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| An Album a Day - March 2021
Congratulations if you have made it this far. I know I have and 2021 has been dripping quality for days now! We approach the end of Q1 with 30 or so new releases. The months start with February releases bleeding into this month, since the last week of February albums was on the 26th, so let's get this thing started, shall we!? | 1 |  | King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard L. W.
March 1st
In what looks like a futile attempt to keep up with this band's release schedule and frenetic pace, I will be checking this new (well, today might be already old for them) album, which farmerobama already sponsored saying it's pretty good. Here we go, Lizards.
https://kinggizzard.bandcamp.com/album/l-w | 2 |  | Lost Horizons In Quiet Moments
March 2nd
Really stoked to have found this one. Lost Horizons is the project of Simon Raymonde (ex-Cocteau Twins) and Richie Thomas (ex-Dif Juz) with a whole array of singers, mostly all pertaining to the Bella Union record label, which is ran by Raymonde himself. If you ever appreciated the magic behind a project like This Mortal Coil, you HAVE to check this. I'll be reviewing it sooner than later.
https://losthorizonsband.bandcamp.com/album/in-quiet-moments | 3 |  | Five The Hierophant Through Aureate Void
March 3rd
A strange album for today. Five the Hierophant are a British drone jazz doom mammoth performing sonic rituals since 2015. This is their second full length and it's as bleak and entrancing as the genre tag suggests.
https://five-the-hierophant.bandcamp.com/album/through-aureate-void | 4 |  | Empyrium Über den Sternen
March 4th
After a short session of jazz drone doom yesterday I spent the rest of the day jamming Lost Horizons while writing a review for it so today I craved something heavier. manosg's review of Empyrium convinced me to give it a shot today. The baritone vocals need some time to sink in but once they click it becomes clear they really help to makie this album something of its own. Fans of My Dying Bride should check this one.
https://empyrium.bandcamp.com/album/ber-den-sternen | 5 |  | Epica Omega
March 5th
I was supposed to have a (nice?) commute walk through the park down the morning rain listening to Nick Cave's "Carnage" but instead the day turned into a work from home nightmare of diapers, screams, milk and... Epica! Turns out the waifu is a fan now so the Dutch stormed my homestead all. day. long.
No BC, obvs, but here's a video for "Abyss of Time"!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTbk3SfUq9Q&ab_channel=NuclearBlastRecords | 6 |  | Nick Cave and Warren Ellis Carnage
March 6th
And finally the next day I had time to pin my headphones to my ears and let Cave's beautifully aging voice walk me through 2020 like a drunk news anchor turned to close confident. Don't miss on Johnnyofthe(goddamn)well review for this, cause it's one for the books!
No BC, no video, no nothing so here, have your favorite Nickthony Carnigiano rambling about the album (with Dopesmoker on the background) m/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UABXnP_1i-s&ab_channel=theneedledrop | 7 |  | Kings of Leon When You See Yourself
March 7th
"Use Somebody" was shamefully one of my break up songs and this day it's my ex's birthday, coincidence? Yes, absolutely, and also irrelevant cause no one cares about the other anymore. I'm preparing a review for this, but before I have to do a crash course on cryptocurrency. Not going very well, truth be told.
Here's a video for "The Bandit", good luck trying to find a stream link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtJCnm88_cU&ab_channel=kingsofleonVEVO | 8 |  | Jane Weaver Flock
March 8th
There's a bunch of albums I still want to check from February but I also wanna get on March releases already so here's another one. Apparently I 3'd her last album (2019) while the rest of her discography has very few votes or none at all. Honestly this new one is pretty interesting so far, so chose it for today's album. There's a blend of electronica, psychedelia and dream pop that really works here. Check it out.
https://janeweaverfire.bandcamp.com/album/flock | 9 |  | Mork Katedralen
March 9th
I was gonna say Mork have crafted the perfect Darkthrone tribute, but the album actually FEATURES members of Darkthrone. Kampfar and Skepticism (don't know the last two tbh). It does seem like the best thing they've ever done and it doesn't get more BM than this so let's give it a shot.
