The first month of the summer contained probably the darkest music of the year so far, both conceptually and in terms of the melodies.
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Monthly playlist-Favourite albums May 2026
Posted: 6th July 2026 by blaue-rosen in Music News,press releasesTags: albums you must hear 2026, Altar de Fey Blapshemy, Altar de Fey new single 2026, Ambassade Manrura, ATARAXIA new album 2026, ATARAXIA Sylfaera the Fair, best ambient albums 2026, best deathrock releases 2026, best electronic albums 2026, best ethereal albums 2026, best experimental albums 2026, best hardcore albums 2026, best industrial albums 2026, best post-punk albums 2026, best synthwave albums 2026, black metal albums 2026, ceremonial music, COLD TRANSMISSION MUSIC album releases 2026, coldwave albums 2026, Colour Inverted Records album releases 2026, CONTRE SOIREE debut album 2026, CONTRE SOIREE WE DIE ALONE, dark ambient music, dark folk music, David Eugene Edwards Mercurial Silence, David Eugene Edwards new album 2026, De Ambassade new album 2026, death metal albums 2026, deathrock music, debut albums 2026, Der Nachtportier Gespenst 2026, Der Nachtportier new album 2026, Dimmu Borgir Grand Serpent Rising, Dimmu Borgir new album 2026, ERDVE Epigrama, ERDVE new album 2026, ethereal music, experimental music 2026, hardcore music, heavy music 2026, HUIR new album 2026, HUIR States of Light 2026, Icy Cold Records album releases 2026, Incirrina new album 2026, Incirrina Trace, industrial music, IUGA Meldrop, IUGA new album 2026, KURS Murder (Pt.1), KURS new album 2026, minimal electronic music, musique concrete 2026, Negative Gain Productions album releases 2026, new music 2026, Nick Carlisle new album 2026, Nick Carlisle The Mad Decades, Nuclear Blast album releases 2026, Pinkman album releases 2026, post-punk music, Prophecy Productions album releases 2026, psychedelic music, Sargent House album releases 2026, Season Of Mist album releases 2026, self-release music, SIWSSDARKNIGHTS album releases 2026, Sleep of Mirrors CROWN, Sleep of Mirrors debut album 2026, synthwave music, The Circle Music album releases 2026, the cold field new EP 2026, the cold field these days of existence 2026, The Eikon Lamp new album 2026, The Eikon Lamp Reverse Obelisk, The Haunted Youth BOYS CRY TOO, The Haunted Youth new album 2026, The Infinity Ring new album 2026, The Infinity Ring The Isle of Skye, Trelldom by the word, Trelldom new album 2026, Unexplained Sounds album releases 2026, [PIAS] album releases 2026
Blaue Rosen 
Monthly playlist-Favourite albums January 2026
Posted: 27th April 2026 by blaue-rosen in Music News,press releasesTags: albums you must hear 2026, ambient music, Backengrillen debut album 2026, best dark folk albums 2026, best darkwave albums 2026, best industrial albums 2026, best post-punk albums 2026, best underground music 2026, Blackwater Holylight new album 2026, Blackwater Holylight Not Here Not Gone, Bragolin, Bragolin new album 2026, CAVE CASTLE new album 2026, CAVE CASTLE The Ancient Ones 2026, Coldship Passage Dead Geometrician, Coldship Passage new album 2026, Craven Faults new album 2026, Craven Faults Sidings, Crystalline Stricture new album 2026, Crystalline Stricture Shadow Performance, D:Vore Energy Vampires 2026, D:Vore new album 2026, dark folk music, darkwave music, debut albums 2026, drone music, experimental music, HER Monochrome 2026, HER new album 2026, Hospital Productions album releases 2026, I Don't Like What It Does To Me, industrial music, Kaerry Ann Moonstone, Kaerry Ann new album 2026, Kay-Chi Das Equilibrium, Kay-Chi new single 2026, Leaf label album releases 2026, LOW BLOWS, LOW BLOWS nw album 2026, new music 2026, post-punk music, Re:Mission Entertainment album releases 2026, Season Of Mist album releases 2026, Self-released music 2026, Steven Brown new single 2026, Steven Brown WORK, Subsound Records album releases 2026, Suicide Squeeze album releases 2026, Svart Records album releases 2026, synthwave music, The Devil and The Universe Good Witch:Bad Witch, The Devil&The Universe new single 2026, The Mystic Underground new album 2026, The Mystic Underground So Close So Far, TONN Recordings album releases 2026, Young&Cold Records album releases 2026
The sound of the beginning of 2026 is one that feels at odds with the global energy of shock and terror that is unveiling. Whether through landscape-inspired soundscapes or driven by an excitement for sonic experimentation that sees no boundaries, the bands that make up the soundtrack of this month are definitely worth your attention. A special mention is due to Backengrillen for releasing one of the bravest albums we will probably hear this year. Merging punk with free jazz, this band does not see any boundaries between genres; instead, it breaks and blends them to create a new sound in the spirit of the punk bands of the 80s.
