#independent — Public Fediverse posts
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In the name of transparency, we post our quarterly finance reports on our blog. 🪙🐦⬛
Read them here: https://mirlo.space/team
You can also support our work here: https://mirlo.space/team/connect -
In the name of transparency, we post our quarterly finance reports on our blog. 🪙🐦⬛
Read them here: https://mirlo.space/team
You can also support our work here: https://mirlo.space/team/connect -
In the name of transparency, we post our quarterly finance reports on our blog. 🪙🐦⬛
Read them here: https://mirlo.space/team
You can also support our work here: https://mirlo.space/team/connect -
In the name of transparency, we post our quarterly finance reports on our blog. 🪙🐦⬛
Read them here: https://mirlo.space/team
You can also support our work here: https://mirlo.space/team/connect -
In the name of transparency, we post our quarterly finance reports on our blog. 🪙🐦⬛
Read them here: https://mirlo.space/team
You can also support our work here: https://mirlo.space/team/connect -
"If you have any interest in Afrobeat this will be on repeat for weeks whilst you await the album, and if it's your first taste, then welcome to the party."
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/seun-kuti-egypt80-djb-afrobeatFind Kuti in the Slow World Playlist: https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-world-playlist
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"If you have any interest in Afrobeat this will be on repeat for weeks whilst you await the album, and if it's your first taste, then welcome to the party."
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/seun-kuti-egypt80-djb-afrobeatFind Kuti in the Slow World Playlist: https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-world-playlist
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"there's a sense of longing, loss, sorrow (delete as applicable or choose all three) in her tone, yet also defiance - her head held high despite the pain, wearing her tears without shame"
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/tomas-raae-eline-hellerud-åsbakk-jeg-tror-det-er-skoven-der-brænder-alt-popCompanion Playlist: https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-pop-playlist
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UK military sites see near-daily drone incidents in 2026 as Europe confronts widening hybrid threat
Close to 340 drone incidents were recorded at or near U.K. Defense Ministry facilities over the past year,…
#Europe #EU #defenseministry #Europeangovernments #HybridWarfare #incidents #independent
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SLAU - Here we are
NEW SLAU-SINGLE THIS FALL, short teaser
More Slau on Spotify. Video: EB © Slau 2026
#slau #denhaag #ICE #minneapolis #livemusic #Albumrelease #vinyl #Independent #indierockbands #indierockmusic #britpop #politics #usa #trump #Pretti #Good #antiice #noking
https://youtube.com/shorts/N6Jt2lxMCrs?si=_pi92gPTuE8WRaP2 -
SLAU - Here we are
NEW SLAU-SINGLE THIS FALL, short teaser
More Slau on Spotify. Video: EB © Slau 2026
#slau #denhaag #ICE #minneapolis #livemusic #Albumrelease #vinyl #Independent #indierockbands #indierockmusic #britpop #politics #usa #trump #Pretti #Good #antiice #noking
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SLAU - Here we are
NEW SLAU-SINGLE THIS FALL, short teaser
More Slau on Spotify. Video: EB © Slau 2026
#slau #denhaag #ICE #minneapolis #livemusic #Albumrelease #vinyl #Independent #indierockbands #indierockmusic #britpop #politics #usa #trump #Pretti #Good #antiice #noking
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SLAU - Here we are
NEW SLAU-SINGLE THIS FALL, short teaser
More Slau on Spotify. Video: EB © Slau 2026
#slau #denhaag #ICE #minneapolis #livemusic #Albumrelease #vinyl #Independent #indierockbands #indierockmusic #britpop #politics #usa #trump #Pretti #Good #antiice #noking
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SLAU - Here we are
NEW SLAU-SINGLE THIS FALL, short teaser
More Slau on Spotify. Video: EB © Slau 2026
#slau #denhaag #ICE #minneapolis #livemusic #Albumrelease #vinyl #Independent #indierockbands #indierockmusic #britpop #politics #usa #trump #Pretti #Good #antiice #noking
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SLAU - Here we are
NEW SLAU-SINGLE THIS FALL, SHORT TEASER
More Slau on Spotify. Video: EB © Slau 2026
#slau #denhaag #ICE #minneapolis #livemusic #Albumrelease #vinyl #Independent #indierockbands #indierockmusic #britpop #politics #usa #trump
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SLAU - Here we are
NEW SLAU-SINGLE THIS FALL, SHORT TEASER
More Slau on Spotify. Video: EB © Slau 2026
#slau #denhaag #ICE #minneapolis #livemusic #Albumrelease #vinyl #Independent #indierockbands #indierockmusic #britpop #politics #usa #trump
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SLAU - Here we are
NEW SLAU-SINGLE THIS FALL, SHORT TEASER
More Slau on Spotify. Video: EB © Slau 2026
#slau #denhaag #ICE #minneapolis #livemusic #Albumrelease #vinyl #Independent #indierockbands #indierockmusic #britpop #politics #usa #trump
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SLAU - Here we are
