Bill Leeb - Terror Forms (Feat. ACTORS)

2024-07-09 / khocico / Reads: 1624

​I must admit, when I heard that Bill Leeb was going solo, it was quite an event. I was even more surprised to learn he would be collaborating with Canadian post-punkers ACTORS. "Model Kollapse" will be released on September 13, 2024, by Metropolis Records, and we just received the first sample -...

Bete Noire - Omen

2005-11-29 / katakan / Reads: 11393

"Omen" is the first quasi-official publishing of Bete Noire - the band from Wrocław. Gentlemen take pleasure in exploring sounds of cold wave or rock grounding and colour them with electronic elements. The demo CD, as this is way the material should be classified, includes 15 unpretentious tracks interlaced with...

​bent – Liquid Bells EP

2025-04-10 / khocico / Reads: 379

Niko Martens doesn’t demand attention—he earns it with nuance. His project bent speaks in discreet electronics, not with bombast but with sonic precision. And Liquid Bells, his latest EP, is a masterclass in restraint and resonance, delivering immediacy without ever sacrificing depth. It hums, pulses, aches—each track a fragment of...

BENT – Decades

2024-01-27 / khocico / Reads: 982

I'm uncertain about your usual approach to new albums, particularly those by unfamiliar artists. Do you typically listen to the material multiple times before forming an opinion, or do you base it on initial impressions? Personally, I tend to go with the latter if the music immediately ‘clicks’, and the...

Ben Frost - Theory of Machines

2012-08-30 / kettu / Reads: 2444

Ben Frost, that is an Australian living in Iceland; a musician mainly famous for having cooperated with Björk. Today I am about to comment his record from 2006, that is Theory of Machines. The album sets an example of an exqusitle well-sounding electro-acoustic album! Theory of Machines consists of...

Bella Morte - Beautiful Death

2008-12-30 / Schizev / Reads: 3714

"Beautiful Death" – Fear? Fright? Anxiety?. .. Bullshit! If the death is like this, I would like to be dead now, but please bury me with earphones and with this CD in a compact disc player… I will definitely rise from the dead. Good CD is like...