Review: JeGong ‘Gomi Kuzu Can’
One of the many pleasures of reviewing albums is that you get exposed to all sorts of different bands you
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Author: Matthew Williams
Review: A-Sun Amissa & Lauren Mason ‘Water Scores’
Usually when I start writing down my thoughts and rough notes for a review, I sit, listen and scribble things
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Review: Dimscûa ‘Dust Eater’
Late in October 2025, Damnation Festival announced that Crippling Alcoholism had pulled out of their 20th anniversary weekend, to be
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Review: Belzebong ‘The End Is High’
I vividly remember being utterly transfixed when I watched Belzebong perform in Manchester at Riffolution Festival back in October 2024.
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Jo Quail & Sieben @ The Deaf Institute, Manchester, 12th September 2025
In my quest to see as many different types of music live as possible, I headed up to Manchester for
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Water Damage & Smote @ The White Hotel, Salford, 2nd September 2025
Having been somewhat amazed and enthralled at the performance of Smote at the same venue, The White Hotel, in January
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Review: New Mexican Doom Cult ‘Ziggurat’
When I grabbed hold of this to review, I perhaps rather naively assumed it would be a band from New
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Review: Temptress ‘hear’
One of the few regrets I have when I once worked in Texas was that I didn’t go to any
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Review: Ritual Arcana ‘Ritual Arcana’
When you see the legendary name of Scott ‘Wino’ Weinrich attached to any band, you pretty much know that it’s
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Review: Coltaine ‘Brandung’
There are many bands that gain inspiration from their surroundings, some of which spawn a whole scene, I’m thinking of
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Review: The Utopia Strong ‘Doperider’
When I was first introduced to The Utopia Strong by The Shaman himself, I was a bit taken aback by
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