CD REVIEWS

Leeds trailblazers I LIKE TRAINS present ‘Dig In’ single with propaganda-inspired video FOR FANS OF: Ought, Suuns, Fontaines D.C., Iceage, The Fall, Gang of Four, Sleaford Mods, LCD Soundsystem + New single & video ‘Dig In’ from Leeds-based mavericks I LIKE TRAINS online now + ‘KOMPROMAT’, the band’s first album in...

Darkwave duo, Luna Del Luna recently dropped their debut self-titled EP. The inspiration behind the release comes from real life emotional and physical trauma and abuse that haunts the vocalist's mind daily. Says vocalist Luna, "Every soul deals with their nightmares and scars differently, and mine is through music and writing my thoughts...

Dark electro-goth collective Dispel presents their sophomore release 'Inferno'. A concept album based on Dante's literary masterpiece, it features a song for each layer of sin existing in the infernal realm. On this album, Dispel follows Dante and his guide Virgil down each layer of the Nine Hells, dedicating a song to each level of...

Richard Evans: Sentinel. Manchester-based electronic artist Richard Evans presents his debut album 'Sentinel' via Cold Star Media, an eight-track collection that tells the story of humanity at a tipping point and a world trapped in a climate crisis. "Sentinel is an electro-pop concept album. It’s important that art has something to...

Industrial act, Clockwork Echo has unleashed their new album, Death Rebirth Repeat. The album addresses the personal journey of its creator and the universal sense of dread and uncertainty felt by many during the pandemic. Even the album artwork reflects these themes; it's literally a bunch of ordinary people falling into the...

PARZIVAL  Ordalium (digital album promo) Moondrop Records Release: 29 April 2022. Parzival from Denmark is now ready with a brand new album entitled “Ordalium”, which will be the first part of an album trilogy with the overall title “Tradition And Discipline” continuing with the albums “Grimoire” and “Teurgia”, which will follow in the...

UK industrial band, The Royal Ritual has just unveiled their highly-anticipated debut, full-length LP, Martyrs. Martyrs is a thematic exploration into organized religion, and how it can negatively influence our most basic ethical choices. "Within a short time after moving to the USA my hostility towards organized religion grew. I saw ordinarily good people doing...

It was bound to be an exclusive double-celebration anniversary release for the Alfa Matrix label’s 20th birthday and FRONT 242’s 40th anniversary, and to be revealed as a surprise at the band’s planned concerts in Brussels, Belgium (Ancienne Belgique) in 2021, however the long-casted shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic once more played...

NYC-based NEVARIS and music legend BILL LASWELL present 'Dub Sol', previewing debut 'Reverberations' LP FOR FANS OF: Bill Laswell, Carlos Santana, Lee Perry, Loud Apartment, Material, Method of Defiance, DJ Krush, DJ Logic, Will Bernard, Scientist, Hieroglyphics Ensemble, Sly and Robbie GENRES / STYLES: dub, funk, afro-latin rhythms, turntable, fusion, improvisation, alternative, instrumental MOOD: Hypnotic, Atmospheric, Spacey,...

FADERHEAD - HORIZON BORN Genre: Electronic Release Date: 23rd October 2009 Label: L-Tracks Records FADERHEAD is always good for a surprise. But I don’t think that anyone would have guessed he would be putting out an EP full of ballads, though I really wished for something like that after hearing ‘Exit Ghost’. It...