David Oberlin

About David Oberlin

David Oberlin is a composer and visual artist who loves noise more than a tidy writing space. You can often find him in your dankest nightmares or on twitter @DieSkaarj while slugging the largest and blackest coffee his [REDACTED] loyalty card can provide.

CD Reviews

The Birthday Massacre – Diamonds Review

April 9, 2020

Released on: 27th March 2020 Bands like The Birthday Massacre are a rare occurrence. Where, under no obligation, they consistently create thematic songs that are as engaging and as emotionally charged as the tunes from

CD Reviews

Ghost Toast – Shape Without Form Review

March 5, 2020

It comes almost as a relief that instead of defining their songs in lingual constraints Ghost Toast furnish their songs with universally understood layers of sound.

CD Reviews

On Thorns I Lay – Threnos Review

February 24, 2020

Released on: 21st February 2020 Do not let the doom-styled introduction of Threnos lull you into a false sense of despair because this new album reaches far beyond the bands humble beginnings. With a touch

CD Reviews

Sepultura – Quadra Review

February 13, 2020

Released on: 7th February 2020 Sepultura have for the past twenty odd years or so been trying to catch the ghost of success that they had with classic albums such as Chaos A.D. (‘93) and

CD Reviews

Thy Catalfalque – Naiv Review

February 3, 2020

Released on: 24th January 2020 Both emphatic and energetic Naiv captures the restless spirit of Tamás Kátai in an album fit for esoteric rites. The ninth album from Hungarian composer Tamás Kátai’s Thy Catafalque it

Interviews

On Wings Of Rapture: An Interview with Ego Likeness

January 29, 2020

Twenty years ago Ego Likeness‘ debut album Dragonfly was released into the wild and earlier this month that momentus occasion was commemorated with a re-release. We caught up for a chat with Donna Lynch (DL)

News

Master Boot Records Debut On Metal Blade Records

January 24, 2020

Support for Windows 7 may have ended but seven might be the magic number for Master Boot Record who via Metal Blade Records is set to release Floppy Disk Overdrive. The seventh MBR album on

CD Reviews

Mortiis – Spirit of Rebellion Review

January 24, 2020

Released on: 24th January It is amazing how bloodless Pop music as become. And how chart music has turned a once masterful craft into an inconsequential sport for autotune producers and Taylor Swifts bum. Music