Tad Britton - Cicada - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Formerly from the Black Hills of South Dakota, the Seattle-based drummer creates a gentle and lyrical trio recording with pianist Marc Seales and his long-time rhythm section mate, bassist Jeff Johnson. Through Bill Evans' InchTime Remembered,Inch George Duke's InchLove Reborn,Inch and pop and country classics InchFire and Rain,Inch InchRing of Fire,Inch and InchThe Windmills of Your Mind,Inch the trio's blues-based intimacy helps to create a richly textured collection of American music.

Schumann Myrthen Op. 25 / Nathalie Stutzmann, Michel Dalberto Composer Robert Schumann Performer Nathalie Stutzmann, Michel Dalberto InchMichel Dalberto creates waves of rich, supportive playing for the resinous contralto of Nathalie Stutzmann. Her 'Der Nussbaum' is exquisitely shaped; and her Maria Stuart songs have a rare, dark containment about them.Inch

Me Saco Un Ojo proudly presents the second full length album from Germany's Teratoma. Otherworldly atmospherics soon turn to visceral death metal as we begin our all-consuming descent into the bowels of the beast. Murky guitars churn around punchy bass lines and snappy drums. The old school death metal method, tried and tested, is delivered with crushing precision and monstrously snarled vocals to complete the mix. Building a strong rhythmic current to unleash a tidal wave of grooving, mid-tempo death metal offal; this is going to grip you with the rusted chains of pure viciousness. The crawling pace of the riffs ensures they are memorable, catchy even, for your ears to be wormed by chaotic bewilderment and perpetual anguish. The band warns you of the displeasures they inflict, so if you're still here that's entirely your own doing. Still with us? Good, because this juggernaut of decay lumbers forward into more devastating territories, building wonderfully on the already strong debut album. Slithering for over 45 minutes, this is a behemoth of death metal that will either destroy you or have you fully enveloped in it's meaty mass for the duration. Plentiful clever grooves switch things up between the charnel atmospherics, so even the dullest mind will have it's attention held. As each asphyxiating song creeps forth to swallow you, the void-like atmosphere continues swirling into itself and spitting out only the rotten remains of that which has crossed it's path. From the whiplashing assaults to the slower moments of eerie decay, each moment has it's own gruelling intensity to offer. There is no denying the sheer brute force in terms of the heaviness delivered here. Equally impressive is the totally harrowing ambience they conjure with these songs. Do not miss out on this ruthless slab of death, enter the festering realm of spewing atrocities.