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AN NCS INTERVIEW: SHAPE OF DESPAIR —“CLOUDS IN A SHAPE OF DESPAIR”
(Comrade Aleks returns to our site with this interview of Jarno Salomaa, guitarist and keyboardist for the Finnish band Shape of Despair.) Shape of Despair is an example of solid, quiet, perfect...
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AN NCS PREMIERE: SHAPE OF DESPAIR —“DESCENDING INNER NIGHT”
A decade has passed since the long-running Finnish funeral doom band Shape of Despair released their last album, 2004’s Illusion’s Play. Finally, they have emerged again with a new full-length work...
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NU SCENE AND HERD: THE SCHOENBERG AUTOMATON, WARFORGED, LAMB OF GOD, BLACK...
(Austin Weber has stepped up for round-up duties today, with a collection of new music and videos from 11 bands.) Seeing as Islander is once again away in a work-related hell setting, I figured I’d...
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ESSENTIAL ENTRIES: JUNE 2015
(In this post Dan Barkasi continues his monthly series recommending music from the previous month.) June is long gone, but alas, there’s music that needs some light shed upon it! Apologies for the...
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A DOOMED DESCENT (PART 3): TEMPLE OF VOID, VÖLUR, SHAPE OF DESPAIR
(We present Part 3 of a series of reviews by our Russian connoisseur of all things doom, Comrade Aleks, and today he shares impressions of, and music from, three more 2017 releases. Go here to check...
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