![]() “ Lyfjaberg” was released as a single on June 5th. Gorgeous video too, and if you go to YouTube you can read the English translation of the lyrics. I don’t know about you, but I could use some healing, or at least a distraction from the hell around us. To get there requires both mental and physical perseverance. The final song and video in this segment is a song of healing, a story of climbing high within Lyfjaberg, the Healing-Peak, a place known from Norse mythology and the Eddic poem Fjölsvinnsmál where all ailments may be left behind. He also pointed out that Oranssi Pazuzu guitarist Ikon is in this band, which makes sense. I’m thankful to Miloš for telling me about this song. The album that includes it, Polysomn, will be released on September 11th by Svart Records. High up above a voice sometimes wails in haunting tones, adding to the song’s psychedelic allure, and the drums and bass grow increasingly animated… until they vanish from this ethereal soundscape… and reemerge just as strong as before, anchoring the swell of those blissful but increasingly intense lights transmuted into sound. ![]() It’s a trippy experience, delivering waves of slippery and shimmering, warbling and gleaming, sound around a body-moving rhythmic undercarriage. But this first single from their new album opened my eyes wide. ![]() Until yesterday I had no idea that Kairon IRSE! existed. The album that includes the song is Despair Anthems, and it will be released by Profound Lore on July 10. Jay Gambit continues to nail the kind of vocals that this kind of dark post-punk needs. The pulse in this next track is potent, and what happens around it is surreal. Get ready to move, and to have your head swirled. “ Ghost” appears on Dawn of Solace‘s new album Waves, which is out now on the Noble Demon label. It’s such a tremendously sad song, maybe the saddest on the album that includes it, but it’s also sublime. Tuomas Saukkonen is the main man behind Dawn of Solace, but in this new video we watch and listen to the performance of his song “ Ghost” by singer Mikko Heikkilä ( Kaunis Kuolematon) and pianist Saku Moilanen ( Red Moon Architect). Maybe others already knew that, but it came as a big surprise to me.Īt the moment, “ Bewitched” is exclusively available on Flexi-disc format via New Noise Magazine. “ A Return To the Earth Below” is from Ocean of Slumber‘s self-titled album, which is set for release on September 4th by Century Media.Ībysmal Dawn recorded a wonderful cover of “ Bewitched” by Candlemass, and they played it straight - it turns out that Charles Elliott has a fantastic singing voice. Even Dan Swanö said, “The end section is most likely the most bombastic thing I have ever mixed…” I’ll also mention that the song becomes crushingly heavy, and after an astral interlude it gets a crashingly intense climax. You’ll also find out she has some very talented people behind her, including drummer Dobber Beverly, who plays in a lot more extreme bands than this one and delivers a beautifully nuanced performance. If you don’t know, you’ll find out through this first song and video. I guess most people know by now that Cammie Gilbert has a stunning voice. ![]() But don’t worry… in the next installment of this post I’m sure I’ll revert to the usual nastiness. Synn), but I fell prone before all the singing voices in this selection of songs, and the music that accompanies them. I’m not as prone as some writers around here to make exceptions to our rule about singing (I’m looking at you Mr.
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