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Author: Reza Mills

Night Goat 'Totem'
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Review: Night Goat ‘Totem’

9th March 202317th January 2026 Reza Mills Black Donut Records, Death Rock, Night Goat

Ever since I reviewed their split with Ghost:Hello back in 2020, I have become hooked on Night Goat and resolved

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Smote 'Genog'
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Review: Smote ‘Genog’

8th March 202317th January 2026 Reza Mills Acid Rock, Folk, Kraut, Rocket Recordings, Smote

Having cleared my decks review wise and with the only album on my books not due for a while, I

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Night Goat - Photo by Molly Crowe
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Night Goat: Reza Interviews Guitarist & Vocalist Chris Bentley

7th March 202317th January 2026 Reza Mills Black Donut Records, Death Rock, Night Goat

Night Goat are a Canton, Ohio based death rock/noise-rock/doom/sludge (all or some of the aforementioned genres depending on your interpretation)

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LAWA 'Instrumentalisation'
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Review: LAWA ‘Instrumentalisation’

22nd February 202329th March 2023 Reza Mills Cinematic, Cineploit Recordings, Electronic, LAWA

To recap, LAWA is Alex Wank (formerly of Austrian death metal legends Pungent Stench) and Alain Leonard and the band’s

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Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs 'Land Of Sleeper'
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Review: Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs ‘Land Of Sleeper’

14th February 202321st March 2023 Reza Mills Doom, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, Psych, Rocket Recordings

Since their incredible album Viscerals in 2020, Newcastle upon Tyne quintet Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs aka Pigs

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Betty Benedeadly & Braden Guess 'At The Institute Of Mentalphysics'
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Review: Betty Benedeadly & Braden Guess ‘At The Institute Of Mentalphysics’

31st January 20238th March 2023 Reza Mills Betty Benedeadly, Braden Guess, Country, Desert Records

Having reviewed and enjoyed Betty Benedeadly‘s two EPs, 2021s From The Mesa and 2022s The Adventures Of Mabel & Carter,

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Venamoris 'Drown In Emotion'
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Review: Venamoris ‘Drown In Emotion’

26th January 20238th March 2023 Reza Mills Dave Lombardo, Dream Pop, Paula Lombardo, Three One G, Venamoris

I noticed a curious phenomenon while watching Amoeba Records ‘What’s In My Bag’ series recently, a lot of the metal

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EYES 'Congratulations'
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Review: EYES ‘Congratulations’

25th January 20238th March 2023 Reza Mills Eyes, Hardcore, Indisciplinarian Records

In 2020, Copenhagen quintet EYES released their full-length debut, the superlative Underperformer which was reviewed by yours truly and made

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KOLLAPS\E 'Phantom Centre'
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Review: KOLLAPS\E ‘Phantom Centre’

12th January 20238th March 2023 Reza Mills Kollapse, Post-Metal, Sludge, Trepanation Recordings

The backslash in KOLLAPS\E signifies a typographical mark used in computer programming, rather than English punctuation. Are the band computer

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Gridfailure 'Perpendicular To The Living Ones'
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Review: Gridfailure ‘Perpendicular To The Living Ones’

9th January 20238th March 2023 Reza Mills Ambient, Experimental, Gridfailure, Independent, Noise

Gridfailure aka David Brenner (also of Earsplit PR) has never been workshy as is evident with this, his fourth release

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Private Prisons 'Extrication'
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Review: Private Prisons ‘Extrication’

28th December 20226th February 2023 Reza Mills Death Metal, Doom, Private Prisons, Sludge, Trepanation Recordings

Private Prisons are an Anaheim, California quartet who consist of Ryan Beitler – guitars, vocals, loops and synth, Federico Pennacchini

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