NEW SLAU-SINGLE THIS FALL, SHORT TEASER
More Slau on Spotify. Video: EB © Slau 2026
#slau #denhaag #ICE #minneapolis #livemusic #Albumrelease #vinyl #Independent #indierockbands #indierockmusic #britpop #politics #usa #trump
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SLAU - Here we are
NEW SLAU-SINGLE THIS FALL, SHORT TEASER
More Slau on Spotify. Video: EB © Slau 2026
#slau #denhaag #ICE #minneapolis #livemusic #Albumrelease #vinyl #Independent #indierockbands #indierockmusic #britpop #politics #usa #trump
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Slau - LOST CAUSE (Official Music Video) - Music & lyrics: Jeroen van de Wiel - Audio Recorded September 2024, Sahara Studios, The Hague - Video: EBJW - © Slau 2026 - Thank you: City of Berlin, U-Bahn Berlin, U2 nach Pankow, Berlingirl
#Berlin #indierockmusic #denhaag #Slau #vinyl #Independent #indierockbands #indierockmusic #britpop #vinyl #vinylrecords #rock #music #song #berlin #berlincity #berliner #berlingermany #berlinmitte #ubahnberlin
https://youtube.com/shorts/8WahFh0oUlw?is=ZVtjUQuy8Ma9EaOR -
Slau - LOST CAUSE (Official Music Video) - Music & lyrics: Jeroen van de Wiel - Audio Recorded September 2024, Sahara Studios, The Hague - Video: EBJW - © Slau 2026 - Thank you: City of Berlin, U-Bahn Berlin, U2 nach Pankow, Berlingirl
#Berlin #indierockmusic #denhaag #Slau #vinyl #Independent #indierockbands #indierockmusic #britpop #vinyl #vinylrecords #rock #music #song #berlin #berlincity #berliner #berlingermany #berlinmitte #ubahnberlin
https://youtube.com/shorts/8WahFh0oUlw?is=ZVtjUQuy8Ma9EaOR -
Slau - LOST CAUSE (Official Music Video) - Music & lyrics: Jeroen van de Wiel - Audio Recorded September 2024, Sahara Studios, The Hague - Video: EBJW - © Slau 2026 - Thank you: City of Berlin, U-Bahn Berlin, U2 nach Pankow, Berlingirl
#Berlin #indierockmusic #denhaag #Slau #vinyl #Independent #indierockbands #indierockmusic #britpop #vinyl #vinylrecords #rock #music #song #berlin #berlincity #berliner #berlingermany #berlinmitte #ubahnberlin
https://youtube.com/shorts/8WahFh0oUlw?is=ZVtjUQuy8Ma9EaOR -
Slau - LOST CAUSE (Official Music Video) - Music & lyrics: Jeroen van de Wiel - Audio Recorded September 2024, Sahara Studios, The Hague - Video: EBJW - © Slau 2026 - Thank you: City of Berlin, U-Bahn Berlin, U2 nach Pankow, Berlingirl
#Berlin #indierockmusic #denhaag #Slau #vinyl #Independent #indierockbands #indierockmusic #britpop #vinyl #vinylrecords #rock #music #song #berlin #berlincity #berliner #berlingermany #berlinmitte #ubahnberlin
https://youtube.com/shorts/8WahFh0oUlw?is=ZVtjUQuy8Ma9EaOR -
Slau - LOST CAUSE (Official Music Video) - Music & lyrics: Jeroen van de Wiel - Audio Recorded September 2024, Sahara Studios, The Hague - Video: EBJW - © Slau 2026 - Thank you: City of Berlin, U-Bahn Berlin, U2 nach Pankow, Berlingirl
#Berlin #indierockmusic #denhaag #Slau #vinyl #Independent #indierockbands #indierockmusic #britpop #vinyl #vinylrecords #rock #music #song #berlin #berlincity #berliner #berlingermany #berlinmitte #ubahnberlin
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SLAU- Geluid van helikopters
https://youtu.be/I8u5vnA2q6U?si=t_OFAwN8ODXNV8vV
Official Music Video)
From the album: Tijd om te gaan (2015). Lyrics: Jeroen van de Wiel Music: Bruce Cockburn/Slau. Video: Eric B. Samples en videofragments: Collateral damage - Wikileaks
Warning: contains graphic images
© Slau 2025
#SLAU #denhaag #Independent #indierockbands #indierockmusic #antiwar #protestsong #syria -
SLAU- Geluid van helikopters
https://youtu.be/I8u5vnA2q6U?si=t_OFAwN8ODXNV8vV
Official Music Video)
From the album: Tijd om te gaan (2015). Lyrics: Jeroen van de Wiel Music: Bruce Cockburn/Slau. Video: Eric B. Samples en videofragments: Collateral damage - Wikileaks
Warning: contains graphic images
© Slau 2025
#SLAU #denhaag #Independent #indierockbands #indierockmusic #antiwar #protestsong #syria -
SLAU- Geluid van helikopters
https://youtu.be/I8u5vnA2q6U?si=t_OFAwN8ODXNV8vV
Official Music Video)
From the album: Tijd om te gaan (2015). Lyrics: Jeroen van de Wiel Music: Bruce Cockburn/Slau. Video: Eric B. Samples en videofragments: Collateral damage - Wikileaks
Warning: contains graphic images
© Slau 2025
#SLAU #denhaag #Independent #indierockbands #indierockmusic #antiwar #protestsong #syria -
SLAU- Geluid van helikopters
https://youtu.be/I8u5vnA2q6U?si=t_OFAwN8ODXNV8vV
Official Music Video)
From the album: Tijd om te gaan (2015). Lyrics: Jeroen van de Wiel Music: Bruce Cockburn/Slau. Video: Eric B. Samples en videofragments: Collateral damage - Wikileaks
Warning: contains graphic images
© Slau 2025
#SLAU #denhaag #Independent #indierockbands #indierockmusic #antiwar #protestsong #syria -
SLAU- Geluid van helikopters
https://youtu.be/I8u5vnA2q6U?si=t_OFAwN8ODXNV8vV
Official Music Video)
From the album: Tijd om te gaan (2015). Lyrics: Jeroen van de Wiel Music: Bruce Cockburn/Slau. Video: Eric B. Samples en videofragments: Collateral damage - Wikileaks
Warning: contains graphic images
© Slau 2025
#SLAU #denhaag #Independent #indierockbands #indierockmusic #antiwar #protestsong #syria -
SLAU - the dude abides (Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/y8HaEWyp5mQ?si=AOK_qBVLCAC9lFsc
Music & lyrics: Jeroen van de Wiel.
