Cara Neir - Stagnant Perceptions (2011)

Cara Neir are a black metal band taking influence from a range of different genres including crust, grindcore, grind and post-rock. With a description like that I would often dismiss them as "hipster garbage" without even listening, however I gave this band a shot and it has paid off. Excellent progressive and experimental black metal that actually works and where the different influences make sense and don't just feel like a whole lot of stuff jumbled together for the sake of it.

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Circle of Ouroborus - Eleven Fingers (2011)

New album from this prolific Finnish experimental black band.

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Black Vomit & Rape Rack - Scumfuck / Ambient Shit Storm

Black Vomit are a truly bizarre beast, mixing a buckletload of completely different styles to form a fucked up and weird listening experience. I can't really describe whats going on with them, they are a total clusterfuck of noise and insanity - theres blastbeats, fuzzy black metal, electronics, sound effects...you just have to hear this one for yourself. Really one of the strangest sounds I've ever heard.
Rape Rack are not nearly as straight-out weird as Black Vomit, although something about them sounds very alien and sinister. 3 tracks of trippy, haunting and droning ambient black metal, which at times gets quite noisy. If you listen on the last track you can hear some ritual chanting behind the noise which adds to the creepy sound. They finish off with a Von cover.
Really interesting stuff, give it a listen if you are looking for something very different.

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De Magia Veterum - The Divine Antithesis (2011)

Project from the dude behind Gnaw their Tongues. This is the latest album which is more of the same chaotic and experimental black metal that made his previous outputs so enjoyable. Released through Transcendental Creations.

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