We also welcomed the release of the new album by Bragolin, a post-punk band loved around the world. Building on the success of their signature sound, the band has offered another dancefloor pleaser album, and we can’t wait to listen to it live at some point. Finally, we really enjoyed the new album by Blackwater Holylight, which is full of psychedelic rock magic!
We hope you enjoy this playlist as much as we did making it, and no matter what you do, do not buy into the global hysteria of terror that is being spread!
Blaue Rosen
Monthly playlist-Favourite albums August 2025
Posted: 26th September 2025 by blaue-rosen in Music News,press releasesTags: albums you must hear, Amnesiak Arkfiend, Amnesiak debut album 2025, Anna von Hausswolff new EP 2025, Anna von Hausswolff Stardust/The Whole Woman, Antigen Shift Because I Want, Antigen Shift new single 2025, Artoffact Records releases 2025, best coldwave albums 2025, best darkwave releases 2025, best electro albums 2025, best gothic rock albums 2025, best idm albums 2025, best indie rock music 2025, best industrial releases 2025, best new music 2025, best new wave albums 2025, best pagan folk albums 2025, best post-punk albums 2025, best psych rock albums 2025, best punk albums 2025, best shoegaze albums 2025, best synthwave releases 2025, Bill Leed Machine Vision, Bill Leed new album, CAVE CASTLE new album 2025, CAVE CASTLE the Omen 2025, CLAN DESTINE RECORDS album releases 2025, Cleopatra Records album releases 2025, coldwave music, Danser La Nuit new album 2025, Danser La Nuit Nocturne., darkwave music, Debemur Morti Productions album releases 2025, debut albums2025, Desaster Kill All idols, Desaster new album 2025, doom metal music 2025, downtempo music 2025, dream pop music, Drunken Sailor records album releases 2025, electro music, felte album releases 2025, FOOLISH RECORDS album releases 2025, FUZZ Club Records album releases 2025, Glaring inertia, GLARING new album 2025, gothic metal albums 2025, gothic rock, Humour Learning Greek, Humour new album 2025, IDM music, independent music 2025, indie rock albums, industrial music, Kerala Dust An Echo Of Love 2025, Kerala Dust new album 2025, Lathe of Heaven Aurora, Lathe of Heaven new album 2025, LOS PALMS 2025, LOS PALMS new album 2025, Marissa Nadler new album 2025, Marissa Nadler New Radiations, Metal Blade Records album releases 2025, Metropolis Records album releases 2025, new music 2025, new wave music, pagan folk music 2025, pagan metal music 2025, Pestilength Failure Decor/Inane, Pestilength new EP 2025, Photon Emissions releases 2025, PIAS album releases 2025, post-punk music, power station never trust a pretty face, power station new album 2025, Propter Hoc new EP 2025, Propter Hoc Ulysses Returning Home, psych rock music, punk music, Rocket Recordings album releases 2025, Rosetta Stone DOSE MAKE THE POISON, Rosetta Stone new album 2025, Run, Run debut album 2025, Saccharine Underground album releases 2025, Sacred Bones Records album releases 2025, Season of Mist album releases 2025, Selofan I've seen that face before, Selofan new single 2025, Shadows Hold new EP 2025, Shadows Hold Nexum, Shaki Tavi new album 2025, So Young Records album releases 2025, Somatic