Recorded Sept. 2024, Henk Koorn, Sahara Studios, The Hague.
More Slau on Spotify.
Video: EB © Slau 2025
#SLAU #denhaag #vinyl #Independent #indierockbands #indierockmusic #britpop #vinyl #vinylrecords #rock #music #song #politics #protest #protestsong politics #usa #trump #fascism #thedudeabides #thebiglebowski #dutch -
SLAU - the dude abides (Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/y8HaEWyp5mQ?si=AOK_qBVLCAC9lFsc
Music & lyrics: Jeroen van de Wiel.
Recorded Sept. 2024, Henk Koorn, Sahara Studios, The Hague.
More Slau on Spotify.
Video: EB © Slau 2025
#SLAU #denhaag #vinyl #Independent #indierockbands #indierockmusic #britpop #vinyl #vinylrecords #rock #music #song #politics #protest #protestsong politics #usa #trump #fascism #thedudeabides #thebiglebowski #dutch -
SLAU - the dude abides (Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/y8HaEWyp5mQ?si=AOK_qBVLCAC9lFsc
Music & lyrics: Jeroen van de Wiel.
Recorded Sept. 2024, Henk Koorn, Sahara Studios, The Hague.
More Slau on Spotify.
Video: EB © Slau 2025
#SLAU #denhaag #vinyl #Independent #indierockbands #indierockmusic #britpop #vinyl #vinylrecords #rock #music #song #politics #protest #protestsong politics #usa #trump #fascism #thedudeabides #thebiglebowski #dutch -
SLAU - the dude abides (Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/y8HaEWyp5mQ?si=AOK_qBVLCAC9lFsc
Music & lyrics: Jeroen van de Wiel.
Recorded Sept. 2024, Henk Koorn, Sahara Studios, The Hague.
More Slau on Spotify.
Video: EB © Slau 2025
#SLAU #denhaag #vinyl #Independent #indierockbands #indierockmusic #britpop #vinyl #vinylrecords #rock #music #song #politics #protest #protestsong politics #usa #trump #fascism #thedudeabides #thebiglebowski #dutch -
SLAU - the dude abides (Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/y8HaEWyp5mQ?si=AOK_qBVLCAC9lFsc
Music & lyrics: Jeroen van de Wiel.
Recorded Sept. 2024, Henk Koorn, Sahara Studios, The Hague.
More Slau on Spotify.
Video: EB © Slau 2025
#SLAU #denhaag #vinyl #Independent #indierockbands #indierockmusic #britpop #vinyl #vinylrecords #rock #music #song #politics #protest #protestsong politics #usa #trump #fascism #thedudeabides #thebiglebowski #dutch -
https://youtu.be/kQk3i8nXFN8
Slau - LOST CAUSE (Official Music Video)More Slau on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6kgpsyf6BTQDYDfIDkr6XY?si=CDiHVYmYQKiRAnIPuD4eeQ
#Berlin #indierockmusic #denhaag #Slau #vinyl #Independent #indierockbands #indierockmusic #britpop #vinyl #vinylrecords #rock #music #song #berlin #berlincity #berliner #berlingermany #berlinmitte #berlinunderground #ubahnberlin #ubahn #brandenburgertor #brandenburggate #fernsehturm
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https://youtu.be/kQk3i8nXFN8
Slau - LOST CAUSE (Official Music Video)More Slau on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6kgpsyf6BTQDYDfIDkr6XY?si=CDiHVYmYQKiRAnIPuD4eeQ
#Berlin #indierockmusic #denhaag #Slau #vinyl #Independent #indierockbands #indierockmusic #britpop #vinyl #vinylrecords #rock #music #song #berlin #berlincity #berliner #berlingermany #berlinmitte #berlinunderground #ubahnberlin #ubahn #brandenburgertor #brandenburggate #fernsehturm
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https://youtu.be/kQk3i8nXFN8
Slau - LOST CAUSE (Official Music Video)More Slau on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6kgpsyf6BTQDYDfIDkr6XY?si=CDiHVYmYQKiRAnIPuD4eeQ
#Berlin #indierockmusic #denhaag #Slau #vinyl #Independent #indierockbands #indierockmusic #britpop #vinyl #vinylrecords #rock #music #song #berlin #berlincity #berliner #berlingermany #berlinmitte #berlinunderground #ubahnberlin #ubahn #brandenburgertor #brandenburggate #fernsehturm
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https://youtu.be/kQk3i8nXFN8
Slau - LOST CAUSE (Official Music Video)More Slau on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6kgpsyf6BTQDYDfIDkr6XY?si=CDiHVYmYQKiRAnIPuD4eeQ
#Berlin #indierockmusic #denhaag #Slau #vinyl #Independent #indierockbands #indierockmusic #britpop #vinyl #vinylrecords #rock #music #song #berlin #berlincity #berliner #berlingermany #berlinmitte #berlinunderground #ubahnberlin #ubahn #brandenburgertor #brandenburggate #fernsehturm
