blackgaze

Apr 6 Album Reviews

Deafheaven - Lonely People with Power

The Needle Drop

Lonely People With Power is in the same league as 'Sunbather'.

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Aug 20 Album Reviews

Deafheaven - Infinite Granite

The Needle Drop

Infinite Granite finds Deafheaven eschewing the blackened aspect of their sound in favor of boilerplate shoegaze and post-rock.

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Jul 17 Album Reviews

Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love

The Needle Drop

Rife with post-rock cliches, Deafheaven’s fourth album contains the band’s least inspired genre-blending to date.

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Oct 12 Album Reviews

Oathbreaker - Rheia

The Needle Drop

The new Oathbreaker album gets off to a great, pummeling start. Then it goes soft.

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Aug 7 2016

Alcest - "Oiseaux de Proie"

The Needle Drop

Parisian blackgaze pioneers Alcest bring back the screams in this lead single from their upcoming LP Kodama, out September 30 via Prophecy Productions.

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Oct 1 Album Reviews

Deafheaven - New Bermuda

The Needle Drop

Deafheaven returns with a set of ambitious, dynamic songs mixing black metal and indie-flavored instrumental rock.

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Jun 28 2015

Show Me a Dinosaur - "Вьюга" / "Очаг"

The Needle Drop

Nice atmosphere across these two pieces from Russian post-rock/metal quartet Show Me a Dinosaur.

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Oct 31 Album Reviews

Botanist - VI: Flora

The Needle Drop

The latest edition of Botanist’s ongoing musical saga is a gorgeous, fuzzy, and surprisingly warm approach to black metal.

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Jun 3 Album Reviews

Deafheaven - Sunbather

The Needle Drop

West Coast metal outfit Deafheaven has really improved their sound on this latest outing of theirs, delivering sharper, more triumphant compositions through a barrage of black metal-style instrumentation. WATCH THE REVIEW

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Jan 11 Album Reviews

Alcest- Les voyages de l'âme ALBUM REVIEW

The Needle Drop

To be honest, I’ve never been a huge Alcest fan. The combination of black metal and shoegaze the French project has been creating since 2000. My feelings aren’t much different when it comes to this new album, Les voyages de l’âme. WATCH THE REVIEW

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INTERVIEW: Big Thief's James Krivchenia talks about his new album 'Performing Belief', playing alone in the woods, and his newfound love of trash

Today's Release Highlights (5/9/2025)

Model/Actriz - Pirouette

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