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ALBUM REVIEW: Nine Inch Noize – Nine Inch Noize – The Null Corporation 

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Nine Inch Noize is a collaborative album between producer Alex Ridha, aka Boys Noize, and Nine Inch Nails. Or at least that is how it’s being billed. The truth is, this is a remix album. Supposedly, live performances might be mixed in as well, but we can get to that later. Nine Inch Nails these days is basically just Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.  If you are looking for the big arena Rock riffs, that is not happening; these songs are strictly electronic. That’s not to say the synths don’t have heft, and Reznor’s voice roots it in the sound you expect from him. The track listing replicates their Coachella set list.  Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: THE MON – Songs of Abandon

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In a way, every album has a story. In the case of Songs of Abandon (Supernatural Cat Records) though, the latest release from solo project THE MON, the story is a specific and unique one. Several years ago, Urlo (bass player and vocalist for doomy, heavy-rock unit Ufomammut) decided to try writing nine songs, each one in a day—just himself and an acoustic guitar. Fast forward to 2025 and Songs of Abandon comes as the first part of a two-album concept: Embrace The Abandon (to be followed by Songs of Embrace in the new year). The result is an intimate and eerie collection that favours subtlety over sonic extremes, while maintaining an understated power.

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ALBUM REVIEW: -ii- (two eyes) – Apostles of the Flesh

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-ii- (pronounced “two eyes”) hail from Nancy, France, and Apostles of the Flesh (Self-Released) is their second album. For this release they have ventured away from their previous electronic approach and into something more organic performed by a full band. Indeed, joining the core duo of Hélène Ruzic (vocals) and Benjamin Racine (guitars, basses, synths, percussions, kayamb, xaphoon, bouzouki, piano) are Maxime Keller (basses, synths, prepared piano) and David l’Huillier (drums, percussion).

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