Hiemis – ZothiqueLabel: NoctivagantFormat: CD, Album, Limited EditionCountry: USAReleased:2022Style: Drone, Ambient, Dark Ambient, Dungeon Synth, Neo-Classical Zothique (Clark Ashton Smith)«He who has trod the shadows of ZothiqueAnd looked upon the coal-red sun oblique,Henceforth returns to no anterior land,But haunts a later coastWhere cities crumble in the black sea-sandAnd dead gods drink the brine. He who has known the gardens of ZothiqueWere bleed the fruits torn by the simorgh’s beak,Savors no fruit of greener hemispheres:In arbors uttermost,In sunset cycles of the sombering years,He sips an amaranth wine. He who has loved the wild girls of ZothiqueShall not come back a gentler love to seek,Nor know the vampire’s from the lover’s kiss:For…
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Der Blaue Reiter – United, Yet Divided
Der Blaue Reiter – United, Yet DividedLabel: Dark Vinyl Records – DV85LFormat:Vinyl Album, LimitedCountry: GermanyReleased: 07 Jun 2019Style: Industrial, Neofolk, Neo-Classical, Military «United Yet Divided» is the 6th album of DER BLAUE REITER, a Catalan music project that was founded in January 2005. DER BLAUE REITER is Sathorys Elenorth & Cecilia Bjärgö (Arcana / Sophia) , a project which explores the deepest corners and ruins of human existence, where the martial sounds are mixed with orchestrations and classical interludes and devastating environments filled with emotion and sadness. Between 1945 and 1990, Europe and the rest of the world lived in a cold war. These times were hard for many, easier…
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Apoptose – Zukunft
Apoptose – Die ZukunftLabel: Tesco Organisation – TESCO 128, Tesco Organisation – 128Format: CD, AlbumCountry: GermanyReleased:2018Style: Dark Ambient, Ambient, Downtempo, Synthwave, Modern Classical In the four years of production Apoptose selected a wide range of different singers for this album. Most outstanding is classical trained tenor Daniel Sans. He sings «What Power Art Thou» – a song that was composed by Henry Purcell in the late 17th century. Apoptose and Sans preserve the complex harmonic structure of the original translating it into a breathtaking five minute ride in apoptotic soundspheres. They succeed in conjuring up Purcell’s «cold genius» that had already fascinated legendary countertenor Klaus Nomi in the 1980s. Other…
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Folkstorm – Dödsabnorm (Vinyl, LP)
Folkstorm – Dödsabnorm (Vinyl, LP)Label: Old Europa Cafe – OELP 035Format: Vinyl, LP, Limited EditionCountry: ItalyReleased: 2021Style: Industrial Limited to 100 copies. Folkstorm started out as a martial industrial project of Henrik Nordvargr Björkk in 1999. Over the years it has progressed into a more refined beast, mixing punkish rhythmic noise with aggressive vocals. «Only a year after the «Nihil Total» album Folkstorm returns stronger than ever with an album of suffocating and death-infused ortodox industrial.Recorded using only 70´s circuitry and lots of metallic percussion Nordvargr has created a dense atmosphere that is dark and threatening as well as hypnotic.»creditsRecorded September 2020 in Studio Nar MattaruAll music by Henrik Nordvargr…
