Eldrig – Mysterion video tisdag, Jul 29 2008 

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Eldrig’s new album Mysterion is set to ship soon and here is a recently posted preview video. In my opinion, Eldrig’s latest works have not reached the artistic summit of Mr. van See’s first project Fanisk, particularly 02’s Noontide, but the music in this video is promising. Portland’s premier esotericist is promising a high artistic output in the next months with Mysterion, Fanisk – Insularum and Eldrig – Wyrd. Look for reviews on Mysterion and the classic Noontide in the coming weeks.

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Eldrig – 2007 – Kali

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Have A Nice Life – Deathconsciousness (2008) tisdag, Jul 22 2008 

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From the deep trenches of the American underground comes an album that will shurely tingle the spine of all who like their music to go with a ‘post-’ prefix. Surging in popularity, the debut album of Have A Nice Life is very worthy of its praise. Epics like I Don’t Love, The big gloom and There is no food fit perfectly side-by-side with a palpable post-punk attitude that shines through on tracks like Waiting for black metal records to come in the mail and indie-pop gem Holy fucking shit 40 000. Though the lyrics deal mainly with religious themes and (you guessed it) death, there is a strong vibe of arty teenage escapism and new wave aesthetics, with wonderful guitar/synthesizer carpets and talented songwriting. Despite it’s lofi production, Deathconsciousness manages to sound very avant garde and relevant at the same time, and judging from its reception so far it might very well be regarded as somewhat of a milestone in a few years.

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Velvet Cacoon – 2 måndag, Jul 21 2008 

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A few weeks ago, a preview track of the ever-elusive upcoming P aa opal Poere Pr. 33 album from black metal shoegazers Velvet Cacoon was posted on the Funeral Moon Productions forum by an account allegedly held by bandmember Angela. Now, Velvet Cacoon is a band surrounded by controversy after countless myths, rumours, fake tracks, made-up instruments and well-founded accusations of plagiarism. Coming into 08′ many, including myself, started to seriously doubt whether the promised follow-up to the submerged romanticism that was Genevieve would ever materialize. But lo and behold, the vocals on this track are indeed identical to their previous releases, and the track is the murky excavation of oceanic depths that VC have always have been fond of but this time there’s some more maturity, and a great riff of course.

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Nadja & Black boned Angel – Christ Send Light (2008) måndag, Jul 21 2008 

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In their ninth release of ‘08 (a live DVD not included), Canadian ambient drone duo Nadja presents an absolutely stunning collaboration with New Zealand’s Black boned angel. Nadja’s occasional strides into the more blissful side the droney spectrum have been few but unparalled in the genre, surpassing the recent productions of more well-known shoegaze metallers Jesu with ease (best represented by the sensuality of Stays Demons from their debut). In this EP they add the crushing backdrop of BBA’s uncompromising guitar tectonics to their patented pink pillows of fuzzy drone, but cram it into a choral setting previously unheard of from either band. The song is basically a half-an-hour chorus, with the expected monotony of the genre accentuated by unreal guitar flavours, courtesy of that someone in BBA that is capable of alternately making their instrument sound like a church organ and a puppy with a gunshot wound, within a twinkling of time. Track of the year so far, without a doubt.

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