Boris: Noise
This is probably Boris’ most accessible record to date and the overall feeling is that it has, once again, managed to mould its inspiration while remaining quintessentially "Boris".
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Fennesz: Bécs
This is not easy music, but at the same time it is experimentalism made accessible through the artist’s cunning methods
Mayhem: Esoteric Warfare
Quite frankly, there is nothing on Esoteric Warfare which has not been conceived, done and reiterated by the likes of Anaal Nathrakh, Ephel Duath, Sigh and Deathspell Omega.
Horseback: Piedmont Apocrypha
Music can rarely get more genuinely personal than this. But when it does, this is what it sounds like
Beyond the Redshift: Is This the End for Cult of Luna?
Swedish post-metallers bid us farewell. Maybe.
A Minor Forest: Flemish Altruism / Inindependence
A Minor Forest didn’t live long enough to see their craft surpass their inspiration, and for this reason their legacy is safer now than it was 20 years ago.
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