Category Archives: Music

A Solitary Flower atop a Mountain of Ash and Ruins

Posted on January 21, 2012 by hiarctow

A Solitary Flower Atop a Mountain of Ash and Ruins by Programmed Cell Death

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Concrete Walls screening in London, Feb 4th

Posted on January 10, 2012 by hiarctow

Concrete Walls by experimental film-maker Michael Higgins will screen at the Student Film Festival on Saturday February 4th. The film features a soundtrack by Irish soundscaper Síol Na Gréine. More Details here: http://mgmhiggins.blogspot.com/2011/12/concrete-walls-at-sff-london-3rd-5th.html

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Dysgenicide: Spreading love for humankind

Posted on January 8, 2012 by hiarctow

Happy new year, everyone. 2012: the year of the apocalypse. Here at HI ARC TOW we thought we’d help give the end of the world a little push in the right direction. Universal Trisomy by Dysgenicide

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HI ARC TOW presents: Monkey With Car Keys

Posted on December 9, 2011 by hiarctow

Monkey With Car Keys is an electronic music side project of Irish soundscapers Síol Na Gréine, presenting a full-length album for free download @ hiarctow.com. “Filament in Strata is a bit of an eclectic collection of pieces, mixing DnB, IDM, … Continue reading →

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Beithíoch – Dúchas makes end of year list at American Aftermath

Posted on December 9, 2011 by hiarctow

Beithíoch‘s newest album Dúchas has made it on to reviewer BariAnn’s end of year top 22 over at American Aftermath.net, coming in at no.17. Check out the full list here.

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Síol Na Gréine in new feature film Concrete Walls

Posted on November 29, 2011 by hiarctow

Síol Na Gréine‘s album Adhradh has been used as the basis for the new feature film Concrete Walls by Dublin based film-maker Michael Higgins. This experimental film sets SNG’s pensive soundscapes to a minimal but very vivid visual world. You … Continue reading →

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Dúchas: the new album from Beithíoch, download for free

Posted on September 16, 2011 by hiarctow

The long awaited new album from Irish black metallers Beithíoch, is available now – complete and free – from hiarctow.com. “Dúchas” translates roughly to “instinct”, or “that which is native”, and is inspired by the glacier-torn landscape of Ireland’s north. … Continue reading →

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Listen to a track from the new Beithíoch album

Posted on September 12, 2011 by hiarctow
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Síol Na Gréine – Incandescence reworked for 2011

Posted on July 7, 2011 by hiarctow

In line with our ethos of continual improvement and efforts to weed out the inadequate in favor of the superlative, Síol Na Gréine have released a reworked and improved version of 2008 album Incandescence. The debut album of this project, … Continue reading →

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Metal and Medieval music

Posted on April 30, 2011 by hiarctow

Comparison #1: – Machaut – Gloria from The nostre dame mass – Timeghoul – Boiling in the Hourglass Comparison #2: Kyrie from The Templar’s Chant Black Sabbath – Sabbath Bloody Sabbath After this, [...] present the Kyrie chant, whose liturgical … Continue reading →

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