https://peaceville.bandcamp.com/album/katedralen | 10 |  | Kurushimi Chaos Remains
March 10th
Pretty fitting album for a sad anniversary. Can't believe it's been 10 years already but I still remember like it was yesterday. Few times I've been more scared. I will never forget the ground moving like asphalt waves and the general chaos on the streets. It was a then and after in Japan. About the album, it fits because Kurushimi means "Suffering" which was a word that I learned the hard way during that time and because nothing like experimental avantgarde grindcore jazz to conmemorate such tragic events. Credit and thanks to Nocte for the rec.
https://viakurushimi.bandcamp.com/album/chaos-remains | 11 |  | Arab Strap As Days Get Dark
March 11th
Anatelier's fantastic review of this album got me hyped af, plus it has "Dark" on the title which is usually a sign that the record is gonna be good, unless it's metalcore, in that case avoid it like the plague. Well, let's see what this is about!
https://arabstrapband.bandcamp.com/album/as-days-get-dark | 12 |  | Pupil Slicer Mirrors
March 12th
Prosthetic records has been absolutely flooded my Twitter feed with this release and somehow I managed to forget to add it to the weekly releases blog post. They refer to it as "the future of metal", so I guess... we should check it out, am I right?
https://pupilslicer.bandcamp.com/album/mirrors | 13 |  | White Void (NO) Anti
March 13th
The master volume on this thing is extremely low for some reason but the album itself is really interesting. Ghost vibes for sure, as I read on a review on Kerrang, with some more prog influences, and hard rock maybe. Cool stuff.
https://whitevoid.bandcamp.com/album/anti-2 | 14 |  | Waldskin Clarity Before the Crash
March 14th
Well, well, well, I'm all caught up. The last find and today's (official) album is this indie pop meets trip hop band from Switzerland who, 2 tracks in, seems like a good chill time. Definitely a good album to finish the day with a nighty night walk after a few drinks. Here, it's all yours.
https://waldskin.bandcamp.com/album/clarity-before-the-crash | 15 |  | Nightfall At Night We Prey
March 15th
Too bad that the gothic influence is gone in favor of a melodeath approach, but the Greek still got it in them. Fans of Rotting Christ and Septicflesh would feel at home with this. I still gotta find out where this is gonna fall but about to do it right now. Also, rad cover art.
https://nightfallofficial.bandcamp.com/album/at-night-we-prey | 16 |  | Krallice Demonic Wealth
March 16th
Pretty impressive for drums recorded with a phone, a bass simply... recorded and the rest recorded in a car or whatever, yes I believe it all. Those synths probably fell on the album during the last meteor rain, and the voice is a cacophony from the black box of an UFO found on the drummer's backyard, I believe it all.
https://krallice.bandcamp.com/album/demonic-wealth | 17 |  | Lunar Shadow Wish to Leave
March 17th
Never heard of this band before but the singles dragged me in like quicksand. Vintage heavy metal with gothic post punk leanings and high pitch screams? Say no more.
https://lunarshadow.bandcamp.com/album/wish-to-leave | 18 |  | A.A. Williams Songs from Isolation
March 18th
This is an album of covers featuring Williams' remarkable voice talents with the sole companion of a piano, a guitar and strings. Deftones' "Be Quiet and Drive" and The Cure's "Lovesong" covers are the clear highlights for me.
https://aawilliams.bandcamp.com/album/songs-from-isolation | 19 |  | Crypts (DE) Coven Of The Dead
March 19th
Not to confuse with the electronic noise band. German Crypts debut with a solid slab of crispy death metal ala Entombed that won't surprise veteran listeners of the genre but it's a good fix when the time is right.
https://thischarmingmanrecords.bandcamp.com/album/tcm-121-crypts-coven-of-the-dead | 20 |  | Gazelle Twin and NYX Deep England
March 20th
Noise queen teams up with choral drone choir NYX and the result is a stunning record very in line with GT's "Pastoral" album. Brought Anna Von Hausswolff's latest and Diamanda Galas to mind, to give you an idea. I have yet to explore this in depth but first listen was LOVE.
https://nyx-edc.bandcamp.com/album/deep-england | 21 |  | Hedvig Mollestad Trio Ding Dong. You're Dead.
