Byelobog Productions, 2010 Belus, the latest album from one man black metal machine Burzum, carries with it a great deal of baggage before even the first note is heard. The most infamous detail surrounding Burzum (aka Varg Vikernes; formerly Count Grishnakh) is the fact that he recently spent a decade and a half behind barsContinue reading “Burzum – Belus”
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Skullflower – Strange Keys To Untune Gods’ Firmament
Neurot (2010) I tried. I listened to it on low volume, to see if that noise-as-ambient (and vice versa, for that matter) rule worked. I played it hella loud, hoping an unholy black maelstrom would sweep me up in its infernal clutches. I tried because Matthew Bower has released some impeccably powerful music in hisContinue reading “Skullflower – Strange Keys To Untune Gods’ Firmament”
Hey, the kind people at FACT magazine allowed me to write something for them! It’s a small, but rather nicely-formed, review of the Surgeon mix from a while back. Here’s, as some call these things, the director’s cut: I never knew who British Murder Boys were before hearing This is For You Shits, a recentContinue reading
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