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Genesis P-Orridge & Dave Ball 'Imagining October' OST
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Review: Genesis P-Orridge & Dave Ball ‘Imagining October’ OST

13th May 202217th June 2022 Goro Riffs Cold Spring Records, Dave Ball, Genesis P-Orridge

Genesis P-Orridge (Psychic TV/Throbbing Gristle) is a legend, and a voice that is sadly missing among us since their death

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Twin Void 'Free From Hardtimes'
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Review: Twin Void ‘Free From Hardtimes’

4th May 202215th June 2022 Goro Riffs Electric Valley Records, Rock 'n' Roll, Twin Void

Twin Void has a face first, no prisoners approach that sounds like a mix of stoner doom and gutter punk.

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Arne Heesch 'Demons Are Scared'
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Review: Arne Heesch ‘Demons Are Scared’

15th April 202226th May 2022 Goro Riffs Arne Heesch, Exile On Mainstream Records, Folk Doom, Treedeon

As we all know, a feedback intro is always welcome. An album that starts with the squeal of speakers usually

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Greenbeard 'Variant'
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Review: Greenbeard ‘Variant’

6th April 202226th May 2022 Goro Riffs Greenbeard, Heavy Rock, Kozmik ArtIfactz, Sailor Records

Greenbeard had made their name on the stoner rock scene via their first releases since forming in Austin in 2014,

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Githyanki 'Rollin' The Dice'
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Review: Githyanki ‘Rollin’ The Dice’

31st March 202226th May 2022 Goro Riffs Githyanki, Grunge, Independent, Sludge

The Githyanki are a fascinating element found in the lore of Dungeons & Dragons, with a lot of interesting details

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Mortify 'Fragments At The Edge Of Sorrow'
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Review: Mortify ‘Fragments At The Edge Of Sorrow’

28th March 20224th May 2022 Goro Riffs Chaos Records, Death Metal, Mortify

Intense synth atmospheres and dramatic vocals open this album with the track Beneath The Emptiness. The riffing arrives sounding really

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Burial Hex 'Gauze'
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Review: Burial Hex ‘Gauze’

10th March 20224th May 2022 Goro Riffs Burial Hex, Cold Spring Records, Experimental, Industrial

Something is always lurking. Lurking where? In among the beauty, of course. Hidden within it, as it is part of

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Pylar 'Abysmos'
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Review: Pylar ‘Abysmos’

3rd March 20226th April 2022 Goro Riffs Drone, Experimental, Humo Internacional, Pylar

Abysmos is a cinematic album, opening to some kind of action scene. A large presence arrives in a cacophonous disharmony

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Gospel Of The Future 'Blowtorch Mankind'
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Review: Gospel Of The Future ‘Blowtorch Mankind’

18th February 202228th March 2022 Goro Riffs Doom, Epidemie Records, Filth Junkies Records, Gospel Of The Future, Kabinet Records, Sludge, Vřesová Studánka

Gospel Of The Future have been considered one of the heaviest and loudest sludge metal acts from the Czech underground.

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Tromba + Brainscanner – Split
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Review: Tromba + Brainscanner – Split

7th February 202228th March 2022 Goro Riffs Brainscanner, Doom, The Swamp Records, Tromba

The music universe is an immense, endless maze of sounds and expressions, which no one can ever fully and completely

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