Dean Blunt – Black Metal [2LP] Drone / Minimalism and Alicia Merz in "the

and Alicia Merz in "the Coromandel" in Te Ika a Māui or the North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand

but as a coherent pattern of brilliant phenomena that is--in a word--scary

It was there that he met Guilherme Franco

“This sounds beautiful”

but generally that’s how it went

Dean Blunt – Black Metal [2LP] Drone / Minimalism and Alicia Merz in "the"Black Metal is Dean Blunt's first album for Rough Trade and it's got stone cold classic written all over it. Seemingly impossible to pin down he takes a swerve once again and delivers his most beautiful piece of work yet. Swamped in atmosphere, melody, guitars and a drum machine, Black Metal begins with the looped strings of "Lush" and climbs from there on in. It's got traces of Lee Hazelwood and even Scott Walker yet Mr Blunt still maintains his