REVIEW: Ethereal Mist – Wandering through the Void

Sorry, Ghoul, but your meandering "dungeon synth" doesn't move me.  Review published by Heathen Harvest and gingerly edited by the tireless Sage Weatherford.

"These eight indistinguishable pieces of synth-driven noodling could have been played by a curious cat: indeed, if there was something in the liner notes about how these pieces were actually played by a curious cat, I’d probably be right into this album, in the same way as I am excited by Hatebeak or Caninus (grindcore bands fronted by, respectively, a parrot and a dog).  However, the liner notes omit any such feline interaction, suggesting instead that the tracks are actually played by one ‘Ghoul‘ (whom my research suggests is an Adelaide-based fully human artist who also plays in black metal band Entsetzlich—hopefully not keyboards)."

Ethereal Mist – Wandering through the Void 

REVIEW: Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress

The Godspeed comeback album is solid, dense, and compact.   Review published by Heathen Harvest and probably slightly-over-edited by Sage Weatherford.

" Instead of building from whispered beginnings, Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress starts with a massive kick to the head then slowly peels back to almost nothing for two tracks (literally—the second and third pieces here are almost nothing, consisting of just low feedback drones for over a quarter of an hour, spiced with other occasional sounds) before roaring back into ferocious gear again for the fourth and final act, exploding into triumph."

Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress