BRUECKEN - years that answer (2026)

One of the most interesting new instances of the classic, guitar-oriented post-rock music comes from Germany. At the end of February, the Oldenburg-based BRUECKEN released their third album and it's some bloody good guitar music.

The album is filled with guitar compositions that are more melodic than atmospheric and can appeal to the fans of the good, ole' post-rock. But they also include a range of other sonic decoration, like the ethereal elements in Periapsis or soft vocals in Signs of Spring that can satisfy all fans. I really like that the massive compositions, first of all Dissolving, where you can feel the weight of the guitar sound while still enjoy the ever-changing melodies share the album space with some airy beauties that function basically as ways of appreciation of each sound and every note created. 

The name of the band is no coincidence. Just like bridges do (bruecken means bridges in German), the band is all about uniting. Let me quote the artists: "We believe in the power of 1music, friendship, empathy and solidarity and stand firmly against all forms of discrimination". I'm cosigning this message with both of my hands. And hey, we have our man in the line up as David Barteczko plays guitar since the establishment of the band!

years that answer costs 9 EUR.

Check: Dissolving

Country: Germany

Genre: classic post-rock

Label: Moment of Collapse Records

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Syberia - Quan tot s'apagui (2026)

When I'm asked about the loudest concert I've ever been to, I mention MBV at OFF Festival and Syberia's gig in a tiny cellar in Kraków, where five guys barely fitting the small stage filled the space with extreme atmospheric noise. I'm ecstatic to listen to their new album that is all about the same glorious experience: the guitar noise that makes you fly.

Quan tot s'apagui (that translates roughly to "When everything goes out") is another album in recent months that is filled with dark and heavy post-rock. Yes, this is the band's signature sound (with Ain't.Care.About.Bullets as one of my very favourite post-rock tracks ever), but it's also a trend that must be fueled with whatever is going on with the world right now. But this darkness is also filled with energy (which usually is not a good sign, but this time it really is). The guitars gallop furiously most of the time, the walls of noise come at you one by one and I just loooove how the drums work here. This music is extreme, doesn't let you breathe even for a second, but it doesn't matter. You only want to breathe the sound.

Coming back to the Kraków concert: some enthusiastic but not very good at geopolitical matters bloke shouted "Viva España!" at the band (with good intentions) to which the artists politely corrected him that they are from Catalonia. And this brings me to the last point about the album: it is their first work in their own language which I respect extremely!

Quan tot s'apagui costs 9.99 EUR.

Check: naixença d'una mort tranquil·la

Country: Catalonia/Spain

Genre: dark post-rock

Label: Moment of Collapse Records

Syberia - Statement on Death (2022)

Syberia - Seeds of Change (2019)

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Hope Drone - Husk (2021)

The Australian band Hope Drone works as a collective for some time now (10 years!), but recently they found they needed some change in their sound and this change (make their music and their name more fitting together) is something that turned me back to them with their new album Husk being a really solid take on offstream metal.

As far as I remember, the band's previous releases didn't quite strike a chord with me "Strange times call for new perspectives and the chaos of the last few years has given rise to our new release where we set out to experiment" - this change of sound involves putting more focus on bass and drums at the expense of guitars and vocals that got transferred more into the backgrounds. This made their music more ambient/drone metal with its hazy atmosphere and soundscape-like values. And even that the pace of drums is usually very much black metal, the general impression left by their music is the massiveness and weight. The album consists of four tracks only, but they are long enough and written in such a way to slowly develop and impress the audience with heavy and satisfying finishes (so well-done in Existere) and leave it wanting even more.

Husk costs whatever you want to pay.

Check: Existere

Country: Australia

Genre: drone metal

Label: Moment of Collapse Records

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A Burial at Sea - A Burial at Sea (2020) PL

O liverpoolskim A Burial at Sea miałem okazję postować już w momencie ich debiutu EP-ką ​..​.​And the Sum of Its Parts dwa lata temu. Potem był jeszcze gig na Bergmal Festival zeszłą jesienią, a teraz mogę w końcu powiedzieć, że wyjątkowy post-rock zespołu doczekał się wydania długogrającego na A Burial at Sea.

Niewiele zespołów post-rockowych decyduje się na użycie w swoim line-upie instrumentów dętych, na myśl przychodzą mi jeszcze norwescy szaleńcy z genialnego Spurv. Tymczasem dla Anglików jest to w zasadzie podstawa twórczości, na swoim profilu sami swoją muzykę nazywają "trąbkowym rockiem". To oczywiście uproszczenie, bo jest w niej dużo, dużo więcej, ale fakt jest faktem. W muzyce zespołu dźwięki trąbki dodają jeszcze więcej szaleństwa do już i tak math-rockowo chaotycznego post-rocka, w którym nastroje, tempa i melodie zmieniają się co i rusz.

Natomiast muzycy dają sobie spokojnie radę również, gdy trzeba zakończyć kawałek w bardzo post-rockowy, monumentalny i głośny sposób (Lest We Remember) czy gdy chcą połączyć pełną napięcia gitarową kompozycję z chóralnym wokalem o tęsknocie za domem (Lightning Blanket). A dźwięki trąbki zawsze temu towarzyszom i zawsze dodają kolorytu.

A Burial at Sea kosztuje 36 złotych (8 EUR).

Sprawdź: Lightning Blanket

Kraj: UK

Szufladka: trumpet math-rock

Label: Moment Of Collapse Records

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A Burial at Sea - A Burial at Sea (2020) EN

I posted about the Liverpool-based A Burial at Sea when they showed their debut EP ​..​.​And the Sum of Its Parts two years ago. Then there was a gig at the Bergmal Festival last autumn and now I can safely say that the band's unique post-rock has finally an LP form on A Burial at Sea.

There's only a few post-rock bands that use the trumpet's sounds in their music, actually, I can think only of the Norwegian crazy guys of the brilliant Spurv. That being said, for the English band this is essentially the basis of their work, they even call their music "trumpet rock" on their FB account. Of course, this is understatement, there's so much more in it, but a fact is a fact. In the band's music the trumpet sounds add on to the madness of the already math-rock-like chaotic post-rock in which the moods, paces and melodies change every second.

But the artists feel good also when it's the time to finish a song in a very post-rock, monumental and loud way (Lest We Remember) or when they want to combine a very tension-filled guitar composition with some chanting about home sickness (Lightning Blanket). And the sounds of the trumpet are always there and always add to the colourfullness of the music.

A Burial at Sea costs 8 EUR.

Check: Lightning Blanket

Country: UK

Genre: trumpet math-rock

Label: Moment Of Collapse Records

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