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Review: Obscene ‘Agony & Wounds’

30th July 202430th July 2024 Matthew Williams Death Metal, Nameless Grave Records, Obscene

It’s a serene start that emanates from the speakers when the opening, three-and-a-half-minute track, The Cloverland Panopticon begins, which hides

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Review: Pijn ‘From Low Beams Of Hope’

24th July 202424th July 2024 Matthew Williams Floodlit Recordings, Pijn, Post-Rock

Pijn are one of those bands I’ve always skirted around the edges of and never really sat down and paid

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Review: The Ghost Next Door ‘Classic Songs Of Death And Dismemberment’

15th July 202415th July 2024 Matthew Williams Heavy Rock, Ripple Music, The Ghost Next Door

This has a slightly different feel to most albums that I tend to listen to from my favourite label, Ripple

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Review: Rifflord ’39 Serpent Power’

9th July 20249th July 2024 Matthew Williams Heavy Metal, Rifflord, Ripple Music

The build-up to opening track Serpent Power gives off an air of invincibility and of a band that know that

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High On Fire @ Rebellion, Manchester 15th June 2024 – Photo by Lee Edwards
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High On Fire / Silverburn @ Rebellion, Manchester 15th June 2024

8th July 20248th July 2024 Matthew Williams Doom, Hardcore Metal, Heavy Metal, High On Fire, Manchester, Rebellion, Silverburn

The expected traffic jams of people going to see the Foo Fighters at Old Trafford didn’t materialise, so I expected

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Review: Golgotha ‘Spreading The Wings Of Hope’

2nd July 20242nd July 2024 Matthew Williams Ardua Music, Death Doom, Golgotha

The haunting melody greets you from the start of the six-minute opening track For Every Tear, but you already know

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Review: Stone Nomads ‘Beyond The Gates’ EP

27th June 202427th June 2024 Matthew Williams Doom, Gravitoyd Heavy Music, Heavy Metal, Stone Nomads

This might only be a four song EP from Stone Nomads but there is so much to enjoy from the

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Mr Bungle @ The Ritz, Manchester, 13th June 2024 – Photo by Lee Edwards
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Mr. Bungle / Spotlights @ The Ritz, Manchester, 13th June 2024

24th June 20248th July 2024 Matthew Williams Manchester, Mr. Bungle, Shoegaze, Spotlights, The Ritz, Thrash Metal

You could sense the buzz around The Ritz when you walked in. With traffic being a bit crazy with other

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Review: Kayleth ‘New Babylon’

18th June 202418th June 2024 Matthew Williams Argonauta Records, Heavy Rock, Kayleth, Stoner Rock

When Kayleth released their 2020 Back To Earth album, they had found a cold and inhospitable place where humanity was

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Review: Abrams ‘Blue City’

12th June 202412th June 2024 Matthew Williams Abrams, Blues Funeral Recordings, Heavy Rock

You get the feeling with some bands, however hard they try and whatever they produce and put out for our

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Review: bunsenburner ‘Squall’ EP

24th May 202424th May 2024 Matthew Williams Bensnburner Records, Bunsenburner

From the moment Norman Lonhard’s drums begin, the assault on your senses with the opening to Froth and the rest

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