Antonio

@alteranthony

✍️ music writer: The Wire, The Quietus, Kulturpunkt... 🥼 researcher 🍎 teacher: Academy of Music, Zagreb ⌨️ programmer 🌐 📰

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Antonio@alteranthony· 14d

Veličanstveno. 😢 Dajte im ulicu, dajte im murale, dajte im sve!

Naslov s portala index.hr: "Veličanstvena proslava Dana pobjede u Rijeci. Armada zapalila 222 baklje"

Antonio@alteranthony· Jul 20

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Antonio@alteranthony· Jun 30

An amazing new issue of @thewiremagazine.bsky.social is out today! With @fire-toolz.bsky.social on the cover, no less! 😻Interviewed by @saving-throw.bsky.social. On my end, I had the great pleasure of talking to the master of visceral, dystopian electronic music, Franck Vigroux!

A screenshot of the opening pages of a feature on Franck Vigroux in The Wire issue #510.

Antonio@alteranthony· May 27

For @thequietus.com, I reviewed Ben Tweel's latest Build Buildings album. Dolce folktronica spun from loops of field recordings and gentle instrumental touches, inspired by Molly Gochman's sculpture 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘛𝘰 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥. RIYL: sitting on a park bench on a warm summer day, watching people pass by

Album cover for Build Building's Continuum.

Antonio@alteranthony· Feb 27

There's doing PR for NSBM/sketch labels and bands, and then there's this...

Screenshot from a PR email repping the "Sons of Liberty" collection by January 6th insurrectionist and Iced Earth guitarist Jon Schaffer.

Antonio@alteranthony· Feb 14

Drop an album that was important to you when you were 19

My Dying Bride's The Angel And The Dark River

Antonio@alteranthony· Dec 23

This was... strange. The framing was weak, but some of the found footage is excellent. And quite abstract. Reminded me of The Outwaters (2022) in a good way.

Film poster for Horror in the High Desert 4: Majesty

Antonio@alteranthony· Dec 18

Always my favourite part of list season. The staff/contributor charts are a real treasure trove w/ so much variety in the picks. Great way to discover new music. Still quite happy with my list even though I compiled it almost 2 months ago. Los Thuthanaka should have been in my top 10, though.

Antonio's favourite albums of the year:
1. Blawan - SickElixir (Ternesc/XL)
2. Nina Garcia - Bye Bye Bird (Ideologic Organ)
3. aya - hexed! (Hyperdub)
4. Han-earl Park/Lara Jones/Pat Thomas - Juno 3: Proxemics (Buster And Friends)
5. Fred Moten & Brandon López - Revision (TAO Forms)
6. Giant Claw - Decadent Stress Chamber (Orange Milk)
7. Hieroglyphic Being - Dance Music 4 Bad People (Smalltown Supersound)
8. Sherelle - With A Vengeance (Method 808)
9. Marja Ahti - Touch This Fragrant Surface Of Earth (Fönstret)
10. Kinlaw & Franco Franco - Faith Elsewhere (Drowned By Locals)

Antonio@alteranthony· Dec 4

Here's the Avant Rock chart that I've compiled for the Rewind issue of @thewiremagazine.bsky.social. Truly an excellent year for rock*, with a bunch of other records that narrowly missed out on the top 10: Horse Lords & Arnold Dreyblatt, Cyrus Pireh, Chuck Roth, Crippling Alcholism...

1. Nina Garcia - Bye Bye Bird (Ideologic Organ)
2. Giant Claw - Decadent Stress Chamber (Orange Milk)
3. Abhorrent Expanse - Enter The Misanthropocene (Amalgam)
4. Oren Ambarchi/Johan Berthling/Andreas Werliin - Ghosted III (Drag City)
5. Ava Mendoza/gabby fluke-mogul/Carolina Pérez - Mama Killa (Burning Ambulance)
6. Al Karpenter - Greatest Heads (Hegoa/Night School)
7. Sanam - Sametou Sawtan (Constellation)
8. Pharaoh Overlord - Louhi (Rocket)
9. Water Damage - Instruments (Cardinal Fuzz/12XU)
10. Deaf Club - We Demand A Permanent State Of Happiness (Southern Lord/Three One G)

Antonio@alteranthony· Nov 27

My ballot had quite a few albums that I absolutely adore but didn't make the final list, incl. Abhorrent Expanse's insane death-metal-via-free-improv, @terzijdehorde.bsky.social's furious hardcore-tinged black metal, Weeping Sores / @avantdumb.bsky.social's touching experimental black-death metal...

