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theProphet
- Apr 30, 2018
- 1 min
Review: Burial Grid - Where We Go
Starting with a fluttery and bubbly intro track that walks the lines in between Vaporwave and Electronica in a smooth abstract ambient presentation, it's confusing array of sounds slowly builds up into a strange blending of delayed and detuned synthetics. Haunting repetitive vocal samples and huge saw-pads draw in for a final crescendo over a delayed and glitchy sounding drum beat. Quite the entrance for this short, but engaging IDM release created by Northampton based Dark E
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theProphet
- Apr 28, 2018
- 3 min
Review: God In A Cone - Earth My Prison
Ah yes, God In A Cone, your favorite "rock" band from Greece, that as usual remains prolific and defying real boundaries or definition, is back again with another epic album entitled "Earth My Prison". Shaking things up and really embracing their most diverse sound to date, every song on this album truly shines as it's own, and that's why I love these guys. Even though some of the lyrical references getting lost on me due to cultural difference, the power and diversity of the
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theProphet
- Apr 1, 2018
- 6 min
Esoteric Review #5: G. D. Laval - Sacerdotium Umbrae Mortis & The Explicit Name Of Lucifer
G. D. Laval's, who you may be familiar with through my previous review for his excellent Grimoire "Black Magick Evocation Of The Shem Ha Mephorash", has several other books that he has had published (also through Aeon Sophia Press) that act as both solo grimoires and companion volumes to Black Magick Evocation (BME). They contain a great deal of workable information that can be used on their own, with each book having it's own full system of workable magic and entities to con
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theProphet
- Mar 28, 2018
- 2 min
Review: Zwaremachine - Be A Light
Moving along with a steady march, the pulsing mechanical sounds of Zwaremachine latest release "Be A Light", will be a familiar one to anyone who kept up with the modern old-school EBM revival movement. Keeping things stripped back and simple, most of the tracks have a focus on thick as hell basslines, crisp and pounding drum machine supplemented percussion, and some mildly distorted border-line spoken word lyricism. Despite their condensed and on-point formula, that may be a
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theProphet
- Mar 19, 2018
- 4 min
Esoteric Review #4: Patrick J. Larabee - Whisperings From The Void
"Whisperings From The Void" by Patrick J. Larabee is as much a meditative experience through a multitude of forms of media as it is a book of literature. A trifecta of prose, poetry, and art, interlaced within each other to create an reading experience which is enveloping to say the least. The book is internally divided into three major sections. The first (entitled Book I: Hermitus Pathos) is a series of essays approaching the subject of perception through a multitude of dif
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theProphet
- Mar 12, 2018
- 5 min
Esoteric Review #3: J. T. Kirkbride - Saturn Rising
Saturn Rising by J. T. Kirkbride, is a grimoire of the truest of kinds, more so then you normally see in this modern time. Featuring a good mixture of experiential and researched knowledge, all filtered through years of practice and analysis, one comes out of reading it feeling like they were brought along an authentic voyage of academia, personal Gnosticism, and a perfect amount of synthesis between the two. Much like grimoires of the old times, this isn't a book that you ca
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theProphet
- Mar 2, 2018
- 2 min
Review: Cardinal Noire - Deluge
Are you ready for the sounds of the apocalypse? Sounding like a slow death march in the pits of the abyss, dark choirs, static layered haunting ambiences, and huge crashing percussion drive forward this short intro track, setting a perfect mood for Cardinal Noire's 2018 release "Deluge". Short, fat, and saturated electro-basslines pound quickly across a distorted and reverb drenched cacophony of maddening pounding drums and percussion (which never let up for a second) as the
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theProphet
- Nov 28, 2017
- 2 min
Review: Suture Messiah - Suture Messiah
Beginning with a strange psychedelic electronica piece that slowly devolves into an more bizarre soundtracky type piece that sounds like it was written by aliens trying to write a horror movie, this release certainly gives you an interesting start. Deep resonant brooding pianos powerfully entrance the first full track, "Tongue" on Suture Messiah's debut self titled release. Lurking around the haunting pianos, answering in accompaniment with solemn siren screeches and gritty d
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theProphet
- Nov 18, 2017
- 6 min
Esoteric Review #02: A. D. Mercer - Liber Coronzom
Enochian magick is one of those elusive things that has been written on many times, but who's actual working mechanics have always been shifty. Many have had their crack at interpretation, but an actual pathworking guiding you through it in a workable system isn't something you'll find easy. Works that have attempted to do such things in the past, usually either are heavy handed on history and academia, draw far to strongly from the Golden Dawn, Thelema and/or elaborate and c
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theProphet
- Nov 7, 2017
- 2 min
Review!: Wasted Potency - Wasted Time EP
