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(51:33; Principal Records) Track list: 1. New Ground 8:19 2. Velvet Currents 7:24 3. Unfolded Silence 5:55 4. Bloom 5:12 5. Broken Thumb 6:03 6. Floating in the Dark 5:38 7. Twilight Serenade 3:37 8. Acid Roots 2:10 9. Whispers of Life 7:15 Line-up: Claudio Scolari - drums, programming Daniele Cavalca - drums, rhodes, piano Simone Scolari - trumpet Ilaria Cavalca - piano, voice Michele Cavalca - bass  Italian composer and musician Claudio Scolari has released albums as a standalone artist, in collaborations as well as albums under the name Claudio Solari Project for the last thirty years or so, at least from what I can find on the artists Bandcamp page. This summer the most recent entry to Solari's discography appeared in the shape of the album "Bloom", which was released on the label Principal Records. A label I suspect may be Scolari's own label, without that possible fact being all that important. It is a contemporary and expressive variety of jazz we get in this c...

(18:33; Jötunheimar) Track list: 1. Go Forth As Hel Hath Bade 2:38 2. Ravens of the Heathen Sun 4:47 3. Blackened Flames of Eternal Vengeance 5:18 4. By Naglfar Carried 5:50 Line-up: Odr - vocals, guitars, keyboards Crovore - bass Grim - drums Valfreyja - voices UK band Jötunheimar are one of the more recent additions to the UK metal scene, with the band forming as recently as 2023. This summer they self-released their debut EP "Ravens of the Heathen Sun". The four compositions at hand here takes us on a little bit of a journey, and at least when regarded from a core musical perspective it is a journey with an opening part setting the mood, two songs that flesh out the core elements explored and then a conclusion that ties everything together and takes the EP experience full circle. Our entry into this universe is an atmospheric creation consisting of a solemn piano, nervous strings and various kinds of sounds, effects and vocal style backing textures that creates a cold but ...