Responses new EP 2025, Somatic Responses Sixshooter 7 Ripped, SOWULO new album 2025, Sowulo NIHT 2025, STATIQBLOOM Memory Remode, STATIQBLOOM new album 2025, SWISSDARKNIGHTS album releases 2025, synthwave music, The Circle Music 2025, The Spoiled Lord Gen'O Blood Stained 2025, The Spoiled Lord Gen'O new single 2025, The Unknowns Looking From The Outside, The Unknowns new album 2025, underground music 2025, Virgin Vampires new album 2025, Virgin Vampires Whores And Judaism, YEAR0001 releases 2025, Zabus new album 2025, Zabus Whores of Holyrood
Music to dance the summer away or to just keep it here a little longer. Get on your feet and move to the darkest tunes of the summer in our latest show, then get out and support a music venue/club/bar as some people are determined to kill the night!
Blaue Rosen 
Monthly playlist-Favourite albums May 2025
Posted: 22nd June 2025 by blaue-rosen in Music News,press releasesTags: Ah Cama-Sotz Blood Moon 2025, Ah Cama-Sotz new album 2025, albums you must hear, ambient music, Ancestral Voices Nemeton, Ancestral Voices new albums 2025, Artoffact Records releases 2025, Bats&Cats album releases 2025, Bedouin Records album releases 2025, best ambient albums 2025, best coldwave albums 2025, best dark folk albums 2025, best darkwave albums 2025, best dream pop albums 2025, best ebm/industrial albums 2025, best electronic albums 2025, best industrial albums 2025, best metal music 2025, best noise albums 2025, best post-punk music 2025, best punk music 2025, best synthwave albums 2025, best underground albums 2025, Cleopatra Records album releases 2025, COLD TRANSMISSION MUSIC releases 2025, coldwave music, CONTRE SOIREE new EP 2025, CONTRE SOIREE PSYCHIATRY, CURA MACHINES DISEMBODY 2025, CURA MACHINES new album 2025, dark folk music, darkwave music, DARKWOOD new album 2025, DARKWOOD Verlorene Welt, Death & Vanilla new album 2025, Death & Vanilla WHISTLE AND I'LL COME FOR YOU, Domino album releases 2025, dream pop music, EBM music, electronic music, experimental music, Fire Records album releases 2025, General Dynamics new album 2025, General Dynamics Where Animals Play 2025, independent music, Klanggalerie album releases 2025, Liquid Land Die For Our Sins 2025, Liquid Land new single 2025, Lucifer's Aid Enter and Exit 2025, Lucifer's Aid new album 2025, mares of thrace new album 2025, mares of thrace the loss, Memory Index new single 2025, Memory Index Transpose, metal albums 2025, Metropolis Records album releases 2025, My Love Kills Mors Nobis 2025, My Love Kills new album 2025, new music, NICO AMARA CONSTRAINTS, NICO AMARA debut album 2025, No Desire Kills 2025, No new album 2025, noise music 2025, Nytt Land new album 2025, Nytt Land Songs of the Shaman, Obsolenia Luces, Obsolenia new single 2025, old-school industrial music, Pelagic Records releases 2025, Peter Murphy new album 2025, Peter Murphy Silver Shade 2025, Photon Emissions album releases 2025, Progress Productions album releases 2025, punk albums, Samurai Music album releases 2025, self-released albums 2025, Shad Shadows new album 2025, Shad Shadows wunderhammer desire 2025, Siggilum S Aborted Towns The Deadly Silence Before Utopia, Siggilum S new album 2025, Somatic Responses Algorythm