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https://youtu.be/kQk3i8nXFN8
Slau - LOST CAUSE (Official Music Video)More Slau on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6kgpsyf6BTQDYDfIDkr6XY?si=CDiHVYmYQKiRAnIPuD4eeQ
#Berlin #indierockmusic #denhaag #Slau #vinyl #Independent #indierockbands #indierockmusic #britpop #vinyl #vinylrecords #rock #music #song #berlin #berlincity #berliner #berlingermany #berlinmitte #berlinunderground #ubahnberlin #ubahn #brandenburgertor #brandenburggate #fernsehturm
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Record(s) o’ the Month – May 2025
By Angry Metal Guy
There are months when the Record(s) o’ the Month feels like a sacred duty. It is the noble, worthwhile culmination of rigorous listening and passionate discourse.1 And then there’s May. May, a month in which Dr. A.N. Grier tried to vote for a band called… SEXCAVE or some shit four or five different times using different pseudonyms (but the same IP address), and where Dolphin Whisperer almost made me rage quit by making a single comment about “sky-tearing tonalities,” which, like… what kind of pretentious fucking bullshit is that? Do you people even listen to music, or do you just sit around all day making up stupid poetic ways of saying absolutely nothing?2 But if we’re fair, he wasn’t entirely wrong. Sometimes a record arrives that doesn’t just demand attention, it seizes it like an Aztec death deity grabbing the sun.3 So for the first time in a while, the best album in May came from an unsigned band. And not just any unsigned band. It came from a band proficient in bull riding!
The beauty of the Unsigned Band Rodeö lies in its chaos. No expectations. No promo sheets. No preconceived narratives. Just music dropped into our laps like cursed artifacts.4 On Nikan Axkan, which was self-released on May 2nd, 2025 [Bandcamp], Kalaveraztekah weaponizes its vision of death metal through the lens of pre-Hispanic culture and indigenous cosmology. There’s no sense that these Hidrocálidos are some kind of novelty act. They aren’t a Mexican Eluveitie, just playing Dark Tranquillity riffs while putting a Ritual Death Flute over it for 40 seconds in every song.5 Rather, Nikan Axkan is a muscular, seething, and deeply rooted record that radiates conviction from every grinding riff. The percussion rumbles like a procession of drums echoing through stone temples, fusing to a brutal core of death metal that just fucks. There’s a Blood Incantation-like spaciness that offers a counterbalance to all this brutality and adds unexpected depth. After spending the better part of a week in what my physician has called a “ritualistic fugue state,” I managed to pull myself out of the netherworld to write that when Kalaveraztekah’s two pillars—the atmospheric otherworldly and the brutal death metal—meet, “they crash into each other like storm fronts, creating something beautiful and terrible to behold. Nikan Axkan is simultaneously brutal and thoughtful, grindy and melodic, atmospheric and immediate,” and it’s the Record o’ the Month.
Runner(s) Up:
…and Oceans // The Regeneration Itinerary [May 23rd, 2025 | Season of Mist | Bandcamp] — …and Oceans is having an Amorphisesque second act and I am here for it. They’ve always walked the line between symphonic grandiosity and black metal chaos, and with The Regeneration Itinerary, they’ve engineered their third very good platter in 5 years. The record combines sharp, Emperor-style riffing with theatrical synths, industrial flourishes, and ruthlessly precise pacing. “Demonstrating a degree of evolution in their craft” and with “exceptional [performances] across the board,” …and Oceans have once again hit that sweet balance—and ever-more unique sound in this current black metal soundscape—that makes their revitalization so welcome. But it’s not just that it’s a good continuation, I feel like they are continuing to refine and revitalize the launch with each new album they release. It’s always fun to watch bands defy Angry Metal Guy’s Law of Diminishing Recordings™, and while The Regeneration Itinerary isn’t their best record yet, 30 years after their debut, …and Oceans is still releasing vital music that’s impossible to overlook.
