Review: Controlled Death: ‘Feasts & Holy Slaughter’ 7″ (harsh noise/experimental)

There is creepy and then there are levels of “creepy” that a few artists manage to reach.  Controlled Death does the latter and in a pretty short amount of time.  The experimental/noise act has just released their new 7”, Feasts & Holy Slaughter on Deathbed Tapes. One track on each side of the record. “Feasts”...

Review: THE RITA: ‘Overdriven Stocking Worship: Women’s Legs And Feet In Nylon’ Reissue (noise/experimental)

So how about some foot fetish-core? Did that get your attention?  Most of you who are fans of harsh noise are likely familiar with the project, The Rita.  Their uniqueness comes largely from their aesthetic and sonic themes around foot/leg fetishes.  It’s been a bit since we’ve reviewed a good noise album.  So why not...

Review: Caldon Glover – ‘Death Mycelium’ (dark ambient)

Dark ambient/drone fans prepare yourselves for a journey both sonically and emotionally subterranean as US-based artist Caldon Glover takes us through his new album, Death Mycelium. Caldon gives us five tracks within length of eight minutes, thirty seconds to fourteen minutes, thirty seconds. Now…I used the word “subterranean” before I even read the description for...

Electronic Artist ALIA SYNESTHESIA Unveils ‘Anhedonia’ EP

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:September 1, 2021 - Canadian electronic artist ALIA SYNESTHESIA has unveiled her new EP, Anhedonia. It is the first concept EP to be originally released under the name of ALIA SYNESTHESIA. "Anhedonia" is defined as "the inability to feel pleasure." ALIA SYNESTHESIA conceptually explores this not only as a de-contextualized nebulous tendril of clinical depression, but as an every day side...

Review: DAY BEFORE US – “As My Spirit Wanders Free” (dark ambient)

We travel to France now for a highly intriguing release, As My Spirit Wanders Free by the virtually unclassifiable and obscure act, Day Before Us.  I use the words “intriguing” and “unclassifiable” as Day Before Us is, in some ways, a very complex or diverse act.  And that is not common place in dark ambient...