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Review: Habak ‘Insania’ [Reissue]

10th September 202410th September 2024 Nessie Spencer Crust, Habak, Hardcore, Persistent Vision Records

When the Shaman-In-Chief tasked me to review the re-edition of Habak’s debut effort Insania, I thought it would be an

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Review: Gurt ‘Satan Etc’

24th July 202424th July 2024 Nessie Spencer Gurt, Sludge, When Planets Collide

If you are into sludge metal, Gurt is one of those bands that everybody agrees on: these lads are downright

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Review: Bossk ‘.4’

23rd July 202410th September 2024 Nessie Spencer Bossk, Deathwish Inc, Post-Metal, Post-Rock

Storytime: back in 2017, I dragged my then-partner to a Russian Circles show in a hipstery part of London I

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Review: Zolle ‘Rosa’

4th July 20244th July 2024 Nessie Spencer Noise-Rock, Rock 'n' Roll, Subsound Records, Zolle

The Italian scene is as diverse as it is impressive, if there’s a specific genre of music that you particularly

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Review: High Desert Queen ‘Palm Reader’

7th June 20247th June 2024 Nessie Spencer Heavy Rock, High Desert Queen, Magnetic Eye Records, Stoner Rock

There are three things in life where I am always going to be partial: cheese, drag queens and stoner rock

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Review: Homecoming ‘Those We Knew’

21st May 202421st May 2024 Nessie Spencer Copper Feast Records, Homecoming, Post-Metal, Prog Metal

There is no ideal time to do what I am about to do, especially when it comes to bands that

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Review: Eye ‘Dark Light’

15th May 202415th May 2024 Nessie Spencer Doomgaze, Dream Pop, Eye, New Heavy Sounds

Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard may have chosen the worst possible name for a doom band, but they certainly delivered some

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Botch @ Electric Ballroom, London 23rd March 2024 – Pho
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Botch / Great Falls / Bad Breeding @ Electric Ballroom, London 23rd March 2024

16th April 202416th April 2024 Nessie Spencer Bad Breeding, Botch, Electric Ballroom, Great Falls, London

Metalcore was a word that meant a lot to a very few selected teenagers and young adults between 1997 and

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Review: Skraeckoedlan ‘Vermillion Sky’

12th April 202412th April 2024 Nessie Spencer Fuzzorama Records, Prog Rock, Skraeckoedlan, Stoner Rock

Unless you are a native Swede or have had runs learning the language via Duolingo, the chances of understanding a

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Review: Kollapse ‘AR’

12th March 202412th March 2024 Nessie Spencer Fysisk Format, Kollapse, Post-Metal, Sludge

If you have never heard of Kollapse up until now, let me tell you that this is the perfect time

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GGGOLDDD @ ArcTanGent 2023 - Photo by Derek Bremner
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ArcTanGent Festival 2023 – Saturday

7th December 20237th December 2023 Nessie Spencer A Burial At Sea, ArcTanGent Festival, Devin Townsend, Domkraft, GGGOLDDD, Igorrr, Psychonaut, The Callous Daoboys, The Fall Of Troy

What a way to start the last day of ArcTanGent 2023 than with A Burial At Sea! The Liverpool-based Irish

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Premiere: Ensemble Tikoro ‘Tortoise’ – New Album Lands 23rd October via Jangjang Records
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Premiere: Ensemble Tikoro ‘Tortoise’ – New Album Lands 23rd October via Jangjang Records

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Enter the hypnotic, boundary-pushing world of Ensemble Tikoro as The Shaman premieres their formidable new full-length work, Tortoise, ahead of

Premiere: SEK ‘Amore Mio’ – Debut Album ‘Wallensteins Garage’ Lands 30th October
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Premiere: SEK ‘Amore Mio’ – Debut Album ‘Wallensteins Garage’ Lands 30th October

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Premiere: Spider Kitten ‘God Don’t Sleep’ – New Album Lands This Friday, 2nd October
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Premiere: Spider Kitten ‘God Don’t Sleep’ – New Album Lands This Friday, 2nd October

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Premiere: SALVATION ‘Depression’ – New Album ‘The Haunted’ Lands On 16th October

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