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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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Review: Year Of No Light ‘Les Maîtres Fous’

25th June 202525th June 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Ambient, Drone, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock, Year Of No Light

French post-metal collective Year of No Light are rapidly approaching the 25th anniversary of their existence, which is no small

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Review: Hippie Death Cult ‘Live At The Star Theater’

16th June 202516th June 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Heavy Psych Sounds, Hippie Death Cult, Psych, Stoner

I was trying to explain the exhilaration I get from seeing live music recently. The majority of the time, I

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Review: Steve Von Till ‘Alone In A World Of Wounds’

11th June 202511th June 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Neo Folk, Neurot Recordings, Steve Von Till

Steve Von Till’s creative output has been fairly prolific over the last few years; in the lost times of 2020

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Review: Törzs ‘Menedék’

9th June 20259th June 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Instrumental, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock, Törzs

The angry teenage me never really had any time for instrumental music. The music that caught my attention was stories

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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May
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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May

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Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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