March 21st
Renowned Norwegian guitar valkyrie Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen in her trio form. Echoes of Motorpsycho, instrumental jazz rock, stoner and weed driven jams to traverse the galaxy.
This is a Rune Grammophone release so no bandcamp link. Buy or die. (It's on streaming platforms though). | 22 |  | Fuath II
March 22nd
Long awaited? Saor's very own Andy Marshall full on atmospheric black metal cake is finally here. It's also monday, so a bit of BM always helps to get into the mood for the rest of the week.
Also, black metal is always cool enough to have a BC link, not like those jazzy potheads:
https://fuath.bandcamp.com/album/ii-2 | 23 |  | Dvne Etemen Ænka
March 23rd
I knew this was gonna be good. After "Asheran" there was a very tiny, very slim, almost inexistent chance of the Scots fucking this up and holy crap, they have come back in FULL FORCE. I find hard to believe any other post metal/sludge/cosmic prog outfit can outpower them this year, but you never know. Preparing an express review for this atm.
https://songs-of-arrakis.bandcamp.com/ | 24 |  | Estuarine Nyarlathotep
March 24th
A few days ago Nocte invited me to take a peek into this chaotic, filthy mess of an album by one Florida based madman that goes by the name of Estuarine. I finally ahd that the time today, which is a bit hyperbolic, cause the whole thing is like 9 minutes and could have jammed it days ago during a sit on the throne but completely forgot about it. Today's the day though, but as soon as it came it was done and gone. Interesting.
https://estuarinemetal.bandcamp.com/album/nyarlathotep | 25 |  | Kayoko Yoshizawa Akahoshi Aoboshi
March 25th
Last release of the week before we enter the maremagnum that is the week of the 26th, there's gonna be a lot to check in there. Decided to give this spot to Johnny, since he's reppin' this hard and I'm on the mood for some contemporary Japanese city pop (if this is anything close to that). Sayonara!
Here's a trailer (I believe):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmBHI5Y-9R4&ab_channel=%E5%90%89%E6%BE%A4%E5%98%89%E4%BB%A3%E5%AD%90 | 26 |  | Ben Howard Collections from the Whiteout
March 26th
Release day put Ben Howard's latest on priority number 1. He's one of my favorite singer songwriters of all time, but the singles leading up to this got me cold, not gonna lie. Gave it a full listen on Friday and left me cold. It was sort of a background listen so I wanna go back and give it the treatment it deserves though.
No BC cause Island hates those. It's on streaming services though. | 27 |  | Genghis Tron Dream Weapon
March 27th
And priority number 2 was this one. Never been too familiar with the band so I wasn't that shocked with the change of direction. It's a damn good album, sort of shoegaze meets crazy drumming and post whatever it is? I have no idea. Don't let it pass you by.
https://genghistron.bandcamp.com/album/dream-weapon | 28 |  | Tomahawk Tonic Immobility
March 28th
I was supposed to jam this yesterday but huge migraine day, so got cancelled for the whole day. The headache still remains but I'm more or less functional (and heavily drugged) so spinning this for the first time. I'm 3 tracks in right now and... it's Tomahawk.
