Morphine Bandit - Wave Motions EP (2011)

Treetrunk

8.3

/Ambient drone, Ambient, Minimal, Microtonalism/

Comment: this 4-track album shuts down at the length of 28 minutes. Indeed, there is much space and time enough for long-running progressions to enter into the compartment of multiple sonic filters and phase generators where the cycles, oscillations and repetitions will be surfacing after a while. Behind those minimally evoking, hiss-loaded developments you can perceive minimal whirlpools, mostly shy of gravity and compelled to fall freely.

fydhws - Стакла

Gore Obsessed - Impetigo Tribute (2011)

Dis-Organ-Ized

9.2

/Covers, Death metal, Speed metal, Grindcore, Goregrind, Brutal metal/

Comment: Gore Obsessed does cover a pair of tracks for Impetigo, a cult grindcore/death metal band from Bloomington, Illinois, USA. However, the listener can perceive the seams and ruffles of death metal, speed metal, grindcore, and goregrind. Indeed, it is massive and painfully striking, undulating like the stench of a rabid monster dog.

Enmity - Murderabilia (2009)

Enmity

9.3

/Symphonic metal, Avant-metal, Metalcore, Experimental metal, Death metal/

Comment: Enmity is an intriguing and intricate sextet from South Africa who used to fuse deathcore with baritone-driven symphonic pannels and whimsical electronica and acidic synths, spoken word prominencies and programmed breaks. Indeed, it is a feuerwerk on the basis of offbeat metal music. The course spreads out over 12 tracks.

LFC & FCao - Parcerage (2011)

pCloud

9.0

/Psychedelic, Improvised music, Experimental rock, Alternative, Fusion/

Comment: in June, 2011 I reviewed the Brazilian combo LFC & FCao`s album Mesinha which used to fuse the shards and pieces of doom and black metal with improvised progressions and space rock-esque ceilings. However, this 8-track issue incorporates mainly psychedelic, improvised freeform music. More concretely, totally and half-totally piercing drums and kits are whimsically interlaced with the intense keyboard-relied shuffle and rough bass lines below it. Altogether, you don`t need much instruments to reflect masterfully upon diverse modalities in music.

Karibean - Down Before Xmas

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Simon Waldram - Industrial Skyline (2011)

AReW Recordings

9.4

/Alternative rock, Guitar ambient, Experimentalism, Ambient drone, Crossover, Ambient, Experimental rock, Minimalism/

Comment: it is said that The River, a majestic 40-minute album, was motivated by the compositional approaches of CAN, and Miles Davis. Nearly an hour of improvised guitar was recorded, which was then chopped up, treated and re-arranged into one 20 minute piece of music. Maelstrom is meant to represent an overloading of the synapses before they gradually shutdown for good. While The River is a musical description of the landscape of an industrial city, Maelstrom is the inner journey of a person living in that same environment. If to unstitch all the whole you can see lots of minimal, loop-repeated units and minutiae, droning guitar buzz where you can perceive permanently evoked seams and phase changes - all the aforementioned elements are up here to meet sometimes with more traditional, guitar-driven rock compositions. All in all, it is a very positive outlet.