
AN NCS PREMIERE: UNVIÂR - "DISGLAÇ" - NO CLEAN SINGING
Nov 13, 2025 · Near the song’s mid-point the band again recede from their ravishing spectacles, this time making room for acoustic instrumentation (and maybe an accordion?) that generates an ancient …
LISTMANIA 2025: AN INVITATION FOR READERS’ LISTS OF THE YEAR’S …
Dec 1, 2025 · Amen by Igorrr (it’s at least as good as Spirituality and Distortion. could have used more accordion and harpsichord, but it is possibly his most straightforwardly metal album.
SEEN AND HEARD: BEHEMOTH, PESTILENT HEX, DEIVOS, SOUL …
Oct 4, 2024 · As you’ll see and hear in the excellent video for the song, this group deploys synth-accordion, saxophone, guitar, bass, and drums as their tools, and they display both impressive …
SEEN AND HEARD: SUFFOCATION, TOMB MOLD, CERULEAN, …
Sep 11, 2023 · The song’s opening captivated me with its mournful folk melody, traced through sounds of acoustic strumming and what might be an accordion. Having succumbed to that, I was present for …
SHADES OF BLACK (PART 2): PATHWAY, CRUST, THE INFERNAL SEA, …
Aug 16, 2020 · The song is a slow burn that eventually catches fire, racing and rocking, blazing and whirling — and the accordion solo at the end is a wondrous phenomenon. Perhaps needless to say, …
SEEN AND HEARD ON A SATURDAY: CONAN, GREY AURA, …
Jan 25, 2025 · At one point I wondered, “Is that an old Casio piano or a Mellotron, or just a Steinway? And is that accordion? Is that a clarinet? Is that a gong?” I also wondered, “Who the hell are these …
AN NCS ALBUM PREMIERE (AND A REVIEW): MOUNTAIN SHADOW — …
Mar 28, 2024 · Penultimate song “ Raftsman ” is the one that brings in all the guests — the accordion, the saxophone, the wine glasses. It’s magnificently crazed and exultant, but like almost everything …
AN NCS EP PREMIERE (AND A REVIEW): SEVENTH STATION - "ON …
Feb 20, 2025 · Here, they seductively feature a classical acoustic guitar performance and smoky but also soaring singing (if this is all Vidi Dolev, it’s really stunning what he can do with his voice), with …
AN NCS ALBUM PREMIERE (AND A REVIEW): ORNAMENTOS DEL …
Mar 12, 2024 · In between, the harsh and harrowing vocals growl their torment and howl their rage, and bereaved melodies wail in a multitude of tones (one of the album’s most heartbreaking and moving …
SEEN AND HEARD ON NEW YEAR’S DAY: AVULSED, CRAWLING …
Jan 1, 2025 · The music also soars and sweeps, hammers and howls, thrusts and throbs. The keys begin to warble, almost accordion-like or in kinship to a hurdy-gurdy, and the beats rock, but the …