.:.WINTERTIME IN SWITZERLAND.:. A Concert Report on Darkwood, Wappenbund and Stormfågel Live at the Sonorites Obscures 10th Anniversary Show Written by F.J.R. (Assisted by zG & friends) Photography by F.J.R. and Sergio G.M. _________________________ I had already read about the Neofolk-related events in Yverdon-Les-Bains, but had never been there. So when members of Wappenbund told […]

Written by S. Hache. ___ Neofolk has always been an incredibly otherworldly music in my life. Coming from an extreme metal background, it is easy to feel like you have seen it all, and even done it all. It can be so easy to be over saturated with the furthest reaches of death and destruction […]

Written by Raul A. Galerie Schallschutz The second day of the festival starts off with conspiratorial ambient electronics from Galerie Schallschutz. Two projection screens flank the stage, displaying acts of enhanced interrogation techniques, explorations of secret government bunkers, and various surveillance equipment. Sky busting super-weapons and extraterrestrial communication round out the overarching themes over the […]

Written by Lazrs4 Rammel Club are a Nottingham-based organization who have been putting on experimental gigs in Nottingham since 2008. There have been many nights held over the years featuring a wide range of artists from Ramleh, Sudden Infant, The Incapacitants, Modulator ESP, Aaron Dilloway, Pocahaunted and Nate Young amongst many others. Last Year Rammel […]

BLACK LEATHER JESUS February 22, 2013 Human Resources Performance Space Chinatown, Los Angeles Written by Rexington Steel Technically speaking, this was my second live Noise experience. On July 27, 2011, I went to check out Cold Cave at a place called the Ukrainian Cultural Center here in Los Angeles (in an area now diligently striving […]

Written by Raul A. Established in 1987 by Wilhelm Herich and Doc M. Riot of Genocide Organ, Tesco Organisation has become synonymous with Post-Industrial music and an embodiment of Industrial culture. While the over 85 releases throughout the years vary in form and presentation, from the brutal German Industrial/Power Electronics of Genocide Organ, to the […]

Blood Axis One of the most anticipated performances of the festival. And rightly so! Blood Axis seized the night with a grim ecstasy that poured as boiling mead from instruments and lips. A molten fusion of folksong, oratory, and fierce playfulness, they carved a swathe through the gathering like a white-hot scythe. My memories of […]

Psychic TV is the type of band that has a cult following. Literally. While not being a member, the works of Genesis P-Orridge have been an incisive influence on my psyche and how this idea of I relates to the world. For years, and to this day, “I” use the lower-case i, to recognize that […]

Brooklyn, New York– it was a late summer sunset and sticky as hell. I was at St. Vitus Bar, an all-black metal dive with a King Diamond poster behind the bar and candelabra on the way to the back room. The evening began with an ambulance. Bain Wolfkind, an apocalyptic bluesman who you might imagine […]

Death in June’s 30th anniversary December 23rd London show was a hotly anticipated event, their first UK show in 6 years and probably the last time we’ll see them perform live. This was also the only UK date on the European tour, but one that has caused a lot of excitement on the internet as […]