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Author: Lee Beamish

The Pilgrim '…From The Earth To The Sky And Back'
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Review: The Pilgrim ‘…From The Earth To The Sky And Back’

1st October 202030th October 2020 Lee Beamish Country, Folk Rock, From The Earth To The Sky And Back, Heavy Psych Sounds, The Pilgrim

Upon first listen to the new album by duo The Pilgrim, it’s incredibly hard to believe that the homeland for

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All Souls ‘Songs For The End Of The World’
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Review: All Souls ‘Songs For The End Of The World’

30th September 202030th October 2020 Lee Beamish All Souls, Alternative, Heavy Rock, Independent, Songs For The End Of The World

Formed in Los Angeles in 2016, heavy alternative rock band All Souls are now triumphantly at a point where they’re

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Realize ‘Machine Violence’
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Review: Realize ‘Machine Violence’

24th September 202026th October 2020 Lee Beamish Industrial, Machine Violence, Metal, Realize, Relapse Records

It’s been a long time since any industrial metal release has made any impact in my life, and I still

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Svalbard 'When I Die, Will I Get Better?'
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Review: Svalbard ‘When I Die, Will I Get Better?’

22nd September 202026th October 2020 Lee Beamish Church Road Records, Hardcore, Shoegaze, Svalbard, Tokyo Jupiter Records, Translation Loss Records

Picture the scene, its two thousand and eleven, and the music gods breathe their first breaths into Bristol quartet Svalbard.

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The Ocean ‘Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic’
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Review: The Ocean ‘Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic’

18th September 202026th October 2020 Lee Beamish Metal Blade Records, Pelagic Records, Phanerozoic II, Prog Metal, The Ocean

At the ripe old age of twenty, and now due to release their eighth studio album, prog metal meisters The

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Crystal Spiders 'Molt'
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Review: Crystal Spiders ‘Molt’

8th September 20207th October 2020 Lee Beamish Crystal Spiders, Doom, Molt, Ripple Music

Rising from the depths of North Carolina, coming at you with an absolutely incredible debut, are Crystal Spiders, and they’re

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Old Blood ‘Acid Doom’
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Review: Old Blood ‘Acid Doom’

25th August 202025th September 2020 Lee Beamish Acid Doom, DHU Records, Doom, Heavy Rock, Metal Assault Records, Old Blood

Around six months ago, just as the world started losing its mind, and was shutting down over a then relatively

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Mercury Circle ‘The Dawn Of Vitriol’
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Review: Mercury Circle ‘The Dawn Of Vitriol’

7th August 202014th September 2020 Lee Beamish Doom, Gothic, Mercury Circle, Noble Demon, The Dawn Of Vitriol, The Vinyl Division

Helsinki, the capital city of Finland, has quite the heritage when it comes to famous rock and metal bands, the

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OHHMS
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OHHMS – Interview With Vocalist Paul Waller

5th August 202014th September 2020 Lee Beamish Close, Holy Roar Records, Noise-Rock, OHHMS, Paul Waller

Straight off the back of the fantastic new OHHMS album, Close, I had the honour and the opportunity to shoot

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Mummise Guns - S/T
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Review: Mummise Guns ‘Mummise Guns’

29th July 202014th September 2020 Lee Beamish Mummise Guns, Noise-Rock, Psych, Riot Season

Okay, Mummise Guns… What can I say…? Let’s see. To sum up Mummise Guns in the most eloquent way possible,

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Black Royal ‘Firebride’
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Review: Black Royal ‘Firebride’

27th July 202014th September 2020 Lee Beamish Black Royal, Blackened Sludge, Firebride, Suicide Records

I’m not sure what it is about Tampere in Finland right now, maybe it’s something in the water, who knows.Maybe

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