The KVB - Tremors

2024-04-04 / khocico / Reads: 980

Formed in 2010 by Nicholas Wood, The KVB blend reverb-soaked shoegaze with minimalist electronic production, evolving their sound over the 2010s. Joined by Kat Day in 2011, their debut album "Always Then" in 2012 marked the beginning of a journey characterized by brittle beats and sonic blasts. With releases like...

The Last Hour - The Last Hour

2008-12-12 / agnes / Reads: 4239

The Last Hour is a band which exists from 2004. It’s the solo project of an ex-member of Gothica, Robert Del Vecchio. The Last Hour came into being after the Italian band – Gothica split. Gothica was a band which created darkwave music as well as ghotic and dark ambient,...

The People's Republic of Europe - Babylon

2012-03-19 / fiuri / Reads: 2853

Encouraged by the latest record of The People’s Republic of Europe, I decided to dig deeper in their discography, which brought me to their most famous album ‘Babylon’. And after I’ve listened to it for a few times, I’m now certain that ‘Machine District’ is not only a continuation, but...

The People's Republic of Europe - Machine District

2011-12-21 / fiuri / Reads: 2255

Not very often do I encounter a Power or Rhythm Noise album which is worth listening to more than once, and I do like the genre. Guess I’m just too picky. There are times, however, when Lady Luck is kind enough to send me something interesting, which right now is...

The People's Republic Of Europe - Time Bomb EP

2013-02-25 / fiuri / Reads: 2869

Rhythmic noise/doomcore/industrial hardcore, these are the genre terms used in the official note to describe the content of ‘Time Bomb’ EP from The People’s Republic of Europe. It would seem the only constant to the music of Dutch trio is R’n’Noise, which, depending how the wind blows, is accompanied...

The People's Republis of Europe - Reign of Terror

2012-05-21 / fiuri / Reads: 1639

Truth be told, I’m quite disappointed with this EP. I came to treat The People’s Republic of Europe as a project which although mainly revolves around rhythm noise, is not a stranger to experiments. However, ‘Reign of Terror’ shows us a more orthodox face of TPROE as the music it...