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Author: Lee Beamish

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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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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