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Review: Azken Auzi ‘Infernua’

8th April 20268th April 2026 Sandy Williamson Argonauta Records, Azken Auzi, Doom, Sludge

French sludge doom duo Azken Auzi have returned to the fold with their new record Infernua on Argonauta Records. The

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Review: Owls Over Oaks ‘O.O.O.’

24th March 202624th March 2026 Sandy Williamson Argonauta Records, Doom, Funeral Doom, Owls Over Oaks

The new record from extreme drone doom Italians Owls Over Oaks is called O.O.O., and you can probably guess what

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Review: Moloch ‘Bend. Break. Kneel. Crawl.’

12th March 202612th March 2026 Sandy Williamson Dry Cough Records, Independent, Moloch, Sludge, SuperFi Records

British sludge doom titans Moloch have been missing in action for a while, with seven long years passing since their

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Review: Nytt Land ‘Aba Khan’

23rd February 202623rd February 2026 Sandy Williamson Neo Folk, Nytt Land, Prophecy Productions

The tenth full-length record from Siberian folk duo Nytt Land, Aba Khan, sees them back to picking at the threads

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Review: Converge ‘Love Is Not Enough’

12th February 202612th February 2026 Sandy Williamson Converge, Deathwish Inc, Epitaph Records, Hardcore

When you are entrusted to review the new record by one of hardcore and extreme music’s most venerated and celebrated

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Review: Invictus ‘Nocturnal Visions’

30th January 202630th January 2026 Sandy Williamson Death Metal, Invictus, Me Saco Un Ojo Records, Memento Mori

In case you hadn’t noticed, the world of death metal is probably at its strongest place since the early 2010s,

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Review: Rotten Sound ‘Mass Extinction’ EP

19th January 202619th January 2026 Sandy Williamson Grind, Rotten Sound, Season Of Mist

Finnish grindcore veterans Rotten Sound started when their genre was at its lowest coolness factor, blasted everyone to pieces for

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Review: Slomatics ‘Atomicult’

5th January 20265th January 2026 Sandy Williamson Doom, Majestic Mountain Records, Slomatics

Belfast’s Slomatics are an institution at this point in the UK underground doom and sludge scenes, but their sound has

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Review: Sunn O))) ‘Eternity’s Pillars B/W Raise The Chalice & Reverential’

17th December 202517th December 2025 Sandy Williamson Drone, Sub Pop Records, Sunn O)))

The first collaboration between drone legends Sunn O))) and the legendary Sub Pop Records, this three-track release sees Greg Anderson

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Review: Mastiff ‘For All The Dead Dreams’ EP

4th December 20254th December 2025 Sandy Williamson Church Road Records, Hardcore, Mastiff, Sludge

Yorkshire sludge/doom/hardcore monsters Mastiff have been bulldozing their way across these grim shores for over a decade now, and hot

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Review: Cathedral ‘Society’s Pact With Satan’

19th November 202519th November 2025 Sandy Williamson Cathedral, Doom, Rise Above Records

When I first heard about a new release from departed British doom legends Cathedral was coming out, I was initially

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Following Wednesday’s premiere of an excerpt built around INTERVAL 1, TESA return with a second glimpse into TESA MAN, this

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