The Industrial Twilight: Dreams After Death / Nagaarum

Friday, March 7, 2014

Dreams After Death / Nagaarum - "Kuiper" [2013]

Artist: Dreams After Death / Nagaarum

Title: Kuiper

Genre: Dark Ambient, Atmospheric Black/Doom Metal

Country: Hungary
Year: 2013

Track List:

Dreams After Death - Beyond the Planets
Dreams After Death - Gate to the Unknown
Dreams After Death - Frozen Light
Dreams After Death & Nagaarum - Kollidum
Nagaarum - Impakt
Nagaarum - A Peremnél
Nagaarum - Dave
Nagaarum - A Null-dimenzióhoz

Here's one more proof that space-themed avantgarde music from Hungary is one of the best worldwide. Well, maybe calling this split "avant-garde" might be a stretch too far - because it's nice but not particularly mindblowing. Dreams After Death is an one-man funeral doom project from Budapest, of which I haven't heard before. Nagaarum is an one-man project too, whose only member have played in Sunseth Sphere, Éjfény, Guilthee, and a few more obscure projects. As I have already said, their split turned out to be good, but nothing outstanding (and a bit too lengthy). However, if you're into space-themed music (dark ambient and doom metal in particular), or Hungarian underground scene - you won't be disappointed IMO.

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I created this blog mostly because I wanted to practise my English skills, and to showcase the industrial, gothic, punk, metal, neofolk and progressive rock scene of Russia/ex-USSR and Eastern Europe (especially Hungary) in the meanwhile.

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