of Hate 2025, Somatic Responses new album 2025, Subsound records album releases 2025, SWANS Birthing 2025, SWANS new album 2025, synthwave music, TESCO Distribution releases 2025, The Dickies Killer Clowns 2025, The Dickies new album 2025, The Discussion All The Pretty Flowers 2025, The Discussion new album 2025, These New Puritans Crooked Wing 2025, These New Puritans new album 2025, TONN Recordings album releases 2025, underground music, VEYL album releases 2025, WE ARE ONE RECORDS releases 2025, X-IMG album releases 2025, YEAR OF NO LIGHT Les Maitres Fous, YEAR OF NO LIGHT new EP 2025, YONNI new album 2025, YONNI The speed of dark, Young God Records album releases 2025
What can be more exciting news than the release of a new album by SWANS? Well…the release of a new solo album by Peter Murphy, and the resurfacing of These New Puritans, Somatic Responses and DARKWOOD is the answer. If, like us, you enjoy music that could be considered mutually exclusive, and despite this, you can still identify the common thread that ties all of these albums together, then I think we need to sit down and have a beer with you 🙂
‘Birthing‘ the new offering by SWANS is everything that is expected by the band. Apart from ‘Red Yellow’ all the other songs in this album are over 10′ long. This is a slow burner, with a tried and tested recipe that the band has refined over the years. Michael Gira, a summoner like those very few out there, is giving the signal needed for each song to open its tentacles to all sorts of dimensions. In his own words Gira has said about this album: “In all cases the material began with me sitting in my office with an acoustic guitar, singing and dreaming about what would become of these skeletal songs…” just before he throws a sort of bombshell: “We’ll do a final tour in this mode towards the end of 2025, then that’s it.” That’s IT? “After that, Swans will continue, so long as I’m able, but in a significantly pared down form.” We shall take this with a pinch of salt…for now.
Moving towards a less dark sonic part of this monthly soundtrack, we encounter ‘Crooked Wing‘ the new album by These New Puritans. Alternating tracks that bring to mind pre-classical compositions, others that belong to the sphere of dreamscapes, and others that explore krautrock dimensions, the band has offered us a lot of food for thought in this album.
In the realm of post-punk, we had the pleasure to enjoy really nice albums by Shad Shadows, No and The Discussion. ‘wunderhammer desire‘, ‘Desire Kills‘ and ‘All the pretty flowers‘ will definitely keep any dancefloor that hosts them very busy. With addictive and melodic synthwave soundscapes and motivating rhythms all three albums will keep fans of coldwave and darkwave music inspired.
Finally a special mention is due to Nytt Land who have reimagined Shamanic spells and set them to a different sound than they had in their original form. ‘Songs of the Shaman‘ is an album with an inspiring collection of positive spells employing throat singing and text in its original language. We believe this is the best way to prepare you for the upcoming Summer Solstice so…enjoy them with a shovel at hand or with your poison of choice in an unusual chalice.
