The Gate - Destruction of Darkness
Moving fluidly between freely improvised music and composition, the sound of The Gate is dark, deep and full of events, twists and turns. Dan Peck (tuba, composition), Tom Blancarte (upright bass), and Brian Osborne (percussion), based in New York, fill the gap between hardcore free jazz and doom metal a la Sunn O ))). Ultra-low tuba and bass lines, combined with punishing percussion and layers of viscous noise, create a suffocating and unrelenting texture of doom.
This second release is a long-form composition in three secions, inspired by music of the doom metal genre as well as the music of Hungarian composer György Kurtág. The themes of death, transcendence through violence, and the supernatural are explored in this work, as through the prose stylings of Cormac McCarthy and H.P. Lovecraft.
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The Gate - Vomit Dreams
New York-based trio The Gate are Dan Peck (tuba, composition), Tom Blancarte (upright bass), and Brian Osborne (percussion). Moving fluidly between freely impro..(read more)
Label: Heat Retention
Artist: The Gate
Medium: CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Dark Ambient, Death Metal, Improvisation, Tuba.

Eugene Chadbourne - The Two-Headed Bastard
A collection of rather provocative songs exploring current politics and social melodrama, much of the material coming from actual nightmares (Eugene Chadbourne)..(read more)
Label: House of Chadula / two-headed bastard
Artist: Eugene Chadbourne
Medium: CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: '90s, 1-of-a-Kinds, Banjo, Improvisation, USA.

Terence Hannum - Spectral Life
Debut LP of one third of avant drone metal outfit Locrian. Contemporary artist / musician Terence Hannum filled two sides with meditative and sonic cathartic no..(read more)
Label: Shelter Press / 25
Artist: Terence Hannum
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Drone, Metal, Vinyl.
