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shadows of the sun

"The sun is far away", Krystopher "Garm" Rygg first whispers on "Shadows of the Sun", Ulver's latest opus (circa 2007), sets the tone for the somber spiritual journey ahead.

Reviewing "Shadows of the Sun is not an easy task. Ulver is regarded as one of the most 'genre defying' bands to come out of the music scene in the last decades. Starting as a kind of somber experiment stretching the borders of what came to be known as "black metal", the band evolved its experiments towards folk, electronica, jazz, rock and other soundscapes, but…

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leaving eden

Leaving Eden, Antimatter's 4th studio album, presents a huge leap from its predecessors. This album marks the departure of bassist and composer Duncan Patterson (Anathema, Íon),by then much assosciated as the strong link of the brooding duo, also composed by singer and guitarist Mick Moss. The album wasn't much hyped or advertised, it came as a surprise and hit the music scene with a smashing impact unlike any of its predecessors.

Antimatter's history is a tricky one to trace, it all began in the early 90's with Anathema, a band formed by some youngsters from Liverpool. Anathema…

The internet evolved a great deal the last decade, music sharing survived the corporate legal inquisition of the late 90s and managed to find its place under the sun on the new millenium. The development of internet communities such as myspace, lastfm, orkut, facebook etcetera spreaded the sharing revolution around the globe in a way that even some kid in his basement could hope to achieve a cult following in iceland..

Yet, some artists are still pretty well unknown, even for the indie audiences. The aim of this column is to talk briefly about some of the great artists I…