Australian occult stoner doom. Unpolished, Satan-worshipping riff-worship, with some dusty organs and surprisingly beautiful harmonized guit...

Some of that sweet, that funky stuff from jazz saxophonist (and Baltimorean!) Gary Bartz . In addition to handling all vocals and playing sy...

Melodic, rock-leaning gothic metal from Swedish institution Lake of Tears. Forever Autumn still has one foot planted in the band's epic...

Generally laid-back psych/dream pop/shoegaze. The kind of album that reminds me how much I, contradictory as it may seem, loathe music-writi...

Finnish blackened death. While most black/death takes a more head-banging, ass-kicking route, Mythos' approach was slightly unorthodox. ...

Haunting ambient-psych-folk-drone from French musician Solange Gularte. Guitars, cello, jangling percussion, various woodwinds, keyboards, w...

Collaboration between two Danish acts: singer Povl Dissing and prog band Burnin Red Ivanhoe. It's essentially a folk rock album with an ...

Dense, heavy death-industrial-rooted sounds wrapped in a dark, ethereal shroud. Within the confines of death-industrial, Some Things Have to...

Related: Acacia -  Tills Döden Skiljer Oss Åt (2013) Powerful Swedish black metal. Svart generally tended to fall in with the DSBM scene --...

First and only solo album by Guitar Red, aka Chicagoan guitarist Paul Johnson. Hard Times rides the fine lines between soul, funk, and old-...

Experimental post-punk/other from two ex-members of The Freeze (UK not US). Songs of sheer dread vomited into existence as if by The Birthda...

Previously on OPIUM HUM: Kataklysm - The Death Gate Cycle of Reincarnation (1992) + The Vortex of Resurrection (1993) In which Canadian de...

German black metal. Near-flawless second-wave worship. Years ago, I was putting together a list of my top 100 black metal records and this r...

Downcast indie pop from SF songwriter Jason Quever. Gauzy, organ-heavy melancholy with sleepy vocals and a 60s-referencing aesthetic. The ki...

This mini-LP is the only release by Uzi, a short-lived band featuring a young Thalia Zedek (Live Skull, Come, others). A great mix of no-wav...