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Author: James Bullock

High Command 'Eclipse Of The Dual Moons'
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Review: High Command ‘Eclipse Of The Dual Moons’

30th November 20223rd January 2023 James Bullock Crossover, High Command, Southern Lord, Thrash Metal

This is what Boudicca would have had on her mixtape. Of the many permutations of metal, thrash (and it’s all sub-variants

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Dead Voices On Air 'Abrader Redux'
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Review: Dead Voices On Air ‘Abrader Redux’

1st November 202212th December 2022 James Bullock Cold Spring Records, Dead Voices, Experimental

This is a record made up of grinding industrial loops and textures. It’s both sound art and industrial ambient music.

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Keiji Haino & SUMAC 'Into this juvenile apocalypse our golden blood to pour let us never'
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Review: Keiji Haino & SUMAC ‘Into this juvenile apocalypse our golden blood to pour let us never’

17th October 202217th December 2022 James Bullock Experimental, Keiji Haino, Sumac, Thrill Jockey Records

Like all good ideas, it’s surprising that the combination of free music monolith Kenji Haino and experimental heavyweights SUMAC hadn’t

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Oren Ambarchi 'Shebang'
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Review: Oren Ambarchi ‘Shebang’

4th October 20229th December 2022 James Bullock Drag City, Experimental, Oren Ambarchi

Oren Ambarchi is an extraordinary musician. He has metal credentials through his work with experimental droners Sun O))) and Boris,

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Angmodnes 'The Weight Of Eternity'
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Review: Angmodnes ‘The Weight Of Eternity’

27th September 20229th December 2022 James Bullock Angmodnes, Black Lion Records, Funeral Doom

Funeral doom often runs the risk of becoming a choice between shades of very dark grey. However, Angmodnes, comprised of

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Old Million Eye 'The Air's Chrysalis Chime'
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Review: Old Million Eye ‘The Air’s Chrysalis Chime’

26th September 20229th December 2022 James Bullock Cardinal Fuzz, Feeding Tube Records, Old Million Eye, Psych

If you are not familiar with Old Million Eye, aka Brian Lucas (also of Dire Wolves fame), it would be

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Crippled Black Phoenix 'Banefyre'
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Review: Crippled Black Phoenix ‘Banefyre’

6th September 20229th December 2022 James Bullock Crippled Black Phoenix, Prog, Season Of Mist

Crippled Black Phoenix (CPB) are brilliant at expressing profound anger and bitterness through their music. This latest release, Banefyre, is

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Sarattma 'Escape Velocity'
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Review: Sarattma ‘Escape Velocity’

5th August 202223rd September 2022 James Bullock Jazz, Nefarious Industries, Post-Metal, Prog, Sarattma

You might want to sit down for this one, or just stop the pretence and lie down. Post-metal duo Sarattma’s

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Acid Rooster 'Ad Astra'
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Review: Acid Rooster ‘Ad Astra’

20th July 202228th August 2022 James Bullock Acid Rooster, Cardinal Fuzz, Little Cloud Records, Sunhair Records

Disclaimer: I don’t like the term krautrock, despite many of the genre’s practitioners using the word. I use it here

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Radian 'Discordian'
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Review: Radian ‘Discordian’

30th June 20225th August 2022 James Bullock Doom, Elburno Records, Radian, Sludge

This album drops right in. Recently there has been a mild return of the lengthy, corny, skippable, faux-atmospheric intro tracks,

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Paganizer 'Beyond The Macabre'
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Review: Paganizer ‘Beyond The Macabre’

27th June 202227th July 2022 James Bullock Death Metal, Paganizer, Transcending Obscurity Records

Beyond The Macabre is Paganizer’s twelfth studio album and another instalment of ferocious swe-death metal, which also features Bolt Thrower/Memoriam’s

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