Jade // Mysteries of a Flowery Dream [May 9th, 2025 | Pulverised Records | Bandcamp] — Mysteries of a Flowery Dream is an atmospheric death metal record that unfolds like a guided hallucination. It’s melodic. It’s moody. It’s weirdly elegant. And it doesn’t care about my riffs-per-minute quota. It takes things slow and keeps them dreamy. Jade trades bludgeoning immediacy for textured dream-logic, and while it takes a few listens to understand what’s happening, once it clicks, it’s hard for listeners to shake. And yet, it balances out the problem that atmospheric records rarely feel heavy, because they’re too busy padding the sharp edges with “atmosphere.” But Mysteries of a Flowery Dream accomplishes its heaviness by feeling oppressive, dense, claustrophobic, and crushing—leaving the listener feeling like they’re in an experimental submarine on their way to see the Titanic.6 And while it’s not the easiest record to penetrate, Owlswald wants you to know that “those who actively immerse themselves in Jade’s expansive world will be handsomely rewarded. The excellent songwriting, replete with its cohesion, balance, and dynamism, is impressive, steadily shifting my initial apathetic impressions to genuine appreciation. So don your finest headphones, sit back, and let Jade immerse you in their dreamlike world.”
#AndOceans #2025 #AMGSUnsignedBandRodeo #Amorphis #DarkTranquillity #Eluveitie #Emperor #Independent #Jade #Kalaveraztekah #May25 #MysteriesOfAFloweryDream #NikanAxkan #RecordSOTheMonth #RecordsOfTheMonth #SelfReleases #TheRegenerationItinerary
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Record(s) o’ the Month – May 2025
By Angry Metal Guy
There are months when the Record(s) o’ the Month feels like a sacred duty. It is the noble, worthwhile culmination of rigorous listening and passionate discourse.1 And then there’s May. May, a month in which Dr. A.N. Grier tried to vote for a band called… SEXCAVE or some shit four or five different times using different pseudonyms (but the same IP address), and where Dolphin Whisperer almost made me rage quit by making a single comment about “sky-tearing tonalities,” which, like… what kind of pretentious fucking bullshit is that? Do you people even listen to music, or do you just sit around all day making up stupid poetic ways of saying absolutely nothing?2 But if we’re fair, he wasn’t entirely wrong. Sometimes a record arrives that doesn’t just demand attention, it seizes it like an Aztec death deity grabbing the sun.3 So for the first time in a while, the best album in May came from an unsigned band. And not just any unsigned band. It came from a band proficient in bull riding!
The beauty of the Unsigned Band Rodeö lies in its chaos. No expectations. No promo sheets. No preconceived narratives. Just music dropped into our laps like cursed artifacts.4 On Nikan Axkan, which was self-released on May 2nd, 2025 [Bandcamp], Kalaveraztekah weaponizes its vision of death metal through the lens of pre-Hispanic culture and indigenous cosmology. There’s no sense that these Hidrocálidos are some kind of novelty act. They aren’t a Mexican Eluveitie, just playing Dark Tranquillity riffs while putting a Ritual Death Flute over it for 40 seconds in every song.5 Rather, Nikan Axkan is a muscular, seething, and deeply rooted record that radiates conviction from every grinding riff. The percussion rumbles like a procession of drums echoing through stone temples, fusing to a brutal core of death metal that just fucks. There’s a Blood Incantation-like spaciness that offers a counterbalance to all this brutality and adds unexpected depth. After spending the better part of a week in what my physician has called a “ritualistic fugue state,” I managed to pull myself out of the netherworld to write that when Kalaveraztekah’s two pillars—the atmospheric otherworldly and the brutal death metal—meet, “they crash into each other like storm fronts, creating something beautiful and terrible to behold. Nikan Axkan is simultaneously brutal and thoughtful, grindy and melodic, atmospheric and immediate,” and it’s the Record o’ the Month.
Runner(s) Up:
…and Oceans // The Regeneration Itinerary [May 23rd, 2025 | Season of Mist | Bandcamp] — …and Oceans is having an Amorphisesque second act and I am here for it. They’ve always walked the line between symphonic grandiosity and black metal chaos, and with The Regeneration Itinerary, they’ve engineered their third very good platter in 5 years. The record combines sharp, Emperor-style riffing with theatrical synths, industrial flourishes, and ruthlessly precise pacing. “Demonstrating a degree of evolution in their craft” and with “exceptional [performances] across the board,” …and Oceans have once again hit that sweet balance—and ever-more unique sound in this current black metal soundscape—that makes their revitalization so welcome. But it’s not just that it’s a good continuation, I feel like they are continuing to refine and revitalize the launch with each new album they release. It’s always fun to watch bands defy Angry Metal Guy’s Law of Diminishing Recordings™, and while The Regeneration Itinerary isn’t their best record yet, 30 years after their debut, …and Oceans is still releasing vital music that’s impossible to overlook.
Jade // Mysteries of a Flowery Dream [May 9th, 2025 | Pulverised Records | Bandcamp] — Mysteries of a Flowery Dream is an atmospheric death metal record that unfolds like a guided hallucination. It’s melodic. It’s moody. It’s weirdly elegant. And it doesn’t care about my riffs-per-minute quota. It takes things slow and keeps them dreamy. Jade trades bludgeoning immediacy for textured dream-logic, and while it takes a few listens to understand what’s happening, once it clicks, it’s hard for listeners to shake. And yet, it balances out the problem that atmospheric records rarely feel heavy, because they’re too busy padding the sharp edges with “atmosphere.” But Mysteries of a Flowery Dream accomplishes its heaviness by feeling oppressive, dense, claustrophobic, and crushing—leaving the listener feeling like they’re in an experimental submarine on their way to see the Titanic.6 And while it’s not the easiest record to penetrate, Owlswald wants you to know that “those who actively immerse themselves in Jade’s expansive world will be handsomely rewarded. The excellent songwriting, replete with its cohesion, balance, and dynamism, is impressive, steadily shifting my initial apathetic impressions to genuine appreciation. So don your finest headphones, sit back, and let Jade immerse you in their dreamlike world.”