Blaue Rosen
Monthly playlist- Favourite albums January 2025
Posted: 16th February 2025 by blaue-rosen in Music News,press releasesTags: ambient music, anders manga crematia, anders manga new EP 2025, BAND OF HOLY JOY new album 2025, BAND OF HOLY JOY Scorched Jerusalem, best dark ambient releases 2025, best dark folk music 2025, best electronic albums 2025, best experimental albums 2025, best idm albums 2025, best post-punk music 2025, best punk albums 2025, breakcore music, CAVE CASTLE control, CAVE CASTLE new album 2025, coldwave music 2025, Dais Records releases 2025, dark folk, debut albums, DUCTAPE blue black 2025, DUCTAPE new single 2025, electronic music, experimental music, FUZZ Club album releases 2025, GLARING new album 2025, GLARING tr-evol, gothic rock music 2025, Human Seasons Records releases 2025, Icy Cold Records album releases 2025, IDM music, independent music 2025, industrial music, Infacted Recordings releases 2025, JAYE JAYLE After Alter 2025, JAYE JAYLE new album 2025, JE T'AIME new album 2025, JE T'AIME Useless boy, KITE Heaven N Hell, KITE new EP 2025, Klanggalerie album releases 2025, KOMPROMAT new album 2025, KOMPROMAT PLAYING/PRAYING, LARK Be Still 2025, LARK new album 2025, metal albums 2025, metalogue Apposition Breach, metalogue new album 2025, Metropolis album releases 2025, MISFORTUNES new album 2025, MISFORTUNES VOICES NEVER HEARD 2024, model home globe, model home new album 2025, new industrial albums 2025, new music, new music 2025, new synthwave albums 2025, OFFERBEEST new album 2025, OFFERBEEST The Stars Mock My Existence, OPEN HEAD new album 2025, OPEN HEAD What Is Success, Patient K Dead Man Walking, Patient K new album 2025, Pelagic records album releases 2025, post punk albums, psych rock music 2025, punk music, Ruined Conflict new single 2025, Ruined Conflict Six Feet Under, self released albums, Splitterzelle, Splitterzelle new album 2025, Standard Lamp Records album releases 2025, Svart Records album releases 2025, SWISSDARKNIGHTS album releases 2025, synthpop music 2025, synthwave music, techno music, the beka Hicaz, the beka new single 2025, The Legendary Pink Dots new album 2025, The Legendary Pink Dots So Lonely In Heaven, The Murder Capital new EP 2025, The Murder Capital THE FALL, the snake new single 2025, the snake sometimes, Tiny Global Productions album releases 2025, underground music 2025, Warriorrecords album releases 2025
Blaue Rosen
Monthly playlist-Favourite albums August 2024
Posted: 26th September 2024 by blaue-rosen in Music News,press releasesTags: BAT-CAVE Productions album releases 2024, best dark ambient releases 2024, best gothic rock albums 2024, best industrial albums 2024, best new music 2024, best post-punk albums 2024, best rock albums 2024, best synthwave releases 2024, Byronic Sex & Exile future battlements, Byronic Sex & Exile new album 2024, Chelsea Wolfe new EP 2024, Chelsea Wolfe Undone, Chrystabell & David Lynch Cellophane Memories, Chrystabell & David Lynch new album 2024, coldwave music, Dallas Kent debut single 2024, Dallas Kent ghost highway, dark ambient music, Debemur Morti Productions album releases 2024, debut albums 2024, Demi-nuit Fille de Moujik, Demi-Nuit new album 2024, ethereal music 2024, experimental music, FUZZ Club album releases 2024, gospel music, Goth City Records album releases 2024, gothic rock music, GRIST new album 2024, GRIST The Oneirophage, heavy music 2024, industrial music, Loma Vista Recordings album releases 2024, Marie Laveau Are You Blind?, Marie Laveau new single 2024, new music, Nicj Cave & The Bad Seeds Wild God, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds new album 2024, Nox Novacula Feed The Fire, Nox Novacula new album 2024, Ortrotasce Fond A Flower/Artificial Hero, Ortrotasce new EP 2024, Other World new album 2024, Other World Tenebrous 2024, Pink Panther Project Intoxicating Embrace, Pink Panther Project new single 2024, post-punk music, Radar Men From The Moon new album 2024, Radar Men From The Moon VOMITORIUM, Relapse Records album releases 2024, Sacred Bones Records album releases 2024, self-released music 2024, Shadow Knell, Shadow Knell debut album 2024, Sombre Soniks album releases 2024, synthwave music, The Circle Music releases 2024, Zeal and Ardor GREIF 2024, Zeal and Ardor new album 2024, [PIAS] album releases 2024
…and you, have YOU protected your dreams from the Oneirophage? We think that if there was such a creature as GRIST seem to believe, then our favourite releases of the months, would provide the perfect soundtrack for its scary activities!
