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Rapid Log: 003

The Rapid Log returns. Wandering through this vast ocean of music is utterly exhausting. When will I ever feel content with the thousands of favorite songs I already have?

No need for small talk, idiot!

Alright. Just 10 releases. My patience is worn too thin to add any more.

1. Eir Aoi - Hello Hello Hello (2022)

70/100
Genre: alternative/J-Pop/singer-songwriter

Looking at the artist's photo on the album cover is the most painful part. It's not that Aoi Eir is the most beautiful woman out there, but staring at her only makes me feel more wretched. I want a life partner. As for the music, "Hello Hello Hello" is a typical indie/folk-pop track and serves as the main offering here, pulling double duty as the ending theme song for the anime A Couple of Cuckoos.

Tracklist:
 1. Hello Hello Hello
 2. Resonance
 3. CaCo
 4. Hello Hello Hello -TV size version
 5. Hello Hello Hello -instrumental
 6. Resonance -instrumental
 7. CaCo -instrumental

2. Fernando Motta & Eliminadorzinho - Lapso (2019)

70+/100
Genre: alternative rock/shoegaze/emo

Two Brazilian projects collaborate to produce something that managing to clutter the walls of my favorite playlist, despite getting a bit shouty on "Paranoia". So, who is this for? Beats me. Maybe fans of Viva Belgrado might dig it.

Tracklist:
 1. Memória
 2. Nostalgia
 3. Paranoia
 4. Contraditória

3. Gegenpress - Don't Live for Heaven (2026)

65/100
Genre: noise rock/emo/post-hardcore

If I had to look for something relevant, Abandoncy is the only name that comes to mind, though the noise level here stays within normal boundaries. As for the more famous acts in this style, I'm still in the dark.

Tracklist:
 1. Panic Movement
 2. Cruel
 3. Bored
 4. Thousand Cuts
 5. Epigraph
 6. Seamstress
 7. HS23

4. Gloomy Darken - Darken (2024)

70/100

This might appeal to fans of Escaping Agartha, and I hope future releases feature a much more dominant funeral doom metal presence.

Tracklist:
 1. Deceased
 2. Darken

5. Hammock - Blood Moon (2026)

75/100
Genre: Ambient

Far more atmospheric and emotional rather than Into the Blank/Madi.

Tracklist:
 1. Blood Moon 03.03.26
 2. Blood Moon 04.15.14
 3. Blood Moon 10.08.14
 4. Blood Moon 04.04.15
 5. Blood Moon 09.28.15
 6. Blood Moon 01.20.19

6. Heaven Pierce Her - Ultrakill: Fraud (2026)

70/100
Genre: post-industrial/experimental/avant-garde rock/metal

One of those artists tagged under "post-metal" that frequently pops up on Bandcamp's best-selling display, but the reality leans heavily into experimental/avant-garde rock/metal territory. Basically, a kindred spirit to Igorrr.

Tracklist:
 1. In Absentia ΛΟΓΟΣ
 2. Spiral Out (Keep Going)
 3. Never Odd or Even
 4. No Devil Lived On
 5. Mirror Rim
 6. The Break (Crimson Glass deComposition)
 7. The Shattering Circle, or: A Charade of Shadeless Ones and Zeroes Rearranged ad Nihilum
 8. Event Horizon (Reach for the Sun and Burn! Burn! Burn!)
 9. The Fall

7. Hild - Thrash på svenska (2024)

75/100
Genre: Blackened thrash metal

A highly entertaining folk-like spirit delivered via thrash metal, complete with melodic black metal influences slicing through several tracks. It could also find an audience with fans of Tankard.

Tracklist:
 1. Vigrid (Visa från vedervärdiga vidder)
 2. En Väv av Intet
 3. Varm Så Länge Hjärtat Slår
 4. Som En Horas Piss
 5. Hugg Där Det Smärtar Som Mest
 6. Kvinnokroppen Krälande
 7. Hjadningavig
 8. Framåt!!!
 9. Liksväljaren
 10. Lukten Av Kristet Blood
 11. Hänrycket är det Enda Sättet Att Leva
 12. En Dag Ska Jag Svälja Solen

8. Hjärna - Sun & Silence (2010)

60+/100
Genre: ambient/experimental/field recordings

A long-form track embodying a summer sun over the countryside, which occasionally shifts into rather bizarre territory.

Tracklist:
 1. Sun & Silence

9. Holy Family School - Amplified Drawing & Underwater Sounds (2024)

50/100
Genre: field recordings/experimental

The surprising element here is that the recordings took place directly at a school—specifically, Holy Family School in Cootehill, County Cavan, Ireland.

Tracklist:
 1. AAArticle_HFS 27May underwater & wood (workshop1)
 2. AAArticle_HFS 27May underwater & wood (workshop2)
 3. AAArticle_HFS 27May underwater & wood (workshop3)

10. Hydroplaned Into a False Reality! - Direct Route To Halfway There (2024)

60/100



A direct route to the longway of a fucking barren land and the flat wave. Yeah, "This Way to Nowhere". I desperately need more air to breathe on this album... Oh, the piano on "The candle is burnt but the light remains", the harsh noise in "I Must Leave", and the experimental tones of "The Ghost Sonata" snap me back into realizing that this record isn't quite done with me yet.

Tracklist:
 1. This way to nowhere
 2. The forest
 3. The fall
 4. Lost in the eternal shadow
 5. Solace in a falsified existence
 6. How did time pass by this quick?
 7. The candle is burnt but the light remains
 8. I Must Leave
 9. The ghost sonata

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