#AndOceans #2025 #AMGSUnsignedBandRodeo #Amorphis #DarkTranquillity #Eluveitie #Emperor #Independent #Jade #Kalaveraztekah #May25 #MysteriesOfAFloweryDream #NikanAxkan #RecordSOTheMonth #RecordsOfTheMonth #SelfReleases #TheRegenerationItinerary
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Record(s) o’ the Month – May 2025
By Angry Metal Guy
There are months when the Record(s) o’ the Month feels like a sacred duty. It is the noble, worthwhile culmination of rigorous listening and passionate discourse.1 And then there’s May. May, a month in which Dr. A.N. Grier tried to vote for a band called… SEXCAVE or some shit four or five different times using different pseudonyms (but the same IP address), and where Dolphin Whisperer almost made me rage quit by making a single comment about “sky-tearing tonalities,” which, like… what kind of pretentious fucking bullshit is that? Do you people even listen to music, or do you just sit around all day making up stupid poetic ways of saying absolutely nothing?2 But if we’re fair, he wasn’t entirely wrong. Sometimes a record arrives that doesn’t just demand attention, it seizes it like an Aztec death deity grabbing the sun.3 So for the first time in a while, the best album in May came from an unsigned band. And not just any unsigned band. It came from a band proficient in bull riding!
The beauty of the Unsigned Band Rodeö lies in its chaos. No expectations. No promo sheets. No preconceived narratives. Just music dropped into our laps like cursed artifacts.4 On Nikan Axkan, which was self-released on May 2nd, 2025 [Bandcamp], Kalaveraztekah weaponizes its vision of death metal through the lens of pre-Hispanic culture and indigenous cosmology. There’s no sense that these Hidrocálidos are some kind of novelty act. They aren’t a Mexican Eluveitie, just playing Dark Tranquillity riffs while putting a Ritual Death Flute over it for 40 seconds in every song.5 Rather, Nikan Axkan is a muscular, seething, and deeply rooted record that radiates conviction from every grinding riff. The percussion rumbles like a procession of drums echoing through stone temples, fusing to a brutal core of death metal that just fucks. There’s a Blood Incantation-like spaciness that offers a counterbalance to all this brutality and adds unexpected depth. After spending the better part of a week in what my physician has called a “ritualistic fugue state,” I managed to pull myself out of the netherworld to write that when Kalaveraztekah’s two pillars—the atmospheric otherworldly and the brutal death metal—meet, “they crash into each other like storm fronts, creating something beautiful and terrible to behold. Nikan Axkan is simultaneously brutal and thoughtful, grindy and melodic, atmospheric and immediate,” and it’s the Record o’ the Month.
Runner(s) Up:
…and Oceans // The Regeneration Itinerary [May 23rd, 2025 | Season of Mist | Bandcamp] — …and Oceans is having an Amorphisesque second act and I am here for it. They’ve always walked the line between symphonic grandiosity and black metal chaos, and with The Regeneration Itinerary, they’ve engineered their third very good platter in 5 years. The record combines sharp, Emperor-style riffing with theatrical synths, industrial flourishes, and ruthlessly precise pacing. “Demonstrating a degree of evolution in their craft” and with “exceptional [performances] across the board,” …and Oceans have once again hit that sweet balance—and ever-more unique sound in this current black metal soundscape—that makes their revitalization so welcome. But it’s not just that it’s a good continuation, I feel like they are continuing to refine and revitalize the launch with each new album they release. It’s always fun to watch bands defy Angry Metal Guy’s Law of Diminishing Recordings™, and while The Regeneration Itinerary isn’t their best record yet, 30 years after their debut, …and Oceans is still releasing vital music that’s impossible to overlook.
Jade // Mysteries of a Flowery Dream [May 9th, 2025 | Pulverised Records | Bandcamp] — Mysteries of a Flowery Dream is an atmospheric death metal record that unfolds like a guided hallucination. It’s melodic. It’s moody. It’s weirdly elegant. And it doesn’t care about my riffs-per-minute quota. It takes things slow and keeps them dreamy. Jade trades bludgeoning immediacy for textured dream-logic, and while it takes a few listens to understand what’s happening, once it clicks, it’s hard for listeners to shake. And yet, it balances out the problem that atmospheric records rarely feel heavy, because they’re too busy padding the sharp edges with “atmosphere.” But Mysteries of a Flowery Dream accomplishes its heaviness by feeling oppressive, dense, claustrophobic, and crushing—leaving the listener feeling like they’re in an experimental submarine on their way to see the Titanic.6 And while it’s not the easiest record to penetrate, Owlswald wants you to know that “those who actively immerse themselves in Jade’s expansive world will be handsomely rewarded. The excellent songwriting, replete with its cohesion, balance, and dynamism, is impressive, steadily shifting my initial apathetic impressions to genuine appreciation. So don your finest headphones, sit back, and let Jade immerse you in their dreamlike world.”