The music output of this month, as expected for the summer months was not the greatest in terms of quantity. Our favourite releases, helped us make a mind-numbing sonic journey while news about devastating wildfires and exhausting heat around the planet reached our ears and eyes. The latest offering by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds ‘Wild God’, was soul-arresting, with slow rhythms and powerful soul and gospel elements infusing its ten rock ballads. Chrystabell and David Lynch‘s dreamy album ‘Cellophane Memories’ is offering some much needed lightness into our sonic landscape of the month, with ethereal songs that make one feel like floating on air. Speaking of lightness, we were particularly happy listening to Demi-Nuit‘s post-punk, 80s coldwave-infused, synthwave EP ‘Fille de Moujik’. Always punctual on her appointment with us during the summer, Chelsea Wolfe has treated us to one more beautiful disquieting ethereal EP ‘Undone’ full with great remixes by Boy Harsher, Ash Koosha, Full of Hell, Crosses and Justin K. Broadrick.
A special mention is due to the debut releases of the month, by Dallas Kent and Shadow Knell. ‘Ghost Highway‘ the debut single by Dallas Kent, is inspired by the best moments of dreamy trip hop both in terms of rhythms and visuals. ‘Shadow Knell‘ the debut album by Shadow Knell, is “…a mystical, mournful, and doom-laced synth fantasy that echoes from dungeons deep and forests eternal” and merges modern classical lyricism with the rhythmic existentialism of dark ambient music.
We hope you enjoy listening to this playlist, as much as we did preparing it!
Blaue Rosen
Monthly playlist-Favourite albums November 2023
Posted: 27th December 2023 by blaue-rosen in Music News,press releasesTags: albums you must hear 2023, ant-zen album releases 2023, Ash International album releases 2023, Atrium Carceri Forgotten Gods, Atrium Carceri new album 2023, best albums 2023, best coldwave albums 2023, best dark ambient albums 2023, best darkwave albums 2023, best electronic albums 2023, best experimental albums 2023, best IDM albums 2023, best industrial music albums 2023, best minimal electronic albums 2023, best new wave albums 2023, best post-punk albums 2023, best psych rock albums 2023, Blackjack Illvminist Records album releases 2023, BREAK ON BEACONS An uninterrupted flow of images, BREAK ON BEACONS new album 2023, ceremonial music, coldwave music, Croix Noire 10 Minut du Switu, Croix Noire new album 2023, Cryo Chamber album releases 2023, dark ambient music, darkwave music, DUCTAPE new album 2023, DUCTAPE Veil of Lies, Edward Ka-Spel new album 2023, Edward Ka-Spel Tease, electronic music, experimental music 2023, Fabrika Records releases 2023, FOOLISH Records album releases 2023, frank riggio Lo, frank riggio new album 2023, FUZZ Club album releases 2023, Girls In Synthesis Die Leere, Girls In Synthesis new EP 2023, Hedloff Records album releases 2023, Hospital Productions album releases 2023, Hound Gawd!Records releases 2023, Hymen Records album releases 2023, IDM music, industrial music 2023, Itako Muted Patterns, Itako new album 2023, Japan Review new album 2023, Japan Review The Slow Down, Lebanon Hanover Better Than Going Away, Lebanon Hanover new EP 2023, Love In Cage new album 2023, Love In Cage Trans-Reality 2023, Meidosem Records album releases 2023, minimal electronic music, new album 2023, new industrial music, new synthwave albums 2023, new wave music, Nick Carlisle Bloody Saturnalia, Nick Carlisle solo album 2023, Nikita von Tiraspol Iki Pasimatymo! 2023, Nikita von Tiraspol new album 2023, noise music, noorden new releases 2023, Ortrotasce Image Farewell, Ortrotasce new single 2023, post-punk music, psych rock music, Riotmiloo blackout, Riotmiloo new album 2023, Sad Garden 2023, Sad new album 2023, Seize...Apply, self-released music 2023, shapes and colors, Sonic Groove new albums 2023, spoken-word, strom|morts new album 2023, strom|morts The Most Dangerous Machine in the World 2023, SWISSDARKNIGHTS album releases 2023, synthwave music, The Black Delta Movement new EP 2023, The Black Delts Movement In Acetate, The Colour inverted records album releases 2023, The Cult of One new album 2023, THE CULT OF ONE THE SICK FUCK UNTO DEATH 2023, The Man & His Failures Lethe, The Man& His Failures new EP 2023, thorofon angor 2023, thorofon new album 2023, Wounded Son new album 2023, Wounded Son Pain Is All I Have For You
