That up there is  Scene from a Deluge  by Anne-Louis Girodet . I saw it in the Louvre when I was 13, and something about it must have really...

I'm gonna be totally honest with the five of you: 2024 was a shit year for ol' DEAR_SPIRIT. Between my friend dying , my cat dying, ...

French progressive/psychedelic black metal. Saxophone and synth factor in pretty heavily. The second entry in my unofficial series "A L...

French raw DSBM. ..Whirlwind is a great example of how production can absolutely make or break a black metal record. It's compositional...

Weird, dystopian prog rock for creeps. Like early Marillion but with a lower budget and a darker worldview. Track listing: 1. We Are Sane 2....

Black metal as ritual dark ambient as scary sounds tape. The album starts as a fog of synth figures, haunted house sound effects, and raspin...

Previously on OPIUM HUM: Klaus Schulze - Irrlicht (1972) Richard Wahnfried - Time Actor (1979) Michael Shrieve with Kevin Shrieve and Klau...

It's black metal. Not trance, not techno. Despite what that album cover is telling you, I swear to god, it's black metal. It's d...

Melodic CA punk/hardcore that often crosses over into post-punk territory. I bought Now and Forever  on cassette when I was a baby punk from...

Indie rock gone drone. Caustic Resin takes the stoned, bemused mindset of 90s alt/indie and pumps it full of the heavier, darker-tinted soun...

A commenter just pointed out that my most recent black metal post was way back in January. This is unacceptable, especially considering tha...

Lovely, often quite emotive new age sounds from down under. Synths and programmed rhythms intermixed with longing, ethereal guitars. Somethi...

Heady electronic sounds spanning distorted breaks, echoing downtempo quasi-grooves, and uneasy noise/ambient spells, with very little in ter...

Dreamy, abstract Argentinian indie-folk against a backdrop of minimal electronic textures and pulses. If you're a fan of  Vespertine --...

My car is an '04 Corolla that has no Bluetooth and no AUX. It has the radio and a CD player. Sure, I could get a new stereo system insta...