Laid-back flow bouncing to slow to midtempo grooves make up the basic rhythm you'll find on this chill release of drugged out tongue in cheek (quite cheeky at that!) rhymes. Continually making mention of his weed use, the size of his manhood, various millennial troupes (such as fast food, video game, and pop culture references), and a seemingly satirical mixture of eccentric bravado and self-deprecatory potty humor, he keeps his release entertaining from party beginnings to s
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theProphet
- Oct 25, 2017
- 5 min
Esoteric Review #01: G. D. Laval - Black Magick Evocation of the Shem Ha Mephorash
G. D. Laval's "Black Magick Evocation of the Shem Ha Mephorash" is quite the exquisite modern Grimoire, which packs a complete system of Goetic magick which can be used to summon the fractured disembodied intelligences that make up the greater Shem Ha Mephorash system. The Shem Ha Mephorash itself is the supposed sacred name of god embodied within a particular passage of the Bible. Derived from the text using advanced Gematria (a Hebrew practice of using numerology to find es
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theProphet
- Oct 19, 2017
- 2 min
Review: Droid Sector Decay - National Union Of World Murders EP
Staring off with a thick dull blast of a beat, only to move to a far more frantic and aggressive monster filled with a variety of different distortion scrapes, overdriven percussion, and low pulsing synth basslines, the intensity never subsides in the early moments of this release. Keeping the rhythmic noise formula consistent throughout most of this release, but adding a variety of different paces (ranging from mid-tempo noisy and groovy beats to rather quick and violent sou
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theProphet
- Oct 13, 2017
- 1 min
Review: Schwefelgelb - Den Umgekehrten Atem
Hard hitting leaving you ready to rock your head and stomp your feet, "Den Umgekehrten Atem" is a perfect example of how to craft some excellent old school sounding Industrial Techno grooves. Packed into this short release is nothing but high energy electronics meant to keep the pace moving. This small but powerful extended play is packed from beginning to end with stylistic grace, crisp mixing, and a solid balance between repetition and transition. Rhythm and bass dominate t
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theProphet
- Oct 12, 2017
- 2 min
Review: klack - Do You Klack?
Old school through and through, this short but sweet EP of electronic body music manages to fuse two sides of the 80s that walked similar lines but had different attitudes and approaches. Bringing the sweet serene sounds of new wave, filled with sparkling leads and huge tom rolls that'll get your heart beating, to the dancefloor smashing hard edged grooves of EBM, pounding with thick and juicy arpeggiators and four to the floor crashing and pounding drums, klack does the rene
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theProphet
- Oct 12, 2017
- 2 min
Review: Trevor Something - Death Dream
Moody and groovy, this slick washed out affair of tranquil indietronica is an excellent presentation of what the best of the many genres it touches upon has to offer. Moving through the echoey chambers of warehouse electronic music, only to dance through the halls of indie rock, finishing with a somber saunter through the dark atmospheres of industrial synthwave, this eclectic artist manages to keep the album cohesive with consistently smooth and reverbent vocals that just oo
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theProphet
- Oct 11, 2017
- 2 min
Review: PERTURBATOR - New Model
Glittering and bubbling it's way into a smooth crescendo, the deceptively serene atmospheres that start the album don't adequately prepare you for the dark and heavy sonic expressions that present themselves throughout the majority of the album. Fusing nostalgically crisp and crunchy analog sounds of Synthwave with the aggression and intensity found in modern Industrial Dance music, PERTURBATOR truly have expertly synthesized an amalgamation of sounds I've been searching to h
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theProphet
- Oct 6, 2017
- 1 min
Review: Dissonance - Void
Emotive, haunting, and beautiful, the voice of Cat Hall echoes through the mechanical soundtrack of Dissonance's "Void". Her voice, stacked together usually with layers of contrasting effects and harmony, illuminate and contrast the cold chambers of the minimalist melodies found throughout. Embodying loneliness, loss, and hurt, this sorrowful soundtrack is a poetic Gothic musical outpouring, an album that stands on it's strengths of passion and honesty. Enough cannot be said
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theProphet
- Sep 26, 2017
- 2 min
Review: God In A Cone - Shark Was A Boy
Mostly shedding their previous skin as an avant-garde industrial metal act, this daring and prolific band God In A Cone has done it again and provided another expert collection of musical expressions. This time delivering with an extremely concise concept album, "Shark Was A Boy", presented in the form of folk metal album, it is quite like I would expect from an artist like Folk Earth or Wintersun. With a wide variety of ethnic and medieval instrumentation, drawing from the W
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theProphet
- Sep 20, 2017
- 1 min
Review: Dtour - Brothers
Whether reflecting upon the broken neighborhood he's resided in, and the dark thoughts which such situations breed, or upon his dedication and drive which causes an endless pursuit of growth, creativity, and success, Dtour speaks from the heart. Coming across with cool confidence, focused and pronounced expressive lyricism, and on point rhythmic structure he truly show his mastery of the mic on his latest album, "Brothers". Collecting a diverse set of lyrical subjects and bea
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