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Tag Archives: atmospheric
Album review: iVARDENSPHERE – Ragemaker
Metropolis Records [Release date 04.02.22] Albums like this one are why, after nearly twenty years reviewing for GRTR!, my love of discovering and hearing new music shows no signs of waning. Not for everyone this one, as industrial-tribalist iVardenspehere weaves … Continue reading
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Tagged album, atmospheric, electronics, instrumental, iVARDENSPHERE, progressive, Ragemaker, review, soundtrack
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Album review: AMY BIRKS – All That I Am And All That I Was
Website [Release date 03.04.20] The world needs beauty and this can mean many different things to different people. To some it is a glorious vista, to others the innocent laugh of a small child, to others still it is the … Continue reading
Album review: HUMANIST – Humanist
Ignition Records [Release date 21.02.20] Humanist is an ambitious project orchestrated by guitarist and producer Rob Marshall, who has worked with the likes of Mark Lanegan (who guests on four songs on the album). He has assembled a starry cast … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alternative, atmospheric, Dave Gahan, Depeche Mode, Gavin Clarke, guitar rock, Humanist, Industrial, Mark Lanegan, review, Rob Marshall
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Album review: RISE TWAIN – Rise Twain
Inside Out [Release date 06.09.19] Rise Twain are a new project featuring Brett William Kull (producer, audio engineer, and member of Echolyn, Grey Eye Glances, and Francis Dunnery’s New Progressives) and J.D. Beck (The Scenic Route, Beck-Fields, author & playwright). … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alternative, atmospheric, Brett William Kull, Inside Out, JD Beck, progressive, review, Rise Twain, rock
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Album review: LEFT WITH PICTURES – Afterlife
Organ Grinder Records [Release date 29.04.16] Left With Pictures describe their music as an orchestral pop ensemble. They have been around since 2005 and consist of Tom Walker, Toby Knowles and Stuart Barter. They have released a series of EP’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Afterlife, album, atmospheric, classical, Left With Pictures, Organ Grinder Records, pop, review, synth pop, synths
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