I will have this review brief and concise…
I suppose Alphaxone do not need any introduction anymore. This project, run by Iran-born artist Mehdi Saleh, is an extremely productive act, with tens of releases, both independently released, as well as via long-time partner Cryo Chamber, one of the most notorious labels when it comes to Cinematic Ambient Music in its most open-minded definition.
A short, concise one…
Another shorter one, this review, but I feel like this one being a necessary one, because Ishimura and Centipede Abyss recently released a second album (Msster). Therefor…
A short one…
Short introduction… After Nightside Valkyries (early 2019; initially independently and digitally released, shortly after also physically issued via Naturmacht Productions) and The Ætheric Pathway (Spring 2022, also available via Naturmacht Productions), Firmament, an outfit by German musician J.K., return with a third full-length album, called Reveries Of A Forgotten Spirit, released via the very same unique label.
I will keep it short and concise, as one uses to call it. So, first a word about the band, the label, the release and stuff, then an impression about the aural content of this second recording.
The history of Italian horde Infernal Angels goes back to the beginning of this century, and even further back in time. Under this name, they sort of gained attention in their home country, but they did exist earlier under the name of Hell Burn.
Hailing from the city of Kolkata (West Bengal, India), Infernal Diatribe are a horde that roams our planet for about a decade and a half in the meantime. After a first EP in 2016, called Videha Mukti (initially released by the Indian division of Transcending Obscurity Records), things went silent for quite a while. At the beginning of the current decade, the band was part of two splits, being one with Portuguese sweeties Sonneillon (2022) and one with Norway’s finest Moor (early 2023).
The Dutch act (they hail from the city of Apeldoorn) Black Rabbit was formed in 2014 and surprises us with a another (mini) album, called Warren Of Necrosis, nearly half a year after the stunning Chronolysis EP. Hey, are they re-issuing their debut demo, entitled Warren Of Necrosis? Well, no; actually this is a totally new recording, which accidentally (or better: on purpose) comes with the same title, Warren Of Necrosis.
A short one for an ‘older’ release, but just too exceptional to ignore…
For the release of their fifth studio album, Austria’s finest Asphagor signed a deal with the mighty Immortal Frost Productions community. The result, called The Aphotic Vortex, is an eleven-tracker that clocks thirty-seven minutes or so; half of the tracks being ‘average-lengthy’ pieces (four up to five minutes), interluded by as much shorter intermezzi that last one and a half to two minutes.
