The final part of my whirlwind tour of recent Bandcamp purchases starts with:

Abrasive Trees - Bound for an Infinite Sea

This is a debut EP from what is basically a one man band with some talented help. The title track has some gorgeous rumbling bass and a musical palette pitched somewhere around the sound of the more underground early goth bands and maybe a dash of post punk. The guitars are more brooding than flash while the vocals definitely remind me of the Dream Disciples

The rest of the EP is two instrumentals - The first is more plaintive, played solely on guitar with repeating refrains from the title track. The second slows things down even further with just washes of sounds easing you to it's conclusion

I'm really looking forward to where this project goes next

 Rosetta Stone – Cryptology

Now this is more like it. A proper comeback album for Rosetta Stone rather than the rehashed Miserylab songs the last album gave us.

All the classic elements are here - Drum machine, throbbing bass lines and big choruses. It very recognisable as the work of Porl King

There are ten new original songs with all but one being under 4 minutes so it’s a short punchy set of songs. A bit more light and shade in terms of tempo would be nice but that’s been a minor criticism of most of the Rosetta Stone back catalogue

If you like a bit of early 90’s goth then this album will not only satisfy nostalgia seekers but also serve as a good introduction for new listeners

Korn – The Devil Went Down to Georgia

There’s not really a lot you can say about this that you couldn’t guess from the song title and artist.

It’s a much more muscular version with the fiddle parts replaced with trademark down tuned guitars from Korn and guest vocal from Yelawolf (possibly a rapper, though my knowledge on that subject is very patchy) 

It is for charity and it’s nowhere near as awful as the idea sounds. It’s rather fun in its own way but it will never be declared a classic