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...

  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...

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

  Despite the impressive talents of vocalist Alex Terrible, I've suffered the misfortune of writing off these masked menaces as another ...

  Having scraped the barrel of Nu Metal treasures from my youth, this recent surge of revivalist bands like  Tetrarch , Ocean Grove and  Na...

  To experience it at the time, would have been something else. To now venture back to her origin after reveling in such masterful inspirati...

Seeking revival through experimentation,  Oscillotron lands on a firm identity with succinct ties to its space horror ambience origins. Lea...

  As one of the finer Black Metal acts from decades gone by, Ukrainian outfit Drudkh's part natural, part mystic has always held my curi...

  Current darlings of Extreme Metal, with a swiftly growing popularity, Lorna Shore seem poised to take off. This second incarnation with i...

  In a pleasant surprise, it seems this assembly of musicians was no fluke. Evolving from MCMXCa.D. , the group lean further into the Worldb...

Catching my ear through the Spotify playlist shuffle, a curiosity was peaked given its early release date. This both felt and sounded like a...

Round five and were back on form with the triumphant Metal Forth! Not their fourth, unless your counting "metal" in the record tit...

EP by name but double LP by duration, Paradise Star drops four lengthy serine mood pieces alternating between Berlin School inspired synth j...

Arriving swiftly off the back of a remarkable Chromakopia , Tyler suddenly drops this fun fast and loose record. A surprise release, Don...

  Originality is a contestable term, often misplaced by a lack of context and history - something we are all born ignorant to. It leads me t...

A blast from the past! This record I experienced mostly though my friends. Having devoured The Trees Are Dead And Dried Out , I recall not b...

    Further exploring the "inconsequential" landscape of Psybient and Cosmic Ambience music has led me back to State Azure, an art...

Curious to hear more of Blood Incantation 's fresh and exciting take on the tired Death Metal genre, Timewave Zero shocked me with its r...

Shock and awe ensues, as sequenced drum machines and a burly haze of dreamy distortions descend upon the listener. Breaking for a bold singu...