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Author: Spencer Reid

Sunn O))) ‘Metta, Benevolence. BBC6 Music: Live On The invitation Of Mary Anne Hobbs’
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Review: Sunn O))) ‘Metta, Benevolence. BBC6 Music: Live On The invitation Of Mary Anne Hobbs’

14th December 20218th February 2022 Spencer Reid Drone, Southern Lord, Sunn O)))

Sunn O))) aficionados will enjoy the bands most recent addition to their oeuvre, the live release; Metta, Benevolence BBC 6Music:

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The Lovecraft Sextet ‘In Memoriam’
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Review: The Lovecraft Sextet ‘In Memoriam’

1st November 202115th December 2021 Spencer Reid Denovali Records, Doom, Jason Köhnen, Jazz, The Lovecraft Sextet

Deep from within a low-spirited dark ambience Jason Köhnen‘s new project, The Lovecraft Sextet, turns to all that is funereal

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The Black Swan Triad ‘Symbiosis’
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Review: The Black Swan Triad ‘Symbiosis’

27th September 202128th October 2021 Spencer Reid Ambient, Experimental, Reverb Worship, The Black Swan Triad

On Symbiosis The Black Swan Triad play with sage like sublimity appearing to map an enchanting, although foreboding, sequence of

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Malvost 'Oljud'
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Review: Malvost ‘Oljud’

19th July 20219th