Not on streaming services but u can stream it on BC.
https://tomahawkofficial.bandcamp.com/album/tonic-immobility | 29 |  | Mare Cognitum Solar Paroxysm
March 29th
Before I go on with the 26th releases I wanted to get on this one. I also wanted to jam the new Midnight Odyssey but not on streaming services so pass for now, reviews are not giving it much praise either, which is a shame.
https://marecognitum.bandcamp.com/album/solar-paroxysm | 30 |  | Xiu Xiu OH NO
March 30th
The month sings its last notes! I was never a fan of these guys but porcupinetheater's opinion is one I regard in high praise so it only took for him to say the magic words "AOTY" to make me want to check this. The roster of collaborators is definitely another factor to take on account: Sharon Van Etten, Drab Majesty, Chelsea Wolfe, Liz Harris (Grouper), Shearwater... This is gonna be fun.
https://xiuxiu.bandcamp.com/album/oh-no | 31 |  | Cryptosis Bionic Swarm
March 31st
And we close the month with one more entry on the trash metal surge that's overtaking 2021. Honestly, it's beena while I haven't seen a metal album of this caliber on the Best New Music section so it's a certified jam. And while I write this "Decypher" has just blasted my ears and goddamn, this is gonna be a trip. See you on the April list tomorrow and see you Q1! It's been fun!
No BC but they released a new video for Death Technology 3 weeks ago, check it out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDITD4YbjW8&ab_channel=CenturyMediaRecords | |
Dewinged
03.01.21 | Checking in, check, check. | Dewinged
03.01.21 | Also thanks to park for destroying the sound off page for L. W. , it's candy to the eye right now. | someone
03.01.21 | bump to get it into My Discussions | Dewinged
03.01.21 | Took two months to get it featured, thanks overlords! ;) | Mythodea
03.01.21 | >bump to get it into My Discussions
| Nocte
03.01.21 | Checking in | Dewinged
03.01.21 | Man, I miss Papa Uni's "tactical dot deployed ·"
Never failed to crack me up for some reason. | Mythodea
03.01.21 | :( | farmerobama
03.01.21 | Nice! Love the oriental influenes on KG and LW. | Dewinged
03.01.21 | Same here! | osmark86
03.01.21 | KG&tWL are hella prolific for sure | Dewinged
03.01.21 | Quite overwhelming discography, but gotta say this and the last one are among the best things they've ever done. | Trifolium
03.01.21 | Yipppeeeee, hopping on board, checking stuff that seems cool as we go. | Dewinged
03.02.21 | Check that last one I added Trif, so goood! | farmerobama
03.02.21 | If you have a slow day this month, try the new collaboration between Ryley Walker and Kikagaku Moyo 'Deep Fried Grandeur'. Really chill jams. | Dewinged
03.02.21 | Cheers man , I do love Kikagaku Moyo, will keep that on the backlog, tx! | Dewinged
03.03.21 | Who's feeling some jazzy doomy sludge today? | porcupinetheater
03.03.21 | Been sleeping on the last two pseudo self-titled Gizz's, shit, should jam 'em this week before I fall irreparably behind their discog | porcupinetheater
03.03.21 | I mean WHOO HEAVY | Dewinged
03.03.21 | You should! K.G. and now L.W. are my favorite thing of the... 4 albums I heard from them lol | farmerobama
03.03.21 | 3 sounds like I'll dig it | Dewinged
03.03.21 | It's an... interesting album for sure. | Nocte
03.03.21 | I dig it : ) | Nocte
03.03.21 | In regards to 3, check out the new Kurushimi - Chaos Remains | Dewinged
03.03.21 | Does it sax too? | SlothcoreSam
03.04.21 | 3 sounds like a heavier The Comet is Coming | Nocte
03.04.21 | --Does it sax too?--
Sort of, in a low-fi more garage kind of way. | Dewinged
03.04.21 | Interesting! | Dewinged
03.08.21 | Updated, sorry, busy weekend! | Mythodea
03.08.21 | I don't get it. On February I was listening to lighter stuff and you were adding some heavy albums, and now you have Kings of Leon and Jane Weaver, while I'm listening to new Nightfall and Spectral Lore. No sync whatsoever. | Dewinged
03.08.21 | Haha, I'm covering what you don't listen to Myth, that's the sync. | Nocte
03.08.21 | So still the lighter stuff then? I kid | Mythodea
03.08.21 | @Nocte Haha, yes, perhaps
@Dewinged That's a good answer, I'll take it | Dewinged
03.08.21 | Ok boys tomorrow we'll do smth heavy, I have a couple from the last week of February I wanted to check. | Dewinged
03.10.21 | added heavy and weird, let's see what we do next, prog maybe? who knows... | Dewinged
03.11.21 | Avantgarde jazz of course, of course. I like where March is going. Although today's album belongs technically to February it will be the last release of that month. | JohnnyoftheWell
03.11.21 | Otay:onii stream (will probs fix that pagename lol): https://otayonii.bandcamp.com/album/mingming | butt.
