Talking elitism and appeal with The Chamberlain
Finnish The Chamberlain’s debut album Draconian Magick (review) came pretty much like a bolt out of the blue in early 2025. We admit, perhaps to our own detriment, that here at ODIR we’d never even heard of them. All of … Continue reading Talking elitism and appeal with The Chamberlain
LUPUSVIR: .//repeated_grey_fields
Year: 2020Label: self-released We return to Brazilian Lupusvir’s eccentric sounds. Although in a somewhat backwards fashion: this is actually the one man project’s first release, and .//passport_to_filg4ia (review) their second. I don’t think it matters too much. Both releases are … Continue reading LUPUSVIR: .//repeated_grey_fields
DIMHOLT: MetaForm
Year: 2025Label: self-released Whilst listening to MetaForm, Bulgarian Dimholt’s new album, I returned to my review of their previous album Epistēmē (here). I find that most all I wrote in the review still applies to the band, and describes quite … Continue reading DIMHOLT: MetaForm
BELTANE FIRE: White Stag
Year: 2025Label: Bluelight Records Earlier this year, in our From the Vaults series, we covered British Beltane Fire’s sole album Different Breed (here). Beltane Fire is the fourth moniker of the band, best known and loved as neobilly act The … Continue reading BELTANE FIRE: White Stag
LUPUSVIR: .//Passport_to_filg4ia
Year: 2022Label: self-released I actually have a tenuous link to Brazilian Lupusvir. We both appeared on the 2024 digital-only compilation Knife City. Beyond that, I didn’t know much about the one man project, except for a vague understanding that it … Continue reading LUPUSVIR: .//Passport_to_filg4ia
HRV: Actually Not A Lifeparty
Year: 2025Label: Zoharum And all of a sudden, we’re out of our depth once again. This happens every time with Zoharum’s promo batches. Sometimes it’s something wildly experimental, sometimes something extremely oddball. And this time around, it’s something far simpler: … Continue reading HRV: Actually Not A Lifeparty
RAPOON & PAS MUSIQUE: Knowledge Has No Enemies But The Ignorant
Year: 2025Label: Zoharum Ever active UK act Rapoon are at it again, this time with colleagues Pas Musique from the other side of the Atlantic. It’s the first time we cover a joint effort by them, but the two groups … Continue reading RAPOON & PAS MUSIQUE: Knowledge Has No Enemies But The Ignorant
FRAG: Frag Deconstructed Genetic Transmission
Year: 2025Label: Zoharum This here’s a weird album. Apparently, Stephen Āh Burroughs of Tunnels Of Āh fame got his hands on some recordings by Polish Genetic Transmission and was so impressed by them, he decided to do his own reinterpretation … Continue reading FRAG: Frag Deconstructed Genetic Transmission
Stranger dreaming with Kathodos
Some time ago, an email in our promo folder caught our eye. It promised an album of experimental post-industrial electronics, dark ambience and tribal elements, and invoked names such as Current 93, Coil and Nurse With Wound. Of course we … Continue reading Stranger dreaming with Kathodos
VALONTUOJA: Tulesta syntynyt
Year: 2025Label: Inverse Records Already for decades, Finland has been a veritable breeding ground of black metal. Where in the 90’s Finland never really achieved the status our neighbours to the west did, despite having a couple of absolute primogenitor … Continue reading VALONTUOJA: Tulesta syntynyt
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