Press
Here you will find links to all online reviews of Murkhouse releases and interviews with Murkhouse Recordings and any of its artists. North American promo/press inquiries regarding Gathiens and Vaka can be sent to sean [at] invisibleyouthpr [dot] com. European promo/press inquiries regarding Gathiens and Vaka can be sent to pr [at] creative-eclipse [dot] com. Gathiens and Vaka promo/press inquiries in any other region and all inquiries regarding Antilles and Trifle Tower can be sent to us at murkhouserecordings [at] gmail [dot] com.
Interviews
Murkhouse Recordings
Interview with Quiet Collective
Vaka
Reviews
Vaka
soundslike.be (Dutch) - 6/6 - “…already eligible for year-end lists!”
Lords of Metal (Dutch/English) - 93/100 - “…one of the best records of 2009, already.”
DisAgreement Online (English) - 9/10 - “Karl Daniel Lidén… may just be the man to revitalize the [post-metal] genre.”
Organ Magazine (English) - “…intense, adventurous, rewarding, and very very heavy.”
I’m the Most Important Fucking Person in the World (English) - “…one of the best records I’ve heard of this genre in a long time.”
Metal Heart Webzine (English) - “Kappa Delta Phi is an album that you’ll have to listen to…”
Subba Cultcha (English) - 4/5 - “Vaka… have produced a most interesting debut.”
hARTboiled (English) - “…it is comforting to see a band - in a genre that is copying itself a lot lately - doing things differently…”
Sonic Dice (English) - 5/6 - “…[Karl Daniel Lidén] has succeeded… in creating one of the most original ‘post-metal’ albums in years…”
The Metal Observer (English) - 8.5/10 - “…some of the most interesting stuff I’ve heard in this genre for a long time.”
The Obelisk (English) - “…Kappa Delta Phi… sounds like a singular vision brought together with precision for too exceptional for a debut release.”
undersociety.fr (French) - 4/6 - “A very good album that is creating a great future.”
w-fenec.org (French) - “…Kappa Delta Phi… is a majestic album that reveals itself in layers…”
ancientspirit.de (German) - 10.5/12 - “…superbly powerful…”
Creative Eclipse (German) - 9/10 - “…a mature, well thought-out album…”
Musik an sich (German) - 13/20
MUSICSCAN (German) - 8/10 - “…an incredibly detailed and complex debut album.”
Dosenmusik (German) - 13/15 - “…here is a big success.”
FoMP.de (German) - 4/5 - “[Vaka is] a very special gem brought to light.”
Ox Fanzine (German) - 8/10
Nordische Musik (German) - 9/10 - “…the songs are exciting and innovative, with creative twists…”
hardsounds.it (Italian) - 72/100 - “This is hopefully only the beginning.”
Unprogged (Italian) - 5/6 - “…a debut that hits the mark.”
mestrock.se (Swedish) - “…this soundtrack-esque piece of work is the best Swedish album I’ve heard in a long time!”
Gathiens
soundslike.be (Dutch) - 5/6 - “…Gathiens proves to already have found a unique and very cool sound on their debut.”
Lords of Metal (Dutch/English) - 82/100 - “…this is one hell of an appetizer!”
Organ Magazine (English)
hARTboiled (English) - “For all postrock fans who like some diversity and quality.”
DisAgreement Online (English) - 6/10 - “Gathiens show a lot of potential on their respectable debut.”
Sonic Dice (English) - 4/6 - “It is an album that has been lovingly slotted piece by piece into place, like some kind of magnificent sonic jigsaw.”
Metal Heart Webzine (English)
Exclaim! Magazine (English) - “…contenders would be wise to give Gathiens a wide berth.”
The Sleeping Shaman (English) - “…a very cinematic stance in an already overcrowded scene, but a crowd that Gathiens are standing out from.”
The Metal Observer (English) - 7/10 - “Gathiens… create a dense and heavy atmosphere with a production that is top notch.”
w-fenec.org (French) - “…an album of incredible elegant artistic maturity…”
Metalorgie (French) - 14.5/20 - “…Nesh’s strength lies in its balance.”
undersociety.fr (French) - 4/6 - “…an album consisting of seven tracks whose music effortlessly explodes the limits of the genre….”
Creative Eclipse (German) - 8/10 - “…timeless, finely-structured post-rock…”
FoMP.de (German) - 5/5 - “…they have the potential to be in a league of their own.”
Musik an sich (German) - 18/20 - “…I have not heard an album in recent times with such a dense atmosphere.”
MUSICSCAN (German) - 7/10 - “…complex and intriguing…”
Dosenmusik (German) - 11/15 - “Personal music for personal moments.”
ancientspirit.de (German) - 11/12 - “These Americans understand it…”
hardsounds.it (Italian) - 68/100
PARUTAWALKMAN (Spanish)
Antilles/Trifle Tower
Collective Zine (English)
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