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Review: Castle Rat ‘The Bestiary’

15th October 202515th October 2025 Renzo Blues Funeral Recordings, Castle Rat, Doom, Heavy Metal, King Volume Records

The dance of the beasts. Castle Rat‘s second full-length album, The Bestiary, is their most ambitious and realised work yet,

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Review: Jeffrey Alexander + The Heavy Lidders ‘Synchronous Orbit’

24th June 202524th June 2025 Renzo Cardinal Fuzz Records, Jeffrey Alexander, The Heavy Lidders

From the first notes of Synchronous Orbit, it’s impossible not to recognise the flavour of the Grateful Dead – especially

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Review: Master Charger ‘Posthumous Resurrection’

27th May 202527th May 2025 Renzo Argonauta Records, Doom, Master Charger, Sludge, Stoner

The Resurrection Of the Doom Masters. Master Charger, John James (guitar, Vocals), Dave Hayes (bass) and Ste Dudley (drums), is

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Review: Staticlone ‘Better Living Through Static Vision’

20th May 202520th May 2025 Renzo Hardcore, Punk, Relapse Records, Staticlone

Punks Not Dead… Philadelphia has a strong punk and hardcore tradition, though the genre is associated with bands like Bad

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Review: The Lord Weird Slough Feg ‘Traveller Supplement 1: The Ephemeral Glades’ EP

6th May 20257th May 2025 Renzo Cruz Del Sur Music, Metal, The Lord Weird Slough Feg

The Lord Weird Slough Feg, also known as simply Slough Feg, presents a sequel to their 2003 masterpiece Traveller with

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Review: Rainbows Are Free ‘Silver And Gold’

11th April 202511th April 2025 Renzo Heavy Rock, Proto-Metal, Rainbows Are Free, Ripple Music

The Unlimited Colours Of The Rainbow… There are countless stoner-doom and heavy-psych bands these days, both classic and emerging, but

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Review: Vitskär Süden ‘Vitskär Süden’ [Reissue]

4th April 20254th April 2025 Renzo Doom, Prog, Psych, Ripple Music, Vitskär Süden

Vitskär Süden’s name makes me think this is another great Nordic band, but it’s actually the name of a band

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Review: Rainbows Are Free ‘Heavy Petal Music’

3rd April 20253rd April 2025 Renzo Heavy Rock, Rainbows Are Free, Ripple Music

Rainbows Are Free, the stoner-psychedelic band from Norman, Oklahoma, released their first official live album, Heavy Petal Music. Recorded at

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Video Premiere: IAN ‘Manuel’ – Debut ‘Come On Everybody, Let’s Do Nothing!’ Drops 17th October

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