V/A - Nightmares and Dreamscapes

2016-06-16 / pcod / Reads: 3884

Maybe you were considering sometime about idea of late modernity. It is off course broad topic if we already have been living in post-modern times, or are we still rather traditional society? However, it seems that this sociological term is a good way to evaluate a small niche label (Uncoiled...

Oomph! - XXV

2016-06-08 / Alastor / Reads: 5664

Wait, wait a minute - which studio album from Oomph! it is? Ah, yes - the twelfth! Hardly any band can boast with such artistic achievements. Another thing is that "XXV" is sadly no longer the material to match predecessors. Could they be still gaining from the past achievements? Probably....

Frontier Guards - Battlegrounds

2016-06-02 / DamienG / Reads: 4188

Frontier Guards' return marks another venture of Martin Pavlík and Tom Galle into the outer regions of IDM where dark ambient melodies meet the cinematic grandeur and harsh electro tones, and for the first time, are also a backdrop for the vocal of František Gažík who joins Frontier Guards for...

Ashbury Heights - The Looking Glass Society

2016-05-25 / RobertSaligia / Reads: 6078

For the third album from Swedish Ashbury Heights we waited far too long. After five years of this project’s suspension in musical activities, Anders Hagström came back not only with an abundant beard on his face, greater maturity and musical awareness, but also with so far the best release. "The...

Alter Der Ruine - I Will Remember It All Differently

2016-05-19 / RobertSaligia / Reads: 4519

Since 2005 Americans from Alter Der Ruine came through an impressive evolutionary path, when it comes to sound. Beginning from the very first releases kept in industrial and noise genre, they have been constantly looking for new ways. The group’s fifth studio album and the first after another reunion, should...

Dear Strange - Lonely Heroes

2016-05-11 / hellium / Reads: 4084

You just want to say – more! Debut album from Dear Strange duo, "Lonely Heroes", is a refreshing wave of tones from the border of grim sounds and energetic rhythms of electronic music. It is dark, beautiful and in a sophisticated way tasty.   Female vocalist, with a dream like...