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Author: Lee Beamish

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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Yanomamo ‘No Sympathy For A Rat’
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Review: Yanomamö ‘No Sympathy For A Rat’

24th July 202023rd August 2021 Lee Beamish Independent, No Sympathy For A Rat, Sludge, Yanomamö

Nine years into their existence, and three years on from their previous release, Neither Man Nor Beast, come Australia’s very

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Dun Ringill ‘Library Of Death’
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Review: Dun Ringill ‘Library Of Death’

20th July 202028th August 2020 Lee Beamish Argonauta Records, Doom, Dun Ringill, Library Of Death, Metal

Straight out of the heart of Gothenburg in Sweden come six piece Dun Ringill, who describe themselves as a ‘heavy

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Rückwater ‘Supernova’
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Review: Rückwater ‘Supernova’

15th July 202028th August 2020 Lee Beamish Heavy Rock, Inverse Records, Rückwater, Supernova

Hailing from Tampere in Finland, and ready to rock your world, are your new favourite band, and I can imagine

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Embr ‘1823’
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Review: EMBR ‘1823’

9th July 202017th March 2021 Lee Beamish 1823, EMBR, Metal, New Heavy Sounds, Stoner Doom

Hailing from Alabama in the US, come Embr, who are releasing their debut album 1823 this July through UK label

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