#AndOceans #2025 #AMGSUnsignedBandRodeo #Amorphis #DarkTranquillity #Eluveitie #Emperor #Independent #Jade #Kalaveraztekah #May25 #MysteriesOfAFloweryDream #NikanAxkan #RecordSOTheMonth #RecordsOfTheMonth #SelfReleases #TheRegenerationItinerary
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Record(s) o’ the Month – May 2025
By Angry Metal Guy
There are months when the Record(s) o’ the Month feels like a sacred duty. It is the noble, worthwhile culmination of rigorous listening and passionate discourse.1 And then there’s May. May, a month in which Dr. A.N. Grier tried to vote for a band called… SEXCAVE or some shit four or five different times using different pseudonyms (but the same IP address), and where Dolphin Whisperer almost made me rage quit by making a single comment about “sky-tearing tonalities,” which, like… what kind of pretentious fucking bullshit is that? Do you people even listen to music, or do you just sit around all day making up stupid poetic ways of saying absolutely nothing?2 But if we’re fair, he wasn’t entirely wrong. Sometimes a record arrives that doesn’t just demand attention, it seizes it like an Aztec death deity grabbing the sun.3 So for the first time in a while, the best album in May came from an unsigned band. And not just any unsigned band. It came from a band proficient in bull riding!
The beauty of the Unsigned Band Rodeö lies in its chaos. No expectations. No promo sheets. No preconceived narratives. Just music dropped into our laps like cursed artifacts.4 On Nikan Axkan, which was self-released on May 2nd, 2025 [Bandcamp], Kalaveraztekah weaponizes its vision of death metal through the lens of pre-Hispanic culture and indigenous cosmology. There’s no sense that these Hidrocálidos are some kind of novelty act. They aren’t a Mexican Eluveitie, just playing Dark Tranquillity riffs while putting a Ritual Death Flute over it for 40 seconds in every song.5 Rather, Nikan Axkan is a muscular, seething, and deeply rooted record that radiates conviction from every grinding riff. The percussion rumbles like a procession of drums echoing through stone temples, fusing to a brutal core of death metal that just fucks. There’s a Blood Incantation-like spaciness that offers a counterbalance to all this brutality and adds unexpected depth. After spending the better part of a week in what my physician has called a “ritualistic fugue state,” I managed to pull myself out of the netherworld to write that when Kalaveraztekah’s two pillars—the atmospheric otherworldly and the brutal death metal—meet, “they crash into each other like storm fronts, creating something beautiful and terrible to behold. Nikan Axkan is simultaneously brutal and thoughtful, grindy and melodic, atmospheric and immediate,” and it’s the Record o’ the Month.
Runner(s) Up:
…and Oceans // The Regeneration Itinerary [May 23rd, 2025 | Season of Mist | Bandcamp] — …and Oceans is having an Amorphisesque second act and I am here for it. They’ve always walked the line between symphonic grandiosity and black metal chaos, and with The Regeneration Itinerary, they’ve engineered their third very good platter in 5 years. The record combines sharp, Emperor-style riffing with theatrical synths, industrial flourishes, and ruthlessly precise pacing. “Demonstrating a degree of evolution in their craft” and with “exceptional [performances] across the board,” …and Oceans have once again hit that sweet balance—and ever-more unique sound in this current black metal soundscape—that makes their revitalization so welcome. But it’s not just that it’s a good continuation, I feel like they are continuing to refine and revitalize the launch with each new album they release. It’s always fun to watch bands defy Angry Metal Guy’s Law of Diminishing Recordings™, and while The Regeneration Itinerary isn’t their best record yet, 30 years after their debut, …and Oceans is still releasing vital music that’s impossible to overlook.
Jade // Mysteries of a Flowery Dream [May 9th, 2025 | Pulverised Records | Bandcamp] — Mysteries of a Flowery Dream is an atmospheric death metal record that unfolds like a guided hallucination. It’s melodic. It’s moody. It’s weirdly elegant. And it doesn’t care about my riffs-per-minute quota. It takes things slow and keeps them dreamy. Jade trades bludgeoning immediacy for textured dream-logic, and while it takes a few listens to understand what’s happening, once it clicks, it’s hard for listeners to shake. And yet, it balances out the problem that atmospheric records rarely feel heavy, because they’re too busy padding the sharp edges with “atmosphere.” But Mysteries of a Flowery Dream accomplishes its heaviness by feeling oppressive, dense, claustrophobic, and crushing—leaving the listener feeling like they’re in an experimental submarine on their way to see the Titanic.6 And while it’s not the easiest record to penetrate, Owlswald wants you to know that “those who actively immerse themselves in Jade’s expansive world will be handsomely rewarded. The excellent songwriting, replete with its cohesion, balance, and dynamism, is impressive, steadily shifting my initial apathetic impressions to genuine appreciation. So don your finest headphones, sit back, and let Jade immerse you in their dreamlike world.”
