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The Period Piece…
Man, there's a million ways to say it- but bottom line, I'm so freaking disappointed.
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in NOR Reviews, Albums (2013 / 16)
For Whom The Bells Droll…
Erik Skodvin has been responsible for releasing and creating some of the best ambient, noize, atmospheric music that Norway has seen for the past decade or so. Now based out of Berlin, Erik still...
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in NOR Reviews, Albums (2013 / 16)
APE CLUB…
Naming a song after my current favorite alcoholic beverage is a good start.
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in NOR Reviews, Albums (2013 / 16)
Smelting the ore, keeping the core…
It is always a challenge to review music that you feel like you might have outgrown. My interest in metal started out in high school with bands like In Flames and At The Gates,...
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in NOR Reviews, Albums (2013 / 15)
Songs to Bury in a Dark Cellar…
Sometimes you sit in a bar, a song by Papa Roach or 3 Doors Down comes on the radio, you automatically begin to puke into your beer, looking around to make sure you are...
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in NOR Reviews, Albums (2013 / 15)
Moon Relay…
I am rarely (read: never) this excited about a new band from Oslo. Moon Relay feature veteran guitarist Daniel Meyer Grønvold (Jessica Sligter, Now We´ve Got Members), a fixture in the improv and noise...
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in NOR Reviews, Albums (2013 / 15)
Noxagt Live On Cassette…
What can be said about Noxagt that hasn’t been said before? Not much. Arguably the greatest noise rock band to come out of Norway in the 2000’s; and one of the most punishing live...
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in NOR Reviews, Live (2013 / 14)
Occulthura…
Unfortunately Bad Sounds can’t give the Dridmachine label a good review every time....
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in NOR Reviews, Albums (2013 / 14)
Clifford Torus…
Another Kjetil Brandsdal (Noxagt/Ultralyd) project: (this time he’s on baritone guitar) with ex Noxagt/Moha! member Anders Hana behind the drums and Horacio Pollard on guitar/vocals. Clifford Torus is part sludge, part noise, and part...
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in NOR Reviews, Other/Classic (2013 / 14)
Torkelsen…
Some kind of cratedigging electro wizkid from the small town of Fredrikstad. Huh; who knew? Torkelsen is Kristian Torkelsen (Munn Til Munn Metoden) here going solo on his first full length record.
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in NOR Reviews, Albums (2013 / 13)
Kråkesølv…
This band does really remind me of listening to a Jade Tree sampler ca. the year 2000. Musically like a less interesting Lukestar or Rumble In Rhodos, singing weirdly poetic lyrics in their northern–Norwegian...
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in NOR Reviews, Albums (2013 / 12)
Light on opiates, heavy on the sugar…
In the wake of a surprising breakthrough of a Norwegian band, you are bound to see a handful of copycat bands following in their footsteps. Followers pop up like magical mushrooms so quickly, you...
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in NOR Reviews, Albums (2013 / 12)
Harmony from the Past 7"…
Some nice releases from the Miasmah/Sonic Pieces label as per usual. It's not too late to miss out on this 7" split between Otto A Totland and Berlin-based and prolific Norwegian noise-maestro, Erik K...
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in NOR Reviews, Singles/EP's (2012 / 11)
El Doom & The Born Electric…
Partitioned from some of Oslo's oldest (whoops), I mean mature, cowboy-boot clad rockers, comes yet another re-fetishization of jazz and Seventies hard rock. Sometimes it feels like they've got nothing to-do, but use Sabbath-like...
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in NOR Reviews, Albums (2012 / 11)
Santa Sangre…
Norway, nation famed for Black Metal and mountains, has struggled greatly in the past to produce decent psychedelic bands. Some bands have tweaked the outer fringes of the genre incorporating elements of Amon Duul...
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in NOR Reviews, Albums (2012 / 11)
No business like Alpine business…
Yr Royal Jetlag Gospel, the debut album from Alpine Those Myriads, is one of the true gems in my record collection. When it was released in 2003, it hardly got any press here in...
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in NOR Reviews, Albums (2012 / 10)