Collage of cover art for Antonio's selection of the best metal albums from 2025:
1. Retromorphosis - Psalmus Mortis (Season Of Mist)
2. Sallow Moth - Mossbane Lantern (I, Voidhanger)
3. Antiversum - De Nemesis Omnes Et Omnia (Amor Fati)
4. Alicia Cordisco - Burden Of I (Fiadh)
5. OvO - Gemma (Artoffact)
6. Nekrodeus - Ruaß (FDA)
7. Author & Punisher - Nocturnal Birding (Relapse)
8. Stygian Ruin - Stygia II: Ancient And Arcane (Independent)
9. Ava Mendoza/gabby fluke-mogul/Carolina Pérez - Mama Killa (Burning Ambulance)
10. Blind Equation - A Funeral in Purgatory (Prosthetic)
11. All Men Unto Me - Requiem (The Larvarium)
12. Abhorrent Expanse - Enter the Misanthropocene (Amalgam)
13. Nortt - Dødssang (Avantgarde)
14. Terzij De Horde - Our Breath Is Not Ours Alone (Church Road)
15. Weeping Sores - The Convalescence Agonies (I, Voidhanger)
16. Yellow Eyes - Confusion Gate (Gilead Media)
17. Agriculture - The Spiritual Sound (The Flenser)
18. Divide And Dissolve - Insatiable (Bella Union)
19. Fell Omen - Caelid Dog Summer (True Cult)
20. Havukruunu - Tavastland (Svart)

Antonio@alteranthony· Nov 26

The best metal of 2025 as selected by Spyros and me for @popmatters.com. Banger list all around ft Antiversum, @allieinchains.bsky.social, Mendoza/fluke-mogul/Pérez (@burningambulance.bsky.social), @gonemage.bsky.social, OvO, Retromorphosis, Stygian Ruin... 🔗 www.popmatters.com/best-metal-a...

Antonio@alteranthony· Nov 5

Radi normalno. Odlogirali su sve korisnike/sesije, pa se samo moraš iznova prijaviti.

Antonio@alteranthony· Oct 19

Cracking open a can of Monster like...

Screen capture from the film V/H/S/Halloween (2025). A possessed little girl drinks Diet Phantasm and comments (in demonic voice): "It's scary how good it tastes."

Antonio@alteranthony· Oct 17

Still thinking about the Sunn O))) show the other day. So fucking awesome, even considering the plaster that kept falling on my head from the dilapidated venue's roof.

The hooded silhouettes of Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson performing on stage, surrounded by amplifiers and fog. Photo taken from ravnododna.com

Antonio@alteranthony· Oct 1

Witnessed an amazing double bill of @penelopetrappes.bsky.social and @masmadreamworld.bsky.social tonight. Truly a transcendent experience.

Photo of Masma Dream World performing on stage at Grof Melin in Zagreb.

Antonio@alteranthony· Sep 29

Posebno mi je drag koncept "Roko's basilisk" koji je proizišao s LW-a i kojeg s ovim uzletom "AI-a" sad snifaju svi tehnokrati s mesijanskim kompleksom iz Silicijske doline. Gdje je i što danas radi briljantni um koji je tu ideju osmislio, pitate se?

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Antonio@alteranthony· Aug 5

For the issue's CV special, I wrote about the Cab's influence in 1980s Yugoslavia. I also penned the Avant Rock column (w/ amazing albums by @giantclaw.bsky.social and Marissa Nadler), reviewed new music by Merzbow and Bruch and revisited albums by Flower Travellin' Band and Phew/Kobayashi/Moebius.