03.11.21 | 11 sounds amazing | Dewinged
03.11.21 | Tx Johnny, added!
@butt. It does, gonna jam it later today. | Nocte
03.11.21 | Wasn't expecting you to put so much weight in my recs Dew my lad, glad you've decided it's worthy of your list : ] | Dewinged
03.11.21 | Rec was on point m/ | Dewinged
03.15.21 | Slacked hard on the weekend, so will play catch up today. Gonna comb the site to see what i add. | butt.
03.15.21 | playing catch-up right now as well. finally jammed Brand of Sacrifice, perhaps I shall pick something from this list now | porcupinetheater
03.15.21 | Oh damn, didn't read anything about that Mork record, judged book by cover and thought it looked like knock off second wave act (x ∞), but damn, Darkthrone and Skepticism peeps on it, gonna have to check | Dewinged
03.15.21 | Plus Noct gave it the proper treatment too. It's good stuff porc, check it out. | Dewinged
03.15.21 | We are updated friends. | Nocte
03.15.21 | Please tell me that Krallice is going to feature here somewhere, i'll even tease a proper "treatment" too. | Dewinged
03.16.21 | Freaking Krallice not uploading their shit to spoty, but yeah I was planning on getting on that one either weds or thursday. | Nocte
03.16.21 | I'm just glad it's not forgotten. Bandcamp for the win on that one though. | Mythodea
03.16.21 | You liked the cover of Nightfall? 4/10 for me. | Dewinged
03.16.21 | Yeah I like it, Idk, it fits them I think. These guys are from your lands right Myth? | Mythodea
03.16.21 | yup, they're from here, although I've only listened to only one album of theirs (Cassiopeia).
I think their cover arts are hit or miss, but this time it's just... basic? | Dewinged
03.17.21 | The album is not far from being basic either haha | Mythodea
03.17.21 | well... yes, it's fine but hasn't really grabbed me | Nocte
03.17.21 | Nice run down Dewi : ] | Dewinged
03.22.21 | I did follow my diet religiously but couldn't find the time to update. There you go! | Dewinged
03.25.21 | Updated! The busiest week of the year is about to start, hang tight. | Nocte
03.25.21 | Yes, thicc week next. | Dewinged
03.30.21 | Such a lot of good music these days it's hard to pick! Are you people keeping up? | Nocte
03.30.21 | Keeping up with you? Yes.
Keeping up with all the good/great releases this year? Fuck no. | Dewinged
03.30.21 | As long as you're keeping up with me you are keeping up with all the good/great releases this year lol | Nocte
03.30.21 | I feel like we're both missing about as many as we're not missing. | Dewinged
03.30.21 | There's always a catch my friend. | JohnnyoftheWell
03.30.21 | if you hear every single good release in a year then you ultimately spend meaningful time with none of them, don't be that guy with too many pokéballs !
