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Author: Richard Murray

Devour Every Star ‘Antiquity’
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Review: Devour Every Star ‘Antiquity’

24th December 20218th February 2022 Richard Murray Blue Bedroom Records, Devour Every Star, Trip-Hop

Life is so often a rushed mess. Upon waking we have to prepare ourselves both mentally and physically for the

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Mother ‘Interlude I’ EP
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Review: Mother ‘Interlude I’ EP

16th December 20218th February 2022 Richard Murray Black Metal, Consouling Sounds, Mother, Post-Metal

Mother are a post-black metal band from Oostende, Belgium who started in 2017. Aside from that nugget of information, they’re

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Devil Electric ‘Godless’
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Review: Devil Electric ‘Godless’

8th December 202111th January 2022 Richard Murray Devil Electric, Doom, Heavy Rock, Kozmik ArtIfactz

Devil Electric are a riff-laden four-piece from Melbourne, Australia that’s consisted of Christos Athanasias on guitar, Mark Van De Beek

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THÅRN ‘Collisions’
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Review: THÅRN ‘Collisions’

29th November 202111th January 2022 Richard Murray Post-Metal, Surviving Sounds, Thårn, Trepanation Recordings

Some sounds just hit my ear right. I’ve gobbled up atmospheric sludge, or post-metal if you’re gonna be lame about

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Old Blood - Photo by Jack Lue
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Old Blood: Interview With Vocalist Lynx

16th November 202124th December 2021 Richard Murray Acid Doom, DHU Records, Doom, Heavy Rock, Metal Assault Records, Old Blood

Having been without live music since March of 2020, I was beyond ready for a show. Lucky for me Old

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Churchburn ‘Genocidal Rite’
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Review: Churchburn ‘Genocidal Rite’

10th November 202124th December 2021 Richard Murray Churchburn, Doom, Sludge, Translation Loss Records

Are you pissed off all the time? Listen to this album. Are you a fan of blasphemy? Listen to this

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1914 'Where Fear And Weapons Meet'
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Review: 1914 ‘Where Fear And Weapons Meet’

8th November 202115th December 2021 Richard Murray 1914, Black Metal, Death Metal, Napalm Records

1914 are a Ukrainian death/doom/black metal band who sing, play, and seem to ooze the tales of the First Great

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Vetrar Draugurinn ‘The Night Sky’
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Review: Vetrar Draugurinn ‘The Night Sky’

7th October 20218th November 2021 Richard Murray Dark Skies Coming, Doom, Gothic, Vetrar Draugurinn

My older sister would listen to The Gathering, read Anne Rice, and watch The Craft repeatedly. This album brought back

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Wallowing / Vixen Maw / Slabdragger / Thin - 4-Way Split - UK
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Review: Wallowing/Vixen Maw/Slabdragger/Thin – 4 Way Split

30th September 20218th November 2021 Richard Murray Black Voodoo Records, Doom, Grindcore, Slabdragger, Sludge, Sludgelord Records, Vixen Maw, Wallowing

I can’t focus. And I don’t think I want to either. Everything is a let-down. Everything is canceled. So let’s

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Planet Of The Dead ‘Pilgrims’
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Review: Planet Of The Dead ‘Pilgrims’

5th August 20219th September 2021 Richard Murray Independent, Planet Of The Dead, Sludge

Planet Of The Dead look past all the beauty of their homeland of New Zealand to prepare their minds for

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Kita ‘Ocean Of Acid’
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Review: Kita ‘Ocean Of Acid’ EP

13th July 20219th September 2021 Richard Murray Doom, Kita, No Profit Recordings, Sludge

Kita are a Finnish, sludge, death, hate, doom, progressive fuelled menacing project. This is their debut EP entitled Ocean Of

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