Machine Music Presents The Best Metal of 2025
Yet another atrocious year for being a human, yet another divine year for being a person with ears toward musical abuse. If you've spun the Machine Music block once or twice you probably… להמשיך לקרוא
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ALBUM PREMIERE: DISPERSE INTO THE ETHER WITH SOMBER BLACK METAL PROJECT UNSOULING
As the year ticks by we all as humans become keenly aware of a few things. The passage of time, our face morphing in those we would have recognized as our parents', thoughts… להמשיך לקרוא
Premiere: Slip into the Slime of Darkness with Choshech's Architecture of Decay
Long-time readers of this humble verbal abode should already be quite acquainted with Choshech, the ice-cold electronica/noise and randomly black metal project by mastermind Shay Mizrachi. I had the privilege of premiering the… להמשיך לקרוא
Album Premiere: Ride the Fiery Dragon with the newest from Doom Outfit Tar Pit
There are many things you might not see that much around here, including, but not limited to: Tasteful writing, short, curt sentences, and, obviously, trad doom that somberly dances on the borderline with… להמשיך לקרוא
Premiere: Be Consumed by the Experimental Weird Brutality of Harae
Last year Harae – a joint venture of Tamar Singer's (Zeresh) and Amandine Fradejas (Eyriahrk Nunshkar) – released a stunning debut EP of moody, atmospheric (in the literal sense, not the generic one),… להמשיך לקרוא
This isn't an interesting post, don't read it
At times writing this blog/zine/website/house-of-horrors is therapeutic. I would say it's mostly that, especially since 2020-ish when my life, your life, swiveled into "a documentary about the early twentieth century" territory. It's only… להמשיך לקרוא
Premiere: Get Drenched in Poisoned Puss with Death-Black Metal project Sonum
It isn't that often that I just drop a hefty dose of good-ole fashioned, poisonous to the touch, toxic to the ears, blackened death metal. Mostly because, as readers of this unholy space… להמשיך לקרוא
Premiere: Slip into the Undertow of Sorrow with doomy folk from Zeresh
Zeresh (AKA Tamar Singer) has always existed in the twilight space between, well, everything. At times sounding like the folky, acoustic cousin of bands like Candlemass, while at others like the doomy niece… להמשיך לקרוא
Premiere: Enter the Harsh Ambient Cosmos of Metzulot
It's been a while since I've premiered anything in this humble abode, maybe it's been a while since there was anything worth premiering. This, however, is worth premiering. Metzulot is the collaborative project… להמשיך לקרוא
Machine Music Presents The Best Metal of 2024
This year marks the sixth annual "Is Ron going through some stuff?" best-of list of all the albums I liked in a set calendar year such as the calendar year 2024 which is,… להמשיך לקרוא
MACHINE MUSIC PRESENTS THE LENGTHY AND FUTILE BEST 111 ALBUMS OF THE DECADE "HALFWAY THERE" EDITION 2020-2024
How does one sum up the worst half a decade since atomic bombs were actually a thing? Well, I don’t know. I felt like giving up on this project nine hundred times since… להמשיך לקרוא
Premiere: Bash Your Heart on the Altar of Loss with a Masterpiece from Choshech
I could go into the whole "me and Choshech go way back" spiel, but I won't. Firstly, because I had the pleasure of premiering a EP from the band earlier this year, and… להמשיך לקרוא
Premiere: Get Smacked Inside Your Soul by Ultio's Black Metal Crookedness
Amid the humdrum of incoming missiles, here's something really explosive. The second EP from Italian black-mongers Ultio, Cor, is one of those rare moments of black metal painting well within the bounds of… להמשיך לקרוא
PREMIERE: DIG YOUR OWN GRAVE WITH THE HAUNTING NEW EP FROM DARK-WAVE/BLACK METAL PROJECT CHOSHECH
It's a tricky thing trying to explain the sense of what it's like to live in a place you probably know about from the news. Made especially tricky, the thing, since, as with… להמשיך לקרוא
PREMIERE: GET SWALLOWED WHOLE BY ONTAARD'S ETHEREAL MENACE
Cool bands making cool music is still, happily a thing. Utrecht band Ontaard are a case in point. Technically, I guess, what they do is [checks music-writer notes] seamlessly blend black metal atmosphere… להמשיך לקרוא
Premiere: Behold the Lachrymose Doomy Grandeur of Ketoret feat. Zeresh
Some musicians were made to play together, as in some souls were destined to intertwine into a beautiful whole. Such is the case with Atmospheric black metal band Ketoret and the doomy, folky… להמשיך לקרוא
