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Shakhtyor – Shakhtyor Review

On August 16, 2013 By Jordan Campbell

"No one can fault The Ocean's ambition. Ever since their 2007 opus, the double album Precambrian, they've been setting their eyes on bigger and bigger projects. In the past few years they've released two albums arguably designed to be thought of as a double album — Heliocentric and Anthropocentric. These dealt with the origin of man and the redundancy of God in a two-hour, post-metal journey constantly switching between the conventional and unconventional that made for a disorienting yet satisfying experience. However, I can't help but feel Anthropocentric, the second album, was somewhat of a blunder." Noctus has had some issues with The Ocean and not because he's afraid of water. That's fortunate, because their new opus is aqua-themed. Will Noctus take the dive or stay high, dry and judgmental?

[Give in to your anger...]

Spektr – Cypher Review

On February 10, 2013 By Noctus

"Mechanical dissonance, black metal, experimental tones - all things alluring, no? To a select few individuals with a taste for the twisted, anyway. It wouldn't be inaccurate to say that the French seem to have an affinity for black metal with a twisted, experimental tinge. With bands like Deathspell Omega and the highly influential Blut aus Nord pioneering the dissonant, mangled tones, it's no surprise that black metal outfit Spektr also hail from the same shores. They do have one rather unique aspect to the sound that sets them quite apart from such peers; that being the total absence of vocals, which is rather unusual for both black metal and metal as a whole." Noctus is our resident expert on bleak, experimental black metal, so we called him in to discuss this grim, instrumental black metal opus. Did I mention its an instrumental black metal album?

[Give in to your anger...]