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Sándor Vály – Young Dionysos Review

Sándor Vály – Young Dionysos Review

By Kronos on September 19, 2017 in 2017, Ektro Records, Finnish Metal, Non-Metal Metal Things, Reviews, Not Metal, 56 comments

“Young Dionysos is that rare album which I feel almost incapable of reviewing. Not because it is boring, derivative, or unlistenable, but because it proves difficult to fit it into the ‘album’ category at all. A new addition to the impressive ouvre of Hungarian-Finnish artist Sándor Vály, the album Young Dionysos is itself only a small part of a larger body of works, including video, painting, decollage, and performance art, which constitute the entirety of ‘Young Dionysos.'” Art in strange spaces.

Rivette – In Vertigo EP Review

Rivette – In Vertigo EP Review

By Treble Yell on December 14, 2016 in 2016, Ektro Records, Finnish Metal, Hard Rock, NWOBHM, Reviews, Hard Rock, NWOBHM, 8 comments

“Physicists have long grappled with the enigma that is time travel and while jaunting to the future remains plausible, going the other way is all but an impossible dream. Pfffff, impossible to a lab coat-wearing egghead, maybe, but not to Finland’s Rivette, who have stuck two fingers up the nose of relativity with their debut EP, In Vertigo.” Up yours, Einstein!

Circle – Incarnation Review

Circle – Incarnation Review

By Alex Franquelli on November 21, 2013 in 2013, Death Metal, Ektro Records, Finnish Metal, Reviews, Death Metal, 2 comments

“I can judge a book by its cover. And I always do it. I even take the tome in my hands and I weigh it. Yes, I weigh books and decide whether or not I should go on reading the blurb on the usually polished, sensually pleasant cover. If the words convince me and the overall product smells good, I put it back on the shelves and I resume cruising through the aisles like a junkie who has learned that the best fix comes from the filthy hands of fellow addicts. They know better. In music, I follow the same criteria. I don’t get fooled too easily by a press agent all too eager to impress someone who enjoys weighing books in shopping centers on a Tuesday morning. I mean, come on.” Alex weighs both life and literature… and music. Yes, he’s like Anubis, weighing and judging all things. And now it’s Circle’s turn to be measured.