Caves of Glass. Caves of Glass.

Furiously destructive post-rock/metal from Earth. Grandiose climaxes. Visceral guitars. Violent. Beautiful. Wholly unique and intensely necessary. A brilliantly immense example of post-rock in the new decade.

Caves of Glass - 'Caves of Glass'

2013

1. The Hollow

2. Gone From Oceania

3. Mariana

4. Barren Earth

5. The End

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MARNOST. Die Hamletmaschine.

Long-form black metal from the Czech Republic. Furious feedback.Vicious guitar stabs. Powerful blast beats. Torturous shrieks. Massive atmosphere. Unrelenting darkness.

MARNOST - 'Die Hamletmaschine'

2013

1. Die Hamletmaschine

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Deuil. Acceptance/Rebuild.

Thick Belgian post-blackened doom. Monstrously heavy slow riffs. Distortion-laden blast beats. Broken screams over blistering guitars. Beautiful choral ambience. Expressive weight. Crushing enormity.

Deuil - 'Acceptance/Rebuild'

2013

1. Acceptance

2. Rebuild

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Park Place Xenia. Kasota Energy Park.

Experimental dreampop from Minneapolis. Surreal soundscapes of confusion. Evocative swirls of ambient keys and drums. Warm hum. Soft atmosphere. Underground beauty. Sun.

Park Place Xenia - 'Kasota Energy Park'

2012

1. Out of Here

2. Children in Paris

3. Stretch Armstrong

4. Cool as a Cucumber

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Hintergrund. Nemesis.

Newest record of furious noise-drone from Ohio. Shrieking pillars of feedback. Thick swathes of terror. Long-form destruction on an industrial scale. Immense dynasties of vicious power. Devastating. Essential.

Hintergrund - 'Nemesis'

2012

1. Dread Majesty

2. Empty Space

3. Herbstmord

4. As the Elk Lays Down to Die

5. Circuit

6. Grid

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Brian Saia. Ancient Lakes.

Fantastically groovy experimental work. Free ambient sections followed by joyous melodies. Fun beats and otherworldly intrumentals. Densely creative. Overwhelmingly curious. New. Sublime.

Brian Saia - 'Ancient Lakes'

2012

1. The Sailing Stones

2. Salar De Uyuni

3. Anza-Borrego

4. The Sinking Sea

5. Black Blizzard

6. Song Of Dunes

7. King Clone

8. Ancient Lakes

9. Bombay Beach

10. Playa

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Sacred Tapestry. Shader.

More incredible vaporwave from New Dreams Ltd. Swirling synth crescendos. Mighty beatless tracks. Warped vocal samples. Thundering builds. Dominating. Surreal.

Sacred Tapestry - 'Shader'

2012

1. LD・VHD

2. 花こう岩Cosmorama

3. ドリーミー

4. 移住

5. 新たな夢Spirited Child (Color Ocean Sky)

6. 凍傷

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The Flowers Of St. Francis. Vol. 2.

Subdued experimental ambient noisescapes. Furious screeches of feedback. Muffled acoustic reveries. Cassette hum. Viciously obtuse. Painfully obscured. Vital.

The Flowers of St. Francis - 'Vol. 2'

2012

1. All Opaque Visions

2. What Wasn't Still Isn't

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MISERY. Miséricordes.

Viciously bleak one-man black metal from France. Experimental ambience. Atmospheric guitars. Slow dirges. Throat-tearing shrieks. Dank. Evil.

MISERY - 'Miséricordes'

2012

1. Église de misère

2. Hantée par les plaies

3. Sous l’égide des martyrs

4. Le cloître aux choeurs maudits

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Halcyon Silence. Today Is Nothing.

Twisted downtempo. Deep beats. Spiraling synths. Amorphic samples. Deep bass. Dark melodies. Subtle beauty.

Halcyon Silence - 'Today Is Nothing'

2012

1. Tes yeux

2. Today Is Nothing

3. La douceur

4. You

5. In Eternity

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Jambinai. Différance.

