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Author: Nessie Spencer

Enslaved @ ArcTanGent 2023 - Photo by Jonathan Dadds
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ArcTanGent Festival 2023 – Friday

6th December 20236th December 2023 Nessie Spencer '68, ArcTanGent Festival, Bell Witch, Curse These Metal Hands, Enslaved, Holy Fawn, Joliette, Witchsorrow

It’s always good to start the Friday at ArcTanGent with a nice shot of traditional doom from Witchsorrow but also

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Elder @ ArcTanGent 2023 - Photo by Derek Bremner
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ArcTanGent Festival 2023 – Thursday

5th December 20236th December 2023 Nessie Spencer ArcTanGent Festival, Birds In Row, Cave In, Chalk Hands, Elder, Empire State Bastard, Sugar Horse, Svalbard, Wallowing

It was good to see fellow Brightonians Chalk Hands rocking the Yokhai Stage so early on a Thursday at this

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Pupil Slicer @ ArcTanGent 2023 - Photo by Joe Singh
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ArcTanGent Festival 2023 – Wednesday

4th December 20234th December 2023 Nessie Spencer ArcTanGent Festival, Conjurer, DVNE, Hippotraktor, Pupil Slicer, Scalping, Skin Failure

For the second time in a row, the ArcTanGent festival (ATG for short) added a pre-party day on the Wednesday

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Chat Pile @ The Dome, London, 14th August 2023 – Photo by Nessie Spencer
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Through The Lens: Chat Pile / Petbrick / Dawn Ray’d @ The Dome, London, 14th August 2023

13th September 202311th October 2023 Nessie Spencer Black Metal, Chat Pile, Dawn Ray'd, Effigy Presents, Electronic, London, Noise-Rock, Petbrick, Through The Lens

When Chat Pile announced their dates for a UK tour this August, everybody and their mothers went to grab a

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La Bestia de Gevaudan @ The Hope & Ruin, Brighton, 13th August 2023 – Photo by Nessie Spencer
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Through The Lens: La Bestia de Gevaudan / Mindframe / Milk White Throat / @ The Hope & Ruin, Brighton, 13th August 2023

6th September 202329th September 2023 Nessie Spencer Brighton, La Bestia de Gevaudan, Milk White Throat, Noise-Rock, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, The Hope & Ruin, Through The Lens

Post-metallers La Bestia de Gevaudan embarked on a European tour last August, which started at The Hope & Ruin, in

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Hey Colossus 'In Blood' Artwork
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Review: Hey Colossus ‘In Blood’

1st September 202329th September 2023 Nessie Spencer Alternative, Hey Colossus, Noise-Rock, Post-Punk, Wrong Speed Records

After the release and subsequent success of their album Dances/Curses in November 2020, the London-based band Hey Colossus are now

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Divide And Dissolve 'Systemic' Artwork
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Review: Divide And Dissolve ‘Systemic’

20th July 202320th July 2023 Nessie Spencer Divide And Dissolve, Doom, Drone, Invada Records

Being part of an ethnic minority within the metal scene can be rewarding at times and exhausting at others, trust

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.Gif From God 'Digital Red' EP
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Review: .Gif From God ‘Digital Red’ EP

6th June 20236th June 2023 Nessie Spencer Gif From God, Hardcore, Prosthetic Records

This review has been a long time coming as I’ve been regularly listening to it since its release back in

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Wormrot @ New Cross Inn, London 1st April 2023 - Photo by Nessie Spencer
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Wormrot / Charred Atlas / Wasted Death / Vacuous @ New Cross Inn, London 1st April 2023

17th April 202317th April 2023 Nessie Spencer Charred Atlas, Death Metal, Grindcore, Hardcore, London, New Cross Inn, Thrash Metal, Vacuous, Wasted Death, Wormrot

Last year, the Singaporean band Wormrot released what was considered to be one of the best albums of the year,

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Pigs x7 @ Entombed Festival 2023 – Photo by Gemma Shaw
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Entombed Festival 2023 – Day Two

13th April 202313th April 2023 Nessie Spencer Circle None, Doomsday Clock, Entombed Festival, Fatalist, Hastings, In Evil Hour, Inhuman Nature, Kulk, Monakis, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, The Crypt, Torpor, Trippy Wicked, Tuskar

I’m back to The Crypt in Hastings for Day Two of Entombed Festival, accompanied once again by the lovely Gemma

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Knuckledust @ Entombed Festival 2023 – Photo by Gemma Shaw
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Entombed Festival 2023 – Day One

12th April 202313th April 2023 Nessie Spencer Beige, Entombed Festival, Hastings, Helpless, Knuckledust, No Relief, Telos, The Crypt

It feels really good being back in Hastings for the Entombed Festival at The Crypt venue, where punk and metal

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