(2009, Rune Grammafon) Susanna has dropped her ‘magical orchestra’ for another solo jaunt. Flower of Evil is mostly cover versions: originally sad songs mix with ostensibly surprising choices for this Norwegian doyenne of the melancholy. The record opens with Thin Lizzy’s ‘Jailbreak’. It is a song that could easily have been reduced to ‘look, aContinue reading “Susanna K. Wallumrød – Flower of Evil”
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Jackie-O Motherfucker – The Blood of Life
(2008, Fire Records) In a move not dissimilar to RTX, JOMF have released a quasi-live album. The Blood of Life was recorded in one go, one night (November 29 2007) in Holland. Their last record, Valley of Fire, was a delightfully mellow slice of music that fit the cosy winter indoors to a greater degreeContinue reading “Jackie-O Motherfucker – The Blood of Life”
Teeth Of The Sea – Orphaned by the Ocean
(2009, Rocket) At some point this decade, some clever soul coined the term ‘post metal. Goodness knows why; perhaps they were bitter at post rock almost completely petering out by 2002. (Can you name a band not from Japan who is any good at post rock?) Regardless, the term ‘post metal’ is now roaming theContinue reading “Teeth Of The Sea – Orphaned by the Ocean”
An Albatross – The An Albatross Family Album
(2008, Eyeball) These Pennsylvanians follow up the fantastic Blessphemy (Of the Peace-Beast Feastgiver and the Bear-Warp Kumite) (2006) with another detonation of manic Deep Purple-inspired grind. While outwardly very similar to the last album, An Albatross’ style is sufficiently individual to fuel another half an hour of cosmic bomb-blast. …Family Album is a stylistic frenzyContinue reading “An Albatross – The An Albatross Family Album”
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