Family Feet November 2024 - Good song.

djbenjilee Oldie but Goldie

followjohnreed An album as hypnotic as its cover image, and a stunning album from beginning to end. Favorite track: Timtar.

cookiemonster76 evocative, haunting, rocking desert blues. I keep coming back to this album. Favorite track: Adounia tabarat.

Lute FP This album perfectly fuses blues, rock, and north African traditional sounds. The female choir-like and solo singing send this over the top.

I kept thinking this sounded Malian. I’m no expert, but after Amadou y Mariam I got the idea that Malian music has a lot of Western influence, particularly in the vocals. Less nasally and more melodic, to my ear. Turns out this band is from Mali, but emigrated to the Saharan region.

This has reinvigorated my interest in African desert blues music

Nocturnal Egg (Jordan) Ghost aura signé la fin de la tétralogie mais pas de Devin Townsend Project.
Epicloud, comme Devin Townsend le dit lui-même, c'est "epic", c'est "loud" — mais surtout c'est "cloud". Son metal progressif n'a perdu en rien de sa puissance (il suffira d'entendre les mélodies glorieuses ou Ryan van Poederooyen sur "Liberation") mais ce qui l'intéresse sont moins les océans de guitares que le souffle, d'où la présence d'un chœur de quinze personnes. C'est massif et très réconfortant, paradoxalement ! Favorite track: Grace.

Matthew Skipworth Where to start with Epicloud? Wow. It's very heavy at times- bombastic, but it's also quite a melodic album too. The lyrics are generally very positive (which I appreciate a lot) and the production and musicianship are both impeccable. Devy nails it again! It has catchiness, but also a lot of depth and complexity too. This is a seriously great album. Favorite track: True North.

Leterren Wall of sound metal meets epic church choir. Highly uplifting! Favorite track: Kingdom.