It's always exciting to receive a package from an unknown record label. This is exactly what happened a few months ago when I found a small packet from Trail Records in my mailbox...
'Harmonic' is definitely one of the most captivating albums, I received in 2012 so far. Moreover, it's an absolute masterpiece of complex sounds and mood...
If I ever have problems to fall asleep or if inner restlessness is spreading, then I will listen to 'Axis Mundi' in the near future. And that's not meant in a negative way at all...
A PENTAGRAM DVD was long overdue and there could be no better time for the release than 2011 because this year marks the 40th anniversary of the band. But if you take it accurately, the first phase of PENTAGRAM ended in the very late 1970's...
PYRAMIDO is without a doubt one of the best newcomers to the sludge scene. With their promising debut, 'Sand', they created a basis on which to build and that is why I was very curious to hear the next effort...
Over recent years, Scott 'Wino' Weinrich has turned into a workaholic and there's nothing wrong with it because he is brimming with creativity. Instead of repeating himself he is treading new paths as impressively proven with his acoustic album 'Adrift' which is truly a masterpiece...
Who would have thought seven years ago that Victor Griffin and Bobby Liebling would reunite under the name PENTAGRAM just to record a new record? Not me. Even as recently as 2 years ago, PENTAGRAM consisted of Bobby Liebling, Russ Strahan, Gary Isom as well as Mark Ammen and it seemed as if this lineup would record the upcoming seventh album entitled 'Last Rites'...
If I didn't know better, I would think that PATER NEMBROT is an old German krautrock band from 1971 just because the band name is so typical for that time. But they come from Italy and 'Sequoia Seeds', released in February 2011 by Go Down Records, is their second album...
Chile's own Procession belong to those phenomenons in Doom I did not quite get. In the online department of the scene there was a lot of praise for the three piece after their first demo already so I was expecting big things for their EP...
