This picture 7”, which serves as a taster for the full-length split release of Austrian Novy Svet and Spanish O Paradis (already out as well), features 3 songs. On side A is the track “Siento sensacion”, which is taken from the full-length in question, which goes by the title “Entre siempre….”…
Mono No Aware – Kika no Sekai
June 29, 2003 by
My first encounter with Mono No Aware was, if I remember correctly, on an open air festival in Rotterdam about two years ago. The diversity of music and happenings on this festival was enormous, and one stage was exclusively for industrial, electro and neofolk acts…
November Növelet – More Satanic Heroes
May 30, 2003 by
November Növelet, the infamous Haus Arafna project, is known for their danceable “Misanthropy” track, which can often be heard at industrial parties. The rest of the tracks on their first and only full-length are more laidback and minimal. Before the release of this full-length (which is also reviewed on Funprox), N.N. also released this very limited 7” with 4 tracks…
Dernière Volonté & Novy Svet – Mon mercenaire!
March 19, 2003 by
A split single between these two Hau Ruck ! bands. The first track is Dernière Volonté style, the second track more Novy Svet style. ‘Mon mercenaire!’, the first track on this 7″, is simply irresistible. Great catchy drum loop, typical keyboards and vocals; a real surprise when I first heard it…
Les Joyaux de la Princesse feat. Freya Aswynn – Wolf Rune
March 19, 2003 by
This 7” single by Les Joyaux de la Princesse features two songs which in my opinion belong to the best work released by this project. The sound is rather archaic but still very melodic, which creates a nostalgic mood. On Wolf Rune I Freya Aswynn’s voice is heard, chanting an invocation to the gods over the beautiful melodies which are the foundation of this song…
Leger des Heils – Aryana
February 10, 2003 by
A brandnew full-length release by German Leger des Heils, named after our beloved organisation in the Netherlands. Except for an extremely limited cd-release, this really is the first album by Leger des Heils which one can buy on cd. There is also a vinyl version, which is limited to only 169 copies…
Subliminal – Gracebudd
December 22, 2002 by
From the mental institution called Galakthorrö comes this album by Subliminal. The most well-known band on this label is Haus Arafna, and the music on “Gracebudd” can be compared to Haus Arafna, although there are some important differences…
Strength through Joy – The force of truth and lies
December 22, 2002 by
Before changing their name to Ostara, Richard Leviathan and Timothy Jenn operated under the name Strength through Joy. “The force of truth and lies” is their first full-length album and was released in 1995 on NER, well-known from lots of Death in June releases. Besides that, Douglas P…
Sol Invictus – In a Garden Green
October 4, 2002 by
“In a garden green” is one of the more recent albums by one of the most well-known neofolk bands around. Albums like “The blade”, “Hill of crosses”, this album, and a couple more can all be filed under the “new Sol Invictus style”. This means Tony Wakeford with quite some talented guest musicians, such as Karl Blake (bass), Matt Howden(violin) and Sally Doherty (vocals and flute)…
V/A – Lucifer Rising
September 15, 2002 by
Lucifer Rising is an infamous compilation, released by the French Athanor label. This release comes with a full color A5 booklet, which just looks stunning. The artwork is beautiful and suits the concept really well…
Rasthof Dachau / Krieger – Denn dein ist das Reich
August 30, 2002 by
My first acquaintance with Rasthof Dachau, a project from Austria, was when I saw their “Blut und Boden” boxset for a huge amount of money on that well-known online marketplace. I decided to download this album to save “some” money and was pleasantly surprised by the majority of tracks on the album…
Dresden ’45 – Feuertod
August 27, 2002 by
“Feuertod” is the first release by Marcel Mulack, a guy from Germany who is responsible for the music on this beautiful heavy picture disc…