also idk whether to 3.9 or 4.0 this Xiu Xiu holy shit help me | Nocte
03.30.21 | 4.1 coz flex | JohnnyoftheWell
03.30.21 | 4.1 is a fake rating and i don't use it | Nocte
03.30.21 | then 1.9 it and be content. | Dewinged
03.30.21 | "if you hear every single good release in a year then you ultimately spend meaningful time with none of them"
There's always time to revisit, if you are well organized. | DDDeftoneDDD
03.30.21 | yeah...that and listening time. This week by chance I revisited all my 4.5s and still revisiting a fair number of 4's both on recent and early year. Decided to do that before striking again on new ones. | JohnnyoftheWell
03.30.21 | the best albums make their own time to revisit and turf the superfluous year-end-list fluff off your porch without asking ;] | Dewinged
03.30.21 | of course, hence their greatness, and you shall welcome their uninvited imposing dominion. | DDDeftoneDDD
03.30.21 | no doubts on that Johnny. Some albums are sometimes too dense for casual listening tho, etc...I was trying to hence Dew's take on "if you are well organized.", which I'm not tbh, but I make these little breaks to settle some stuff. | Mythodea
03.30.21 | I'm still progressing the year along with this list. Listened to White Void's NO, cool rocky stuff, wouldn't call it proggy but the Ghost similarity is striking. | DDDeftoneDDD
03.30.21 | "Ghost similarity is striking." Wait, in the cheese, in the riffs or in the psy part? | Dewinged
03.30.21 | Same cheesy scandinavian rock, it's cool | Mythodea
03.30.21 | >Listened to White Void's NO
Fuck I'm probably sleepy, meant to write ''Anti''
>Wait, in the cheese, in the riffs or in the psy part
In the '80s rock sensibilities and the vocal lines (although Tobias gives a better first impression) | DDDeftoneDDD
03.30.21 | Ghost lost most of their psy factor. Saw them live and it was more fireworks than anything else and opening act Tribulation riff them da fuck out. I still 4d their latest but sense its going to be down the hill from now on, to gimmicks.
To make the question simpler to me, is it Ghost like the first 3 albums or just the hard rock take on their last one? XD | Mythodea
03.30.21 | It's more like Meliora-era Ghost. Saw them live with Tribulation as well, and I thought that both bands had organized a show, but Ghost were more on the theatrical side, while Tribulation relied on atmoshpere and aesthetic.
Both groups ruled, though, and I feel like Prequelle was quite a strong album. Enjoyed it more than Meliora when it came out. | DDDeftoneDDD
03.30.21 | It's strong for lovers of cheese without questioning lol...I still think is strong enough too, as I said. I like to test myself to cheese hehe but its like I'm walking in a wire.
"It's more like Meliora-era Ghost" oh prog Ghost then! that's my 5. Good then! Will check! | DDDeftoneDDD
03.30.21 | and yeah to "I thought that both bands had organized a show,"
after the 3rd or 4th "WE AAARE....TRIBULATIOOON" | Mythodea
03.30.21 | haha did they say it so often? Didn't notice! But as it was my first contact with the band, I can say I had a blast. | Dewinged
03.30.21 | I just want you both to know how unhealthily jealous I am right now. | DDDeftoneDDD
03.30.21 | "haha did they say it so often?" Once or twice but damn hitting hard, the glam, the goth, the guitars, the leads, the riffs. | Mythodea
03.30.21 | > I just want you both to know how unhealthily jealous I am right now.
Wait till I tell you how I ended up in that concert...
You'll rage with jealousy | DDDeftoneDDD
03.30.21 | SHHHHEWWW PAM BAM BAM PAM....I went for a beer tbh...but had a laugh | Dewinged
03.31.21 | Tell me Myth, TELL ME.
I missed Ghost couple of years ago in fucking Tokyo and never got and never will see Tribulation with Hultén which is an unsurmountable tragedy.
But anyway, March is done! Q1 done! Onwards to April! | butt.
03.31.21 | Tried the first couple songs from the Xiu Xiu album. Have absolutely no idea what’s there to enjoy honestly, I just felt like a boring dude was nervously whispering in my ear and that’s not something I can dig. Good for people who are enjoying it though I guess, wish I could hear what they’re hearing | Dewinged
03.31.21 | Blame porcupine! | Mythodea
03.31.21 | @Dewinged, My childhood friend and I got on a camper van and toured Europe for two months. We visited 8 countries. Along the way we stopped by Strasbourg and watched the show.
A month after our return the world went on a lockdown. | Dewinged
03.31.21 | Talk about good timing. | Mythodea
03.31.21 | the best timing |
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