One month before the end of the year, our favourite albums covered all the colours of the industrial/noise music spectrum offering a lot of room for self-reflection. There were some very memorable come backs during this month and the first was the new album by Riotmiloo, probably the conceptually darkest release of the band so far. Taking inspiration from bands like Haus Arafna and Monolith, and developing their sound in such a way so that it reached the depths of their existence, the band has created an almost autobiographical album that has a very strong grip around one’s heart.
Another surprising come back, was that of Lebanon Hanover, who released the EP ‘Better Than Going Away’ and seem to have altered their sound in such a way that the neofolk/militaristic references have become very prominent.
The synthwave music spectrum was covered fully with the trippy and very memorable release by Nick Carlisle ‘Bloody Saturnalia’ while the album ‘The Most Dangerous Machine In The World’ by strom|morts can clearly be characterised as the weirdest, experimental release of this month. Next to this, sits the mesmerising storytelling album of Edward Ka-Spel, ‘Tease, Seize…Apply’. We can never get enough of sonic wizard Edward Ka-Spel’s otherworldly stories who always manages to make everything feel lighter and manageable!
Lastly we would like to draw your attention to the forceful ceremonial atmosphere created within the latest dark ambient gem released by Atrium Carceri. This is an album that will immediately transfer you into the dimly lit, mystic corridors of some far away castle and it should not go unnoticed.
We hope you enjoy this playlist as much as we did while preparing it.
Blaue Rosen
Album Review: Nick Carlisle-Bloody Saturnalia
Posted: 14th December 2023 by blaue-rosen in Album reviewsTags: albums you must hear, best albums 2023, electronic music, experimental pop, independent music, indie rock music, new albums 2023, new music 2023, Nick Carlisle Bloody Saturnalia, Nick Carlisle solo album 2023, synthwave music, The Colour inverted records album releases 2023, underground music
For some reason, we have always thought that reviewing a personal album, like this one, would never do it justice. We overcame these hesitations, and this had everything to do with the album’s particular atmosphere created by the music.
We have been trying to think of another album we have come across that had so much light amidst so much darkness…nothing comes to mind and, with every new listening session, we are getting more and more reassured about this. But let’s take things from the beginning.
‘Bloody Saturnalia‘ comes after the release of a haunting soundtrack to celebrate 100 years from the release of the movie ‘Hӓxan’. It is an album inspired by and dedicated to Nick Carlisle’s father, who sadly passed away on New Year’s Eve 2023. The title of this album and the subjects of its lyrics also relate to the book ‘Defying Hitler: A Memoir by Sebastian Haffner’ whose theme, the rise of Nazism in Germany, is a timely one as we see the rise of populism around the world today. Kenneth Clarke’s documentary series ‘Civilisation’ also fed into the themes of various songs on this album (e.g. ‘Another Level Down‘, ‘Life in A Major Key‘, ‘Bloody Saturnalia‘).
