Nachtmystium - Addicts Black Meddle Part II

Nifty, spacey, post-black metaly, great.

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Lantlôs - .neon

With Lantlôs one of the most cryptic bands from the fields of Post-Black Metal is making its debut for Prophecy. After their highly acclaimed 2008 debut album, their sophomore .neon is due to be released soon.

In six psychotically gaudy sound studies, Lantlôs unfold a misty array of lost sounds and forlorn words, a depressive manifesto of contemporary Post-Black Metal. As barely any other band before them, Lantlôs manage to conjure the disturbing feeling of being cut off from the world, and they do so by employing grey walls of sound full of madness, desperation, and hopelessness. Caustic and furious, hazy and dragging, and with the psychedelic playfulness of Post Rock, Lantlôs set to music abstract perceptions such as a flight from reality or the search for support in surreal deliriums.

Their music could be compared to the French pioneers of Post-Black Metal, Amesoeurs and Alcest. Hence it’s no wonder that Neige, musician with both these groups, contributes his heart-wrenching screams to the sound of Lantlôs. Moreover, his band-mate Fursy is responsible for the album’s excellent artwork.

Sublime, tragic, desolate ... ".neon" is a musical painting, as surreal as depressive, as elegiac as grey.

- Prophecy Productions

I've been waiting and looking forward to this since it was announced.

You can also find their first album within the Xul archive.

These nights were ours

Circle of Ouroborus + Crooked Necks - Ruins of Ressurection (Split)

More distant messages from CoO which from my previous posts, you know I'm quite fond of them...and introducing Crooked Necks who are more into the whole post BM thing, CoO being the highlight for me, however Crooked Necks are still worth a few moments of your time.

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Líam - Journey...Two Years And A Fragment

Yes more Shoegaze inspired Post-Rock/Black Metal, mixing things up abit.
This is from 2008 and totally instrumental.
This album can suffer with depression, and sudden highs that one may expect to feel when the sun finally shoes itself after the harsh winter months, but here at Xul, the sun only reminds us of the torture it can bring and how, as with all stars, it must one day die. There is no hope in that. Only Death.


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Caïna - Temporary Antennae

Most fans of this type of music will know of this band, and of what to expect so just get on with it.

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Dinner Auf Uranos - 50 Sommer - 50 Winter

I'd been keeping a close eye on the release of this album, simply because it was being released on Cold Dimensions(Lunar Aurora, Graupel, Trist).
We have an album that is split into two sections. The first three songs being '50 Sommer' and the last three being '50 Winter'.
Mature, German speaking progressive modern Rock is the order of the day, which at times can wear you down, slumped in your chair with no consideration for tomorrow, or the passing minutes...just cigarette stains on your lips and empty bottles at your feet.
There is a darkness to all of this, which is subtle and will show itself only to the seasoned listener, so sit back, download and wallow in your own black mood.

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Cold Body Radiation

More from the Post-Black Metal genre which I have been holding back on posting recently as it's not to everyones taste.

However, with an open mind this offers some tasteful musical highs, if only in a simple offering.

Certainly worth having a listen to if you want to take a break from Serpent worshipping, hell bringing every day Black Metal.

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Ved Buens Ende

Post black metal, or "What do we do now that ripping off Darkthrone riffs is boring?" has been a subgenre of a subgenre that has exploded all over the Xuliverse in some incredibly interesting little splatter patterns. The amusing part of any band that gets tagged with the "post" thing is to date when they were originally active. In the case of Norway's Ved Buens Ende they were creating the "avant garde post black metal" back when black metal itself was just starting to peak. Thus, in the true pioneering spirit that they held, one must say they were definitely ahead of their time. The brainchild of a rather well known group of active musicians (Dodheimsgard and Aura Noir, to name but 2), VBE were basically an early jazz fusion attempt at black metal's at the time unforgiving style. This led to an incredibly sorrow filled experience that carried the atmosphere of what they were trying to accomplish quite well. Brilliantly in fact. It will definitely take some sit down and listen with contemplation time for you, our loyal Xulborgs.
Depressive before Depressive became all the rage with kids cloning early Manes via Xasthur (oddly enough they shared the name at one point). Spend some time with both releases. Written In Waters being their full length, and Those Who Caress The Pale being the earlier ep.
Fantastic.

YOU, THAT MAY WITHER

Angst Skvadron - Sweet Poison

"Norwegian quartet ANGST SKVADRON is ready to serve it's second psychodelic dish. The new album is complete and ready to shock, so keep your ears and eyes opened for an inspiring bunch of rock/alien and metal influenced tunes! Get a brighter look over the black of metal."

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