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Author: Mark Hunt-Bryden

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Review: Author & Punisher ‘Nocturnal Birding’

2nd October 20252nd October 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Author & Punisher, Doom, Industrial, Relapse Records

As a fan of sci-fi, in particular Ridley Scott’s seminal Blade Runner, I have always sprinkled Author & Punisher reviews

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Review: Gösta Berlings Saga ‘Forever Now’

30th September 202530th September 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Gösta Berlings Saga, Instrumental, Pelagic Records, Prog

The relentless pace of Pelagic’s releases come thick and fast these days, and Robin Staps’ label remains committed to shining

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Review: Blessings ‘Blodsträngen’

26th September 202526th September 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Blessings, Noise-Rock, Pelagic Records, Post-Metal

The good folks at Berlin’s premier independent post-metal champions, Pelagic Records, continue to mine the underground and bring attention to

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Review: Dozer ‘Rewind To Return: Rarities, Singles And B-Sides’

18th September 202518th September 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Blues Funeral Recordings, Desert Rock, Dozer, Stoner

When a band is young and active, it is easy to get lost in the moment and not necessarily be

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Review: TORSO ‘Annihilation Day’

15th September 202515th September 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden APF Records, TORSO

Over a menacing, droning pulse, a sample intones, January 1st 1984. A frenzied swathe of murders has struck the small

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Review: Leonov ‘Shape Of Ash’ EP

10th September 202510th September 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Doomgaze, Leonov, Pelagic Records, Post-Metal

As the UK basked in the summer heat (or cowered indoors depending on your affinity with the fiery ball in

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Review: Woodhawk ‘Love Finds A Way’

29th August 202529th August 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Grand Hand Records, Heavy Rock, Woodhawk

Calgary’s grooving stoner trio Woodhawk celebrate a decade of existence by releasing their fourth, and possibly finest, album Love Finds

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Review: Frankie And The Witch Fingers ‘Trash Classic’

27th August 202527th August 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Frankie And The Witch Fingers, Garage, Greenway Records, Psych, Punk, Rock 'n' Roll, The Reverberation Appreciation Society

If you look up the word ‘frenetic’ in the dictionary, there is probably a picture of the LA based quintet

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Review: Hiroe ‘Wield’

15th August 202515th August 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Hiroe, Instrumental, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock

Relative newcomers to the instrumental post-rock scene, Philadelphia based quintet Hiroe (pronounced Hero-way) have taken form from the ashes of

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Review: Lorquin’s Admiral ‘Lorquin’s Admiral’

4th August 20254th August 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Argonauta Records, Desert Rock, Hermano, Lorquin's Admiral, Sons Of Alpha Centauri

Speaking to Nick Hannon, one half of the creative drive behind Kent’s acclaimed, (mostly) instrumental post-rock maestros Sons Of Alpha

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Review: Spider Kitten ‘The Truth Is Caustic To Love’

27th June 202527th June 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Americana, APF Records, Doom, Grunge, Noise-Rock, Spider Kitten

‘Mental illness? Check. Addiction? Check. Despair? Oh yeah, it’s there. They don’t sing about hope. They sing about what happens

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Video Premiere: IAN ‘Manuel’ – Debut ‘Come On Everybody, Let’s Do Nothing!’ Drops 17th October
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Video Premiere: IAN ‘Manuel’ – Debut ‘Come On Everybody, Let’s Do Nothing!’ Drops 17th October

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Today marks the premiere of IAN’s new video for their single Manuel, the latest glimpse of their debut album Come

Video Premiere: SoftSun ‘Sacred Heart’ – New Album ‘Eternal Sunrise’ Drops 7th November
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Video Premiere: SoftSun ‘Sacred Heart’ – New Album ‘Eternal Sunrise’ Drops 7th November

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Video Premiere: ORT ‘Bodden Dub’ – ‘Sperrwerk’ 10″/CD Out Now Via My Proud Mountain

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