Monthly playlist-Favourite albums October 2023
Posted: 20th November 2023 by blaue-rosen in Music News,press releasesTags: AmeK Collective album releases 2023, ant-zen album releases 2023, Artoffact Records album releases 2023, Bat-Cave Productions album releases 2023, best albums 2023, best darkwave albums 2023, best gothic rock music, best IDM music 2023, best noise music 2023, best post-punk music 2023, best psych rock music 2023, best punk albums 2023, best self-released albums 2023, BLACK TO COMM At Zeenath Parallel Heavens, BLACK TO COMM new album 2023, Blackjack Illuminist Records album releases 2023, Byronic Sex&Exile everything but the ghoul, Byronic Sex&Exile new album 2023, Cold Transmission Music album releases 2023, Collection d'Arnell Andrea A Forest Inside, Collection d'Arnell Andrea new album 2023, darkwave music, debut albums, Denovali album releases 2023, DUCTAPE new single 2023, DUCTAPE redscar, ethereal music, Evitceles Bruised, Evitceles new album 2023, experimental music, FALSE FED debut album 2023, FALSE FED LET THEM EAT FAKE, Feu Follet Lost Locust, Feu Follet new album 2023, frett new album 2023, frett nottwo, FUZZ Club releases 2023, Glaring new album 2023, Glaring VOID, Goth city records album releases 2023, gothic rock albums 2023, IDM albums, In Strict Confidence Mechanical Symphony, In Strict Confidence new album 2023, independent music, Minuswelt album releases 2023, Mueran Humanos Dentaduras, Mueran Humanos new single 2023, Negative Gain album releases 2023, Neurot Recordings album releases 2023, new music 2023, noise albums, Nox Arcana DARKFALL Vol.2, Nox Arcana new album 2023, Numb.er new album 2023, Numb.er Regressions 2023, ohne nomen new EP 2023, ohne nomen sadness/no fear, Oliver Marson new album 2023, Oliver Marson Why Did I Choose This?, post punk albums, post-punk music, Profound Lore album releases 2023, psyc rock albums 2023, punk albums 2023, Rocket Recordings album releases 2023, self released albums, Sentient Ruin Laboratories album releases 2023, SOFT VEIN debut album 2023, SOFT VEIN PRESSED IN GLASS, Sub Pop Records album releases 2023, Succubus, Succubus new album 2023, SWISSDARKNIGHTS releases 2023, synthwave albums, synthwave music, Teeth of The Sea Hive, Teeth Of The Sea new album 2023, TELEHEALTH MINDTRAP/BITTER MELODY, TELEHEALTH new EP 2023, The Cult of One new album 2023, The Cult of One Sonic Bastard, The Lovecraft Sextet Horror Cosmic 2023, the Lovecraft Sextet new album 2023, The Vacant Lots Interiors, The Vacant Lots new album 2023, Third Coming Records album releases 2023, Thrill Jockey album releases 2023, TOTAL CHROMA LAPLAND, TOTAL CHROMA new album 2023, Trisol album releases 2023, underground music, URANIUM new album 2023, URANIUM Pure Nuclear death, VESTRON VULTURE new EP 2023, Vestron Vulture you don't like real girls, WAYFARER American Gothic, WAYFARER new album 2023, YOBS debut EP 2023, YOBS Fortune Teller 2023, Young&Cold Records album releases 2023
We listened to 70 independent/underground releases during October 2023, and we were stunned by the debut singles/EP/albums during this month. 26 of these 70 releases form this monthly playlist and let us admit that there have been a few disappointing releases that did not make it despite our biased convictions that they would.
There are some big highlights here and I am not just referring to the customary October release by Nox Arcana who once again gave us a haunting gothic sonata to get us through Spooktober! Oliver Marson, whose intriguing stage presence we enjoyed recently at the 100 Club, released a very memorable, new wave, synthwave album entitled ‘Why Did I Choose This?‘. The overall sound of this album brings to mind equally the Psychedelic Furs and Japan and the melodies are addictive beyond belief. The lyrics also share some Bukowski qualities and are quite poetic and pop at the same time.