Label Feature: Broken Sound Tapes
Broken Sound Tapes is a label hailing from Hillsborough in North Carolina. While you will find the odd CD or vinyl in their catalog, the label's main format of choice is tapes and five of…
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HEALTH Live in Sofia: A Triumphant Industrial Gig in an Unexpected Venue
When I first saw the announcement that LA industrial trio HEALTH would be playing in Sofia this summer, I wasn't sure if I was looking at the right thing. Living in Bulgaria, we're not…
Pangea De Futura – War Milk
Artist: Pangea De Futura
Title: War Milk
Release: LP / Digital
Year: 2024
Label: Sub Rosa Label
Pangea De Futura's debut offering is an epic record realized by…
Brodnik – Along The Healing Path
Artist: Brodnik
Title: Along The Healing Path
Release: CD / Tape / Digital
Year: 2024
Label: Self-Released
This month saw the long-anticipated debut release of…
TDK – Неместа
Artist: TDK
Title: Неместа
Release: CD / Digital
Year: 2023
Label: Self-Released
TDK (ТДК) is hailing from Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Last year the band celebrated their…
UURN – Strapped In, Ready To Go
Artist: UURN
Title: Strapped In, Ready To Go
Release: Tape / Digital
Year: 2022
Label: Self-Released
I'll admit that I'm not a huge doom expert, of course…
Label Feature: Orb Tapes – Sonic Myth-Making
Orb Tapes is an experimental music label based in Central Pennsylvania and founded in 2015. I first discovered the imprint through the Bastard Noise interview we published last summer.…
Thisquietarmy x Away – The Singularity, Phase I
Artist: Thisquietarmy x Away
Title: The Singularity, Phase I
Release: LP / Digital
Year: 2020
Label: P572
I have a long history with Thisquietarmy's music. It…
Voyvoda – Confessions of a Macedonian Bandit
Artist: Voyvoda
Title: Confessions of a Macedonian Bandit
Release: LP / Digital
Year: 2020
Label: Ugly and Proud Records
Ever since Voyvoda appeared on the Sofia…
Petrozavodsk – Winter War
Artist: Petrozavodsk
Title: Winter War
Release: Tape / Digital
Year: 2020
Label: School of the Arts
Back in the day I wrote a label feature on Full of Nothing, an…
Muddy – Hopeland
Artist: Muddy
Title: Hopeland
Release: 2xLP / Tape / Digital
Year: 2020
Label: Black Dolphin Records
Muddy is a Sofia-based sludge metal powerhouse with roots in the…
Sangue X Odio’s ‘Ousar lutar, ousar vencer’ out now on U&P
Known for their ear for the metallic side of hardcore punk, especially raising the banner of vegan straight edge, Bulgarian hardcore imprint Ugly and Proud Records has recently expanded…