Edward Ka-Spel, the leader of the Legendary Pink Dots, has a back catalog of scores of solo albums, and today he offers his latest, which you can read about on his Bandcamp site or hear here. This is a purely solo album featuring voice, electronics, and devices that create powerfully Continue Reading
Neofolk
Yewari – Yewari
Bashir Khatsouk hails from Nartan in Russia’s historical region of Circassia. The music on this disc blends traditional music with a touch of neofolk. This will certainly appeal to those who enjoy Caucasian music and bands like Current 93.
Allerseelen – Anubis (with Faye)
Allerseelen is a friend of the blog. Gerhard Petak, an Austrian martial industrial musician who is also a journalist and researcher of esoteric subjects under the imprint Aorta. This track is something wholly different, sounding more like a post-punk-meets-metal track than his usual (great) fare. He collaborates with Algerian singer Continue Reading
Ashtoreth & Grey Malkin – A Crown Of Silver Antlers
My goodness, this is going to be a genre-defining release once it comes out! Two luminaries in the ritualistic folk scene, Ashtoreth and the inestimable Grey Malkin, collaborate on this upcoming release (due Friday the 13th, ironically enough), which is dedicated to their fathers, both of whom passed away during Continue Reading
Geräusche von Hallesches Ufer – Golden Peaches of the Sun
Geräusche von Hallesches Ufer hail from Poznań, Poland, and have a sound that is as bleak as Current 93 at their most experimental touched off with a Kosmische Musik vibe. Quite a profound listen for those into wyrd-psych music.
Orbit Service – Leave For Good
Orbit Service is a side project of Randall Frazier and Erik Drost of the Legendary Pink Dots. This music is a bit less apocalyptic folk in nature, and has more of a dark, drony, psychedelic rock vibe to it. The recording is sublime, and the instruments (at least the acoustic Continue Reading
Legendary Pink Dots – So Lonely In Heaven
Edward Ka-Spel offers a very welcome surprise in the form of a new album! From his Bandcamp site: “‘So Lonely in Heaven’ is The Legendary Pink Dots’ second album since the World stopped for a Global Pandemic. With members scattered across three countries and two continents, our guilty confession is Continue Reading
mastroKristo – Passage
mastroKristo is a band out of Greece whom I was able to glean little information about, but considering they are being released by Lost Tribe Sound, I expected this to be good. I was not disappointed at all. The acoustic guitar is achingly sparse, with a hint of neofolk without Continue Reading
Agnivolok + Necromishka – Animal God (Звериный бог)
Agnivolok and Necromishka are two Israeli neofolk bands who remind me not only of obvious modern bands like Death in June, but have a sound similar to the legendary American ur-neofolk band Changes. Stunning, mellow, folksy and dark.
Ambient Folklore – Bestiary
The Bulgarian band Ambient Folklore have a new album out, and it surpasses any neofolk/dark-folk album I’ve heard over the past two years. The sounds on this record are heavy and foreboding, made more so by very prominent hurdy-gurdy expertly played by Petar Delchev. It sounds as if mid-period Death Continue Reading