Antonio@alteranthony· Jul 25

Oh, look! It's 'Invoking Yell' irl!

Promo photo and blurb for Turkish raw black metal duo Ash Magick.

Antonio@alteranthony· Jul 11

Five for the week: • Aho Ssan & Resina - Ego Death • Siavash Amini - Caligo • Molly Joyce - State Change • Akira Umeda & Metal Preyers - Clube da Mariposa Mórbida • K. Yoshimatsu - Zentai: The Collected Works of K. Yoshimatsu (Volume I)

Collage of album covers featuring Aho Ssan & Resina's Ego Death, Siavash Amini's Caligo, Molly Joyce's State Change, Akira Umeda & Metal Preyers's Clube da Mariposa Mórbida, and K. Yoshimatsu's Zentai: The Collected Works of K. Yoshimatsu (Volume I).

Antonio@alteranthony· Jul 4

Five for the week: 󠁯•󠁏󠁏 Amosphère - Cosmogonical Ears 󠁯•󠁏󠁏 Alexander Holm - Head Stroll 󠁯•󠁏󠁏 Nic Krog - Reproaching the Absurd 󠁯•󠁏󠁏 Dane Law - The Black Path 󠁯•󠁏󠁏 Matthew Shipp - The Cosmic Piano

󠁯Collage of album covers featuring Amosphère's Cosmogonical Ears, 󠁯Alexander Holm's Head Stroll, 󠁯Nic Krog's Reproaching the Absurd, 󠁯Dane Law's The Black Path, 󠁯and Matthew Shipp's The Cosmic Piano.

Antonio@alteranthony· Jul 2

Dear Jean-Paul, Hell is, in fact, summer. Best, A

Antonio@alteranthony· Jun 27

Five for the week: • Zoh Amba - Sun • Bios Contrast & Nilotpal Das - SSAC42 • Herbert & Momoko - Clay • Thanatorean - Ekstasis Of Subterranean Currents • Zimoun - Harmonium I-VI

Collage of album covers featuring Zoh Amba's Sun, Bios Contrast & Nilotpal Das's SSAC42, Herbert & Momoko's Clay, Thanatorean's Ekstasis Of Subterranean Currents, and Zimoun's Harmonium I-VI.

Antonio@alteranthony· Jun 23

This, especially since they've started relying on LLM-based checks under the hood. It reminds me of this tweet.

Antonio@alteranthony· Jun 13

5 for the week: • 7038634357 - Waterfall Horizon • Sam Binga - Club Orthodontics • Mary Halvorson - About Ghosts • Lyra Pramuk - Hymnal • Sigh - I Saw The World End

Collage of album covers for 7038634357's Waterfall Horizon, Sam Binga's Club Orthodontics, Mary Halvorson's About Ghosts, Lyra Pramuk's Hymnal, and Sigh's I Saw The World End

Antonio@alteranthony· Jun 2

Riječani, najebali ste.

Antonio@alteranthony· May 30

5 for the week: ◦ Adam Badí Donoval - a mirror where the image and the mirror wholly coincided ◦ Barbara Dang & Muzzix - Michael Pisaro-Liu: Tombstones ◦ Dregs - Dregs ◦ Christina Giannone - The Opal Amulet ◦ Weeping Sores - The Convalescence Agonies

Collage of covers for Adam Badí Donoval's a mirror where the image and the mirror wholly coincided, Barbara Dang & Muzzix's Michael Pisaro-Liu: Tombstones, Dregs's Dregs, Christina Giannone's The Opal Amulet, and Weeping Sores's The Convalescence Agonies

Antonio@alteranthony· May 28

Marija Selak Raspudić: Tko je na čelu Holdinga? Opet SDP-ov kadar, Radenović?
Tomislav Tomašević: Tko je Radenović?
Marija Selak Raspudić: Radenović!
Tomislav Tomašević: Koji Radenović?!

Antonio@alteranthony· May 27