#AndOceans #2025 #AMGSUnsignedBandRodeo #Amorphis #DarkTranquillity #Eluveitie #Emperor #Independent #Jade #Kalaveraztekah #May25 #MysteriesOfAFloweryDream #NikanAxkan #RecordSOTheMonth #RecordsOfTheMonth #SelfReleases #TheRegenerationItinerary
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Record(s) o’ the Month – May 2025
By Angry Metal Guy
There are months when the Record(s) o’ the Month feels like a sacred duty. It is the noble, worthwhile culmination of rigorous listening and passionate discourse.1 And then there’s May. May, a month in which Dr. A.N. Grier tried to vote for a band called… SEXCAVE or some shit four or five different times using different pseudonyms (but the same IP address), and where Dolphin Whisperer almost made me rage quit by making a single comment about “sky-tearing tonalities,” which, like… what kind of pretentious fucking bullshit is that? Do you people even listen to music, or do you just sit around all day making up stupid poetic ways of saying absolutely nothing?2 But if we’re fair, he wasn’t entirely wrong. Sometimes a record arrives that doesn’t just demand attention, it seizes it like an Aztec death deity grabbing the sun.3 So for the first time in a while, the best album in May came from an unsigned band. And not just any unsigned band. It came from a band proficient in bull riding!
The beauty of the Unsigned Band Rodeö lies in its chaos. No expectations. No promo sheets. No preconceived narratives. Just music dropped into our laps like cursed artifacts.4 On Nikan Axkan, which was self-released on May 2nd, 2025 [Bandcamp], Kalaveraztekah weaponizes its vision of death metal through the lens of pre-Hispanic culture and indigenous cosmology. There’s no sense that these Hidrocálidos are some kind of novelty act. They aren’t a Mexican Eluveitie, just playing Dark Tranquillity riffs while putting a Ritual Death Flute over it for 40 seconds in every song.5 Rather, Nikan Axkan is a muscular, seething, and deeply rooted record that radiates conviction from every grinding riff. The percussion rumbles like a procession of drums echoing through stone temples, fusing to a brutal core of death metal that just fucks. There’s a Blood Incantation-like spaciness that offers a counterbalance to all this brutality and adds unexpected depth. After spending the better part of a week in what my physician has called a “ritualistic fugue state,” I managed to pull myself out of the netherworld to write that when Kalaveraztekah’s two pillars—the atmospheric otherworldly and the brutal death metal—meet, “they crash into each other like storm fronts, creating something beautiful and terrible to behold. Nikan Axkan is simultaneously brutal and thoughtful, grindy and melodic, atmospheric and immediate,” and it’s the Record o’ the Month.
Runner(s) Up:
…and Oceans // The Regeneration Itinerary [May 23rd, 2025 | Season of Mist | Bandcamp] — …and Oceans is having an Amorphisesque second act and I am here for it. They’ve always walked the line between symphonic grandiosity and black metal chaos, and with The Regeneration Itinerary, they’ve engineered their third very good platter in 5 years. The record combines sharp, Emperor-style riffing with theatrical synths, industrial flourishes, and ruthlessly precise pacing. “Demonstrating a degree of evolution in their craft” and with “exceptional [performances] across the board,” …and Oceans have once again hit that sweet balance—and ever-more unique sound in this current black metal soundscape—that makes their revitalization so welcome. But it’s not just that it’s a good continuation, I feel like they are continuing to refine and revitalize the launch with each new album they release. It’s always fun to watch bands defy Angry Metal Guy’s Law of Diminishing Recordings™, and while The Regeneration Itinerary isn’t their best record yet, 30 years after their debut, …and Oceans is still releasing vital music that’s impossible to overlook.
Jade // Mysteries of a Flowery Dream [May 9th, 2025 | Pulverised Records | Bandcamp] — Mysteries of a Flowery Dream is an atmospheric death metal record that unfolds like a guided hallucination. It’s melodic. It’s moody. It’s weirdly elegant. And it doesn’t care about my riffs-per-minute quota. It takes things slow and keeps them dreamy. Jade trades bludgeoning immediacy for textured dream-logic, and while it takes a few listens to understand what’s happening, once it clicks, it’s hard for listeners to shake. And yet, it balances out the problem that atmospheric records rarely feel heavy, because they’re too busy padding the sharp edges with “atmosphere.” But Mysteries of a Flowery Dream accomplishes its heaviness by feeling oppressive, dense, claustrophobic, and crushing—leaving the listener feeling like they’re in an experimental submarine on their way to see the Titanic.6 And while it’s not the easiest record to penetrate, Owlswald wants you to know that “those who actively immerse themselves in Jade’s expansive world will be handsomely rewarded. The excellent songwriting, replete with its cohesion, balance, and dynamism, is impressive, steadily shifting my initial apathetic impressions to genuine appreciation. So don your finest headphones, sit back, and let Jade immerse you in their dreamlike world.”
#AndOceans #2025 #AMGSUnsignedBandRodeo #Amorphis #DarkTranquillity #Eluveitie #Emperor #Independent #Jade #Kalaveraztekah #May25 #MysteriesOfAFloweryDream #NikanAxkan #RecordSOTheMonth #RecordsOfTheMonth #SelfReleases #TheRegenerationItinerary
