Xisuma's Musical Journey

A casual obsession of recent weeks, Light Years Away presents itself as an emotive exploration of life's many journeys. Personal, pensiv...

My excitement for this album was met with swift shock as Polish outfit Irreversible Mechanism depart from their Symphonic Black Metal found...

  Yet to figure out the secret sauce that explains Taylor's astronomical stardom, I do hear a warming charm. Armed with a fair voice and...

By design, this was a lighter year for discoveries. Although I've been searching the seas, I've written less often. Despite that, so...

  Metal Metal Metal. Its the hard and heavy dominating this years top five. Commentary on old habits or a lack of diversity? Probably the la...

  Having been drip fed half these songs as singles leading up to release, Conflict DLC has been a swift indulgence. The other half of snappy...

Michigan rapper  Danny Brown returns with a highly collaborative record, spotting features to smaller artists on all but two tracks. Still ...

  French outfit Blut Aus Nord have done it again! Sixteen album's deep and still stirring curiosity within Black Metal, a scene which r...

  Returning with another slice of 00s alternative culture reimagined, this fresh five track struggles to peak the heights of  2005 but buil...

  I can't recall the last time I took to a record so swiftly. That's high praise considering my perpetual binging of its ten tracks ...

  Master of scenery sculpting, our beloved Rune Realms turns attention towards atmosphere. With this newest Tolkien inspired chapter, The Mu...

  I Initially passed on this one. Nominations for rap album of the year pulled me back in. Brothers Pusha T and Malice both share cold bloo...

Its been a while since I last checked in with Howling Giant . Turning an ear back to The Space Between Worlds , an evolution in song craft a...

  Austra  always spark a curiosity. Now in fifteen years deep, this fifth full length record lacks the surprise and originality of earlier r...

  Quick of the heels of The Shadow , Trevor returns with a classy record, honing in on indulgent moods and soothing tones, executing this co...

  Gently swain by the soothing return of this moving ethereal melancholy, Wayhome's first spin deeply captivated. Shimmering guitar lick...

  Still pumping out records and seeking fruitful collaborations, ambience master Steve Roach returns with a spellbinding record conjuring e...

In this age of drip feeding album hype cycles with a growing string of singles, its unclear if Struck Dead is a standalone EP, or the lead i...

  A far cry from the darkly mesmerizing dread of Dead Magic , Anna pivots her devilish leanings to ancestral charms, her voice finding its F...

  A lengthy five years on from The Slow Rush , Kevin returns armed with the charm of his voice and a lack of direction. Gone is the defining...