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Author: Chris Wood

Heron ‘Time Immemorial’
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Review: Heron ‘Time Immemorial’

12th May 20209th June 2020 Chris Wood Heron, Post-Metal, Sludgelord Records, Time Immemorial

Coming out on the well-respected Sludgelord Records, Vancouver’s Heron’s third LP is described in the accompanying press release as ‘sludge’.

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Eye Flys ‘Tub Of Lard’
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Review: Eye Flys ‘Tub Of Lard’

23rd March 20201st May 2020 Chris Wood Eye Flys, Noise-Rock, Thrill Jockey Records, Tub Of Lard

Feedback, when a guitar and amplifier are feeding each other so as to create noise spontaneously is a weird beast.

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Witchfinder ‘Hazy Rites’
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Review: Witchfinder ‘Hazy Rites’

18th March 20209th April 2020 Chris Wood Hazy Rites, Mars Red Sound, Stoner Doom, Witchfinder

My first impressions of Hazy Rites were mixed. A stoner doom band with the chutzpah to call themselves Witchfinder, such

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Leeched ‘To Dull The Blades Of Your Abuse’
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Review: Leeched ‘To Dull The Blades Of Your Abuse’

13th February 202020th March 2020 Chris Wood Hardcore Metal, Leeched, Prosthetic Records, To Dull The Blades Of Your Abuse

In years of playing in and going to see what we’ll charitably describe as ‘underground’ bands, I think the most

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Goblinsmoker 'A Throne In Haze, A World Ablaze'
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Review: Goblinsmoker ‘A Throne In Haze, A World Ablaze’

29th January 202012th February 2020 Chris Wood A Throne In Haze A World Ablaze, Doom, Goblinsmoker, Sludgelord Records

As the UK Doom scene became less shrouded in mystery, (some would say elitism,) there was a surge of new

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Abest ‘Bonds Of Euphoria’
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Review: Abest ‘Bonds Of Euphoria’

24th January 202011th February 2020 Chris Wood Abest, Bonds Of Euphoria, Grindcore, Hardcore, Moment Of Collapse Records, This Charming Man Records

It’s weird how one note makes all the difference to a chord, how subtle changes to what you’re playing takes

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The Osedax 'Meridians'
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Review: The Osedax ‘Meridians’

27th December 201914th January 2020 Chris Wood Doom, Meridians, Self Released, Sludge, The Osedax

When an album clocks in at a hefty 50 minutes for four tracks you know it’s going to require a…

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Witch Trail ‘The Sun Has Left The Hill’
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Review: Witch Trail ‘The Sun Has Left The Hill’

21st November 201911th December 2019 Chris Wood Black Metal, Consouling Sounds, Noise-Rock, The Sun Has Left The Hill, Witch Trail

It’s nearly impossible to put a genre on this record, and strict genre interpretations are for poseurs anyway, but if

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Throatsnapper 'About The Dead'
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Review: Throatsnapper ‘About The Dead’

16th November 201928th November 2019 Chris Wood About The Dead, Consouling Sounds, Doom, Sludge, Throatsnapper

Throatsnapper’s new record About The Dead released Consouling Sounds came to me labelled dark sludge doom, and while that’s not

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