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Author: Matthew Williams

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Review: Djiin ‘Mirrors’

22nd May 202422nd May 2024 Matthew Williams Djiin, Klonosphere Records, Noise-Rock, Prog Rock, Psych Rock

If you are a fan of psychedelic stoner rock that is mixed with a touch of 70’s prog and has

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Review: King Of None ‘In The Realm’

13th May 202413th May 2024 Matthew Williams Argonauta Records, King Of None, Stoner Rock

Straight out of the bat, this is a damn fine album. The early riffs that come blaring out of the

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Review: Mastiff ‘Deprecipice’

9th May 20249th May 2024 Matthew Williams Hardcore, Mastiff, MNRK Heavy, Sludge

Somewhere in a parallel universe, I’m sure that Mastiff are headlining huge shows across the globe as they have always

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Review: Oakfarm ‘Oakfarm’

25th April 202426th April 2024 Matthew Williams Heavy Rock, Oakfarm, Pink Tank Records

Suppose you are a fan of vintage heavy rock that sounds like a hedonistic trip away to your favourite hideaway,

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Review: Witch Vomit ‘Funeral Sanctum’

8th April 20248th April 2024 Matthew Williams 20 Buck Spin, Death Metal, Witch Vomit

There has been a lot of anticipation and noise surrounding the third album from Portland’s Witch Vomit. Their previous two

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Review: BRAT ‘Social Grace’

19th March 202419th March 2024 Matthew Williams BRAT, Grind, Power Violence, Prosthetic Records

As we all know, putting bands into pigeon holes can sometimes be a problem as they get labelled all too

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Review: Leather Lung ‘Graveside Grin’

18th March 202418th March 2024 Matthew Williams Doom, Heavy Metal, Leather Lung, Magnetic Eye Records, Sludge

I’m sure that I’m not the first, and definitely won’t be the last, person to think this, but upon hearing

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Review: Exhorder ‘Defectum Omnium’

12th March 202412th March 2024 Matthew Williams Exhorder, Nuclear Blast Records, Thrash Metal

Let’s be brutally honest, when most people think of the band Exhorder, they will immediately cast their mind back to

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Review: Firefriend ‘Rcknrll’

5th March 20245th March 2024 Matthew Williams Cardinal Fuzz Records, Firefriend, Little Cloud Records, Psych, Space Rock

When you listen to the opening tracks of albums, they should take your mind away from the usual mundane crap

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Review: Clouds Taste Satanic ’79 A.E.’

20th February 202420th February 2024 Matthew Williams Clouds Taste Satanic, Doom, Instrumental, Majestic Mountain Records

There are not been many bands over the last few years who have excited me as much as Clouds Taste

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Review: Cower ‘Celestial Devastation’

13th February 202413th February 2024 Matthew Williams Cower, Human Worth

It’s hard to know where to start with this one, as the follow-up to their acclaimed debut Boys, is a

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