Korean experimental post-metal. Terrifying shrieks of feedback. Traditional folk influences. Slow builds to huge climaxes. Unlike anything else out there. Brilliant. Pure raw beauty.

잠비나이 (Jambinai) - '차연' (Différance)

2012

1. 소멸의 시간

2. Grace Kelly

3. 감긴 눈 위로 비추는 불빛

4. 바라밀다 (Part 1)

5. 바라밀다 (Part 2)

6, 구원의 손길

7. 텅빈 눈동자 (Part 1)

8. 텅빈 눈동자 (Part 2)

9. Connection

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Caves of Glass. Gone from Oceania.

Expansive modern post-hardcore-tinged post-rock. Flowing organic beats. Urgent abstract vocals. Mighty crescendos. Sweeping walls of guitar. Dramatic. Inspiring.

Caves of Glass - 'Gone from Oceania' (single)

2012

1. Gone from Oceania

2. Barren Earth

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Hintergrund. Signal Blister.

Oppressive noise-drone from Ohio. Deep long-form ambience. Massive walls of noise. Shrieking loops of feedback. Dark. Vicious. Necessary.

Hintergrund - 'Signal Blister'

2011

1. Black Line

2. Screwdiver

3. Total Submersion

4. Half Halo

5. Loss of Light

6. Clawing

7. Antithesis

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Paysage d'Hiver. Steineiche.

Super-atmospheric black metal. Hazy guitars. Desperate screams. Immense long-form songs. Bleak. Desolate. Necessary.

Paysage d'Hiver - 'Steineiche'

1998

1. Die Baumfrau

2. Der Baummann

3. Der Baum

4. Déjà Vu

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Burial. Kindred.

London-based atmospheric garage. Stuttering two-step beats. Hazy synth textures. Warped vocal samples. Long-form. Late night walks in the grimy city. Enveloping beauty.

Burial - 'Kindred'

2012

1. Kindred

2. Loner

3. Ashtray Wasp

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Nortt. Galgenfrist.

Blackened funeral doom from Denmark. Thundering bass. Crushing guitars. Broken ambience. Huge. Tragic. Destructive.

Nortt - 'Galgenfrist'

2007

1. Galgenfrist

2. Til Gravens Vi

3. Af Døde

4. Kaldet

5. Over Mit Lig

6. Havet Hinsides Havet

7. Hjemsøgt

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Planning For Burial/Lonesummer. Split.

Atmospheric ambient. Blackened drone. Innumerable heartbreak.

Lo-fidelity. Reverb. Visceral. Raw.

Planning For Burial/Lonesummer - 'Split'

2010

1. Planning For Burial - Sleeping In Separate Rooms

2. Planning For Burial - If I Knew What To Say

3. Planning For Burial/Lonesummer - Boring Domesticated Life

4. Lonesummer - Joy Is A Burden

5. Lonesummer - I Wish I Could Delete Last Night

6. Lonesummer - Regrettably, Out Harvest Never Grew

7. Lonesummer - Your Eyes Always Shake Me

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The Flowers Of St. Francis. Vol. 1.

Brutally experimental ambient noise. Harsh distortion. Four-track aphasic rabbit hole confessionals. Warm cassette tape hum. Vicious atmospheres. Evil. Huge.

The Flowers of St. Francis - 'Vol. 1'

2011

1. A Quiet Observer Appears

2. Dimly Aware That It Is Alive

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~▲†▲~. ~▲††▲~.

Russian witch house. Heavy beats. Evil ambience. Chopped up. Screwed down. Dark. Vicious.

~▲†▲~ - '~▲††▲~'

2011

1. Vague I

2. Social Phobia

3. unfortunately stuck

4. Dusk

5. экзотика

6. Vague II

7. Stickweed Houses

8. Disunited

9. Vague III

10. Spoffish

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Ayshay. WARN-U.

Arabic experimental witch house. Warped vocals. Layered vocals. Evil. Moving. Beatless. Vicious.

Ayshay - 'WARN-U'

2011

1. WARN-U

2. Jemsheed

3. Shaytan

4. WARN-U (Nguzunguzu Megamix)

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