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Author: Lee Beamish

Eyes Fly ‘Eyes Fly’
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Review: Eyes Fly ‘Eyes Fly’

2nd July 202031st July 2020 Lee Beamish Eyes Fly, Independent, Prog Metal, Self Titled

Four years ago an idea was birthed, a concept, a dream. That dream was Eyes Fly, and it’s the offspring

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OHHMS ‘Close’
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Review: OHHMS ‘Close’

29th June 202031st July 2020 Lee Beamish Close, Doom, Holy Roar Records, OHHMS, Sludge

It’s June 2020, we’ve just endured months of lockdown, thanks to a killer virus, and the world seems to have

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DDENT ‘Couvre-sang’
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Review: DDENT ‘Couvre-sang’

26th June 202031st July 2020 Lee Beamish Chien Noir, Couvre-sang, DDENT, Instrumental

What’s that you say, French industrial mood music, what could that possibly be? Well, you’re in luck, because right here

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Aleah ‘Aleah’
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Review: Aleah ‘Aleah’

24th June 202031st July 2020 Lee Beamish Acoustic, Aleah, Atmospheric, Svart Records

So, where to start with the new posthumous solo album by Aleah Liane Stanbridge, better known as Aleah Starbridge or

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Melt ‘The Secret Teaching Of Sorrow’
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Review: Melt ‘The Secret Teaching Of Sorrow’

19th June 202031st July 2020 Lee Beamish Alternative, Doom Rock, Independent, Melt, The Secret Teaching Of Sorrow

Today is a good day, for today I have been introduced to The Secret Teaching Of Sorrow, and it’s the

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Circle Of Sighs ‘Salo’
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Review: Circle Of Sighs ‘Salo’

18th June 202031st July 2020 Lee Beamish Circle Of Sighs, Pillars Of Creation Records, Prog, Salo

Let me start by saying that I was a little apprehensive, my love of good album artwork usually results in

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Close The Hatch 'Modern Witchcraft'
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Review: Close The Hatch ‘Modern Witchcraft’

17th June 20208th July 2020 Lee Beamish Close The Hatch, Doom, Modern Witchcraft, Post-Metal, Red Moth Records

Independent of any strict classification, yet beholden to the lineage of conceptual metal, Ohio based Close The Hatch stride confidently

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War After War ‘No Change’
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Review: War After War ‘No Change’

12th June 20208th July 2020 Lee Beamish APF Records, Hardcore Metal, No Change, War After War

‘Formed in resistance to dickheads, by dickheads’. This is the apparent mantra of War After War, the brainchild of Jason

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Witnesses ‘Doom II’
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Review: Witnesses ‘Doom II’

10th June 20208th July 2020 Lee Beamish Atmospheric, Doom, Doom II, Independent, Witnesses

Unless you have had your head in the sand, you will have known that doom metal project Witnesses have recently

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RRRags ‘High Protein’
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Review: RRRags ‘High Protein’

26th May 202023rd June 2020 Lee Beamish Heavy Rock, High Protein, Lay Bare Recordings, RRRags

One thing is for certain when you first listen to RRRags, is that they sound reminiscent, and that’s because they

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Dire Wolves ‘Flow And Heady’
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Review: Dire Wolves ‘Flow And Heady’

25th May 202023rd June 2020 Lee Beamish Cardinal Fuzz Records, Dire Wolves, Dire Wolves Just Exactly Perfect Sisters Band, Feeding Tube Records, Psych

Flow And Heady is the incredible new release by Dire Wolves, or to give them their full title Dire Wolves

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