Review: Bohren & der Club of Gore – Patchouli Blue

Let’s be honest with ourselves: we all take tolerance breaks from metal. Everything can’t be blastbeats (in death metal and otherwise) all the time, and on occasion even the trvest, dyed-in-the-wool metalhead needs to step back and take in some different sounds. But what is our ear-fatigued metalhead to do? Where is one to turn in this aural wilderness? Into this void steps Bohren & der Club of Gore. I’ll cop to my ignorance of this German dark ambient/jazz trio, despite their nearly 30 year career, starting with their debut Gore Motel in 1994. Jazz in general has never been … Continue reading Review: Bohren & der Club of Gore – Patchouli Blue