‘Infinity is hard to comprehend,’ sang Bruce Dickinson in 1988, and the Maiden singer wasn’t kidding. Of any abyss into which you might choose to stare, endless time is surely the deepest and most sanity-testing. Not to mention, judging by this tremendous second album from Sheffield’s Kurokuma, absolutely perfect subject matter for a psychedelic sludge opus. They have some form on this front, with the trio’s 2022 full-length debut Born Of Obsidian having taken inspiration from ancient Central American civilisations. Of Amber And Sand goes even further, widening the remit by tackling time itself, from the ephemeral to the eternal. Fenjaan and Crux Unsata consider the remorseless way it ultimately runs out for us all, while Death No More finds equal dread in boundless infinity...