Published: June 5, 2013

Regarding recordings that we go to the review and not the artists with whom I have met in the past, mostly I do not have any exaggerated expectations. However, the more pleasant it is sometimes surprised when this one gets a good album, on which he would otherwise probably never gave a damn. From time to time, but it also happens to be the sort of thing occurs board that is not only good, but much b...

Sørbyen, released in September 2012 by Hypnotic Dirge Records continues the experimental path of the previous full length album and it still is a very exotic, yet strange release, even for 2012.

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Netra, the solo project of one, Steven Le Moan from Brittany, France surprised me in a big way back in 2010 through his debut album, 'Mélancolie Urbaine.' Essentially combining trip hop with portions of depressive black metal, it was a unique and memorable release, which sounds odd in writing, but somehow the formula worked quite well. Named after a neighborhood in Gjøvik, Norway where Steven recently lived, 'Sørbyen' buil...

Published: September 12, 2012

Hypnotic Dirge Productions seems to continually release high-quality albums from a variety of different artists. Many of the albums they release are by bands a little more, shall we say eclectic, with artists who like to experiment and push the boundaries of their respective genres.

Netra's Sørbyen is however, by far the strangest release that I have heard from HDR yet. The album melds black metal with genres such as jazz, trip h...

Published: May 28, 2012 

Delivering one of the weirdest, yet most exciting releases of 2012, today we have Netra and its (one man band) second full-length release “Sørbyen”. Mixing elements of Black Metal with some Trip-hop influences, we are immediately reminded of a mixture of older and newer Ulver, without totally breaking character and changing identity. Each track in this release sways you one way, but it suddenly changes direction into ...