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Shaela Miller – After the Masquerade
Album | 22/03/2024 | Neon Moon Records
41:37 | 11 tracks | Vinyl/CD/Digital
Americana / Alternative Rock
Lethbridge, AB, Canada
When Shaela Miller and her band invite their listeners to the magic world After the Masquerade, dimensions clash. The prairie meets post-modern gloom, passion meets dystopia, tradition comes together with renewal. Shaela Miller’s new album is not just a genius combination of Americana and dark, modern Rock, but also a sonic trip to the very end and the very beginning of life.
8/10 Mangoes
Yung Dub D – Alligator Lizard (feat. Lil Ron Da Don & Yung Nation B Reed)
Single | 23/03/2024 | Independent
2:24 | Digital
Trap / Hip Hop
Dallas, TX, USA
Although less than 150 seconds long, this track is crammed with tension, energy and power. Yung Dub D, Lil Ron Da Don, and Yung Nation B Reed tease their listeners bodies and brains in this banger served on a monster of a beat. Sitting still is not an option through this masterful performance of modern-day Rap arts.
Darius Christian – Entitlement
Single | 29/03/2024 | Independent
3:09 | Digital
Soul / Funk
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Love can be a rollercoast, especially when it is over. Darius Christian takes his listeners on the emotional journey that begins with a broken heart and has a healed soul as its final destination. Masterfully, Darius Christian describes the different episodes of this wild ride by seamlessly sliding from triumphant Funk into melancholic Soul and back.
Shættered – Shættered
EP | 26/07/2023 | Independent
14:08 | 5 tracks | Digital
Hardcore Punk
Berlin, Germany
The style of Shættered’s music is predominantly located in the golden age of Hardcore Punk, thus you can hear some parallels to Bane, but also to Amen 81. Nevertheless, there is this darkish, Modern Hardcore twist which makes this five-track EP so interesting. Between rough cuts and gang shouts, gloomy and emotional motifs à la Palm Reader add atmosphere to this great sound.
7/10 Mangoes
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Laura La Sangrienta – Profeta
Album | 29/11/2023 | Independent
34:14 | 7 tracks | Digital
Heavy Psychedelic Rock / Stoner Rock
Lima, Peru
Lima’s finest Instrumental Rock duo has given this shiny gem to the community in late November of 2023. Profeta is a reversion to ancient wisdom and an impressive prevision of a multiversal future simultaenously. Laura La Sangrienta dive through infinite spheres and possibilities on their psychedelic joyride.
8/10 Mangoes
Stranded – Again
EP | 24/11/2023 | Mörtel Sounds
8:42 | 6 tracks | Vinyl/Cassette/Digital
Garage Rock / Punk Rock
Cologne, Germany
If you are looking for compromise, long talks, and little action, you are definitely wrong here. Stranded make no prisoners, and present a massive sweeping blow of an EP instead. Going slow is not an option because this release is kicking in high velocity.
8/10 Mangoes
Surgery – Living Dead
Album | 10/10/2023 | Independent
29:29 | 8 tracks | CD/Cassette/Digital
Old School Death Metal
Poprad, Slovakia
When it sounds like the drums are spilling blood with every beat while bass and guitars are sawing through bones and the vocals are fountains of venom, Old School Death Metal fans exult. Slovak band Surgery presents this very merciless sound on their longplayer Living Dead which comes up to its name. Enjoy half an hour of sounds for the dead, the living dead, and the dying.
7/10 Mangoes
I C No – L’enfer des autres, c’est moi
EP | 25/10/2023 | Crypt of Dr. Gore
23:05 | 5 tracks | Digital
Experimental Black Metal
Geneva, Switzerland
On their first EP, French and Swiss duo I C No do indeed praise the origins of Black Metal; the Tormentor cover at the end of the release speaks volumes. Nevertheless, I C No do not seem to be interested in walking on trodded paths. Instead, they present a savage and emotional experiment based on Black Metal.
7/10 Mangoes
We will dance again
Mia Schem
