Xisuma's Musical Journey

 As mentioned in yesterdays Top 10 Albums Of 2021 post, I've been in a rut! There is however a rather nice list of artists here, even ...

  On reflection Its felt like a somewhat uneventful year musically. Now into the second year of this pandemic, the isolation and lack of n...

  It would appear that once again I've been roped into another musical journey, spurred on by a spontaneous shuffle discovery. These alw...

  Having heard the story of The Puzzle unfold through The Devin Townsend Podcast, this album is an expected disappointment. That's not t...

  Translated as Second Disaster, this latest Arkhtinn installment was a typical blasting of exhilarated, ferocious Black Metal from the cos...

  For the past ten days or so I've stewed over this one with repetitious intent. Songs like Thursday, Sixth Of May & Adoration ancho...

Having followed along with the Devin Townsend Podcasts during the pandemic, the unfolding story of this particular record has loosened in m...

Originally I passed over this debut album. The Candlelight Tomes was an interesting record, one with a promise of uniqueness that found me ...

    Stuck in a familiarity fatigue, my soft spot for Cradle Of Filth still yearned. Their recent revival of form through Hammer Of The Witc...

  Of all the familiarity fatigue I've endured of late, I was actually itching for an unchanged dose of Hypocrisy's alien paranoia br...

  Don't be fooled, the oddly Gothic, Danzig alike album cover doesn't accurately reflect the emotive suburban vibes this group eman...

  Wholly impressed by the new Caves & Cliffs soundtrack, I set out to discover more about Lena Raine's music. Celeste has been one ...

  Following up on the first part of Krewe De La Mort , American Nu Metal revivalists Cane Hill return with two more reasonable songs for th...

  Last Christmas I experienced the magical resonance of a sparkling wintry record, Endless Summer . On the heals of that excitement I leaped...

This record found me in my lowest point of recent years. Sick with double ear infections, a lot of music was discernible and difficult to di...