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  • The Tower Of Foronicity

    The Tower Of Foronicity

    Psychotic from moment one, “You Drive Me Insane” explodes into your consciousness like plunging down the first hill on a roller coaster. There is no escape from the insanity. A tsunami of intensity, this is like a lost, twisted surf single from…

  • Innra

    Innra

    Rökkurró’s third album ‘Innra’ (or “inner”) comes to us four years after their quiet but stunning sophomore outing, ‘Í annan heim’. On ‘Innra’, the band’s palate has expanded, the sound broadened. It is an eclectic album tied together by quivering soprano vocals,…

  • Ascending//Descending

    Ascending//Descending

    ‘Ascending//Descending’ is the debut effort of Icelandic hardcore upstarts Icarus, which makes the mastery of the metallic hardcore genre displayed on the album all the more impressive. Every song is composed with a great sense of dynamics—the band switch between parts with…

  • Aeoline

    Aeoline

    DADA is the musical outlet of one Sigtryggur Ari Jóhannsson, who creates music inspired by mid-century analog synthesizers and the software of the beat-driven modern age. His album ‘Aeoline’ is an engaging mix that will appeal to many audiences. Those familiar with…

  • Free thinkers

    When I first heard about this new society of young artists renting a warehouse by the harbour, it was from my flatmate’s friend, who was drunk out of his mind. I didn’t put much stock in what he was saying, but a…