-imagining for a world where the human race learns from its past.
With their third record «Oresteia,» Lotus Thief pushes their sound further than ever, focussing on both male and female singing, feral screams, melodic versus ferocious guitarwork and soaring violins. The result balances the atmospheric with the devastating.
In retelling the namesake epic trilogy from ancient Greece by tragedian Aeschylus, mastermind Bezaelith once again addresses distinctly modern topics, as the blood-drenched story of the mythical House of Atreus prompts several questions, ranging from the ethics of killing to gender roles.
«Oresteia» is an intentional narrative and boasts Lotus Thief’s most sophisticated production so far. A five-headed hydra of distinct personalities and stylistic backgrounds contributes to the record’s depth and diversity like the masked actors in an ancient stage play. It is no wonder that with its strong dynamics and ambient intersections, the tracks mirror an experience not unlike attending a performance in an amphitheater.
Add to this maybe the heaviest moments ever in Lotus Thief’s oeuvre, their new full-length embodies the ingenuity and intensity of contemporary extreme music.
Sindicato Vertical – Sindicato Vertical (LP, Vinyl) Label: In my heart empire Format: Vinyl LP, Album Country: Spain Released: 2020 Style: Post-Punk, New Wave
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Amazing spanish post-punk band from Alicante, heavily influenced by 80´s New Wave, No Wave, Cold Wave and Gothic Rock, with intense and critical lyrics. Perfect if you are into The Sound , Death Cult , Joy Division and The Smiths.
