Nad Sylvan - Monumentata - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Monument is a fitting title for the third album by Belarusian trio Molchat Doma. Indeed, it stands as a monument to everything they've achieved in their short time as a band, from whispered-about unknowns, to enigmatic underground icons, to legitimate viral sensations with hundreds of thousands of TikTok videos using their music. Monument sees them return as conquering heroes, expanding on the minimalist greatness of S Krysh Nashikh Domov and Etazhi to fully realize a more maximalist vision of their crystalline post-punk sound.Written and recorded while the band was quarantined in their hometown of Minsk during the COVID-19 pandemic, Monument is a conscious step up in songwriting and fidelity, and it reveals a band preternaturally comfortable in it's own skin. Whether playing to the dancefloor, as they do on the synthpop anthem InchDiscoteque,Inch or working more introspectively on pre-pandemic live favorites InchOtveta NetInch and InchNe Smeshno,Inch Molchat Doma are in complete control. Their greatest strength has always been their songwriting, and they've only gotten better.As the band's arrangements have grown more sophisticated, so too have the sounds they use to bring them to life. Roman Komogortsev and Pavel Kozlov's gear arsenal has grown to include an extensive range of synthesizers and drum machines, all of which they deploy with precision. Egor Shkutko's vocals move fluidly between his familiar deadpan monotone and an expressive croon, his beautifully delivered Russian lyrics at turns bleak and romantic. Shkutko has often been compared to Ian Curtis, but here, he outgrows the comparison. With Monument, Molchat Doma have done one of the hardest things to do as a band. They've greatly expanded the scope of their music while retaining everything that made them great in the first place. Album Tracks 1. ? / Utonut' 2. ? / Obrechen 3. ? / Discoteque 4.

The last we heard from Marissa Nadler, she was soaring through The Path ofthe Clouds and it's companion EP, The Wrath of the Clouds. Now, on her tenthofficial full-length record, New Radiations, she returns with a raw, intimate,and breathtaking collection of eleven otherworldly songs.From the first note, Nadler's rich voice and intricate fingerpicking are frontand center. She layers Everly Brothers-style harmonies over dreamlike, lonesome soundscapes-fuzzed-out distortion, Hammond organ, and ominoussynthesizers-that elevate her warm vulnerability with texture and atmosphere. Each track unfolds like a vignette of a life lived, delivering emotionalweight that resonates with quiet intensity.Lyrically, she shape-shifts through time and space-inhabiting charactersin an airborne Cessna, a spaceship, a getaway car, and alternate dimensions.Her storytelling is cinematic in scope and deeply personal in impact and thecontrast between sweet, catchy melodies and dark, visceral lyrics runs deep.Whether singing from the first-person narrative or channeling these otherpeople, the album taps into the universality of love and loss with gravitas andempathy.Produced by Nadler herself and mixed by Randall Dunn (Earth, Sunn O)))),New Radiations features subtle arrangements from longtime collaboratorMilky Burgess-woozy slide guitar, hypnagogic synthesizers, and grittyriffs. Genre-bending yet quintessentially her own, this album freezes theworld's noise in a moment of beauty and solemnity. New Radiations is notjust another album-it's a career highlight, a testament to Marissa Nadler'ssingular vision and artistry Album Tracks 1. It Hits Harder 2. Bad Dreams Summertime 3. You Called Her Camellia 4. Smoke Screen Selene 5. New Radiationsif It's An Illusion 6. Hatchet Man 7. Light Years 8. Weightless Above the Water 9. To Be the Moon King 10. Sad Satellite

2020 . From the mastermind of Dutch multi-instrumentalist Arjen Lucassen, Transitus is inspired by supernatural movies such as The Others, The Changeling and Ghost along with the music of soundtrack composers John Carpenter (Halloween), Ennio Morricone (Once upon a Time in the West) and Jerry Goldsmith (Omen). Transitus is narrated by one of the most iconic and recognizable voices in sci-fi history, most known from his eight-year stint as Doctor Who, Tom Baker. As with any Ayreon album, it is an explosive and expansive affair and features Tommy Karevik (Kamelot) as Daniel and Cammie Gilbert (Oceans of Slumber) as Abby. The all-star cast also features Simone Simons (Epica), Dee Snider (Twisted Sister), Joe Satriani, Marty Friedman, Johanne James (Threshold), Noa Gruman (Scardust), Marcela Bovio (MaYan), Caroline Westendorp (The Charm The Fury), Paul Manzi (Arena), Michael Mills (Toehider) and Amanda Somerville (Avantasia, Trillium) amongst many others. Album Tracks 1. Fatum Horrificum (Feat. Noa Gruman, Hellscore Choir, Tommy Karevik, Dianne Van Giersbergen, Joost Va 2. Daniel's Descent Into Transitus (Feat. Tom Baker, Tommy Karevik, Joost Van Den Broek) 3. Listen to My Story (Feat. Tom Baker, Simone Simons, Marcela Bovio, Caroline Westendorp, Joost Van de 4. Two Worlds Now One (Feat. Tom Baker, Tommy Karevik, Cammie Gilbert, Marcela Bovio, Joost Van Den Bro 5. Talk of the Town (Feat. Tom Baker, Paul Manzi, Tommy Karevik, Cammie Gilbert, Patty Gurdy, Joost Van 6. Old Friend (Feat. Tom Baker, Tommy Karevik, Joost Van Den Broek) 7. Dumb Piece of Rock (Feat. Tom Baker, Micheal Mills, Patty Gurdy) 8. Get Out! Now! (Feat. Tom Baker, Dee Snider, Marcela Bovio, Caroline Westendorp, Joe Satriani, Joost 9. Seven Days, Seven Nights (Feat. Tom Baker, Simone Simons, Marcela Bovio, Joost Van Den Broek) 1. Condemned Without a Trial (Feat. Tom Baker, Jan Will