1, 2, 3 aaand it's time for another roundup of my last for reviews on Veil of Sound, as always - if I own it - with some pictures of the physical media.
IVAN THE TORABLE - Chromophobia (Crystal Clear vinyl 2LP) (2026)
[MY REVIEW ON VEIL OF SOUND.COM ]
[MY REVIEW ON VEIL OF SOUND.COM ]
Not only am I pretty satisfied with my review, if I daresay so, but unbelievably when it was published this double album actually was Oli Heffernan's most recent release. Of course now, as a couple of months have passed, I'm behind again, because the prolific Psychedelic / Ambient / Jazz / Electronic artist has already put out new stuff.
This album with the serious background of the death of an important friend and collaborator however still remains an important beacon in Ivan The Tolerable's discography. Based on minimalist ideas, but ornamented in countless creative ways plugged from the history of Psychedelic Electronic music, these fourteen tracks just emit a special radiance between profound weight and floating lightness.
The simplistic artwork and the as transparent as transparent goes vinyl are of course a match. Perfection.
This album with the serious background of the death of an important friend and collaborator however still remains an important beacon in Ivan The Tolerable's discography. Based on minimalist ideas, but ornamented in countless creative ways plugged from the history of Psychedelic Electronic music, these fourteen tracks just emit a special radiance between profound weight and floating lightness.
The simplistic artwork and the as transparent as transparent goes vinyl are of course a match. Perfection.
PONTE DEL DIAVOLO - De Venom Natura (transparent green vinyl LP) (2026)
[MY REVIEW ON VEIL OF SOUND.COM ]
[MY REVIEW ON VEIL OF SOUND.COM ]
The two-basses-powered Italian Blackened Post Punk Prog Doom Metal sensation is back with their second full album for friends of Healthyliving, Kothi Tuhoa, Gggolddd, Maggot Heart, Brutus, Shaam Larain and everything between. With select guests on duet vocals, theremin, clarinet, trombone and more, each song shows new facets of Ponte Del Diavolo's sound. Charismatic front witch Erba leads the group from highlight to highlight until the album ends - way too early - with a crowning Bauhaus cover. What a banger!
The record comes in a gatefold with lyrics on delicously poisonous green vinyl. Nice.
The record comes in a gatefold with lyrics on delicously poisonous green vinyl. Nice.
BONG-RA - Esoterik (transparent orange with black smoke vinyl LP) (2026)
[MY REVIEW ON VEIL OF SOUND.COM ]
[MY REVIEW ON VEIL OF SOUND.COM ]
Holy Egyptian Stargate Space Jesus! Jason Köhnen takes Bong-Ra full circle... again... and even fuller than before. After the switches from an Electronic solo project to a massive Doom Metal band, to Doomjazz influences and then to bringing back the breakbeats together with tons of oldschool Godflesh and Ministry worship on previous albums, "Esoterik" continues on the Industrial Metal path, but also sees Colin Webster return on the saxophone and layers all its organic and electronic, crushing, atmospheric and jazzy noises in an overwhelming more is more Blut Aus Nord storm.
Sick stuff and a solid presentation by Debemur Morti Productions (unnecessarily small font for the lyrics though) with a nice vinyl colour.
Sick stuff and a solid presentation by Debemur Morti Productions (unnecessarily small font for the lyrics though) with a nice vinyl colour.
THE SHITS - Diet Of Worms (2026)
And finally we got new bowel actions from Leeds with the second full-length album of The Shits!
Their "Diet Of Worms" is a brutally repetitive stomper with heavy Crust Punk / Sludge / Noxious Rock'n'Roll riffs, deafening guitar Noise and vocals which hate themselves as much as they despise the listener. It's as real and nasty as it's absolutely fucking glorious! A fourty-three minutes boot kick into the jaw - if you like that kind of thing. For fans of La Muerte, Fetish 69 and good old English anger.
Now let's just don't ask ourselves what was used to paint the cover picture - and shhh please ignore that that whole phrase in the beginning of my VoS review about me surviving a Shits show "without being hit by gobs of spit, half-empty beer cans or ball-sweat flavoured handshakes of their frontman" was completely recycled from my Roadburn 2023 live review. But hey, sometimes you just cannot hit the nail on the head any more precise than you already did, right?
Their "Diet Of Worms" is a brutally repetitive stomper with heavy Crust Punk / Sludge / Noxious Rock'n'Roll riffs, deafening guitar Noise and vocals which hate themselves as much as they despise the listener. It's as real and nasty as it's absolutely fucking glorious! A fourty-three minutes boot kick into the jaw - if you like that kind of thing. For fans of La Muerte, Fetish 69 and good old English anger.
Now let's just don't ask ourselves what was used to paint the cover picture - and shhh please ignore that that whole phrase in the beginning of my VoS review about me surviving a Shits show "without being hit by gobs of spit, half-empty beer cans or ball-sweat flavoured handshakes of their frontman" was completely recycled from my Roadburn 2023 live review. But hey, sometimes you just cannot hit the nail on the head any more precise than you already did, right?
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