All posts tagged "avant-garde"
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Pokerface – Silver Heart – Part I
Pokerface, aka Stefan Heidevik has made a big stride with Silver Heart – Part I, his second album. Progressing is the word, and here it applies,...
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Taylor’s Universe – Worn Out
Robin Taylor is a “composer, multi-instrumentalist, sound manipulator, arranger, producer and record label owner, born 1956 in Copenhagen, Denmark”, as it says on his website. He...
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Storm Corrosion – Storm Corrosion
I can’t think of too many albums that have inspired such anticipation in me. I mean, Wintersun’s “Time” had been pretty big on the...
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Unsoul – Magnetic Mountain
Nearly a decade after releasing their first album, Unsoul returned in 2008 with a surprising second album. ‘Magnetic Mountain’ is an avant-garde metal album in...
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Kayo Dot – Gamma Knife
Since the days with maudlin of the Well over a decade ago, Toby Driver has been a consistent force in delivering some of the most...
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EPHEL DUATH Recording New Album, To Be Released In Spring 2013
The 6th full-length album from progressive/avant-garde metal band EPHEL DUATH will be released in spring 2013 via Agonia Records. Album title as well as album art have...
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Vintersorg – The Focusing Blur
It’s usually very interesting to hear a reinvention of a genre, whether its taking the existing sound of the genre in a new direction, or...
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The Nerve Institute – Architects Of Flesh Density
Much like Toby Driver’s maudlin of the Well, The Nerve Institute is a project that makes surreal and dense, yet quaint, charming music. A one...
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John Zorn – Nosferatu
Truth be told, I haven’t always liked the work of John Zorn. Although I agree with the notion that his best work is indicative of...
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Kayo Dot – Choirs of the Eye
For one reason or another, multi-instrumentalist and composer Toby Driver’s flagship band maudlin of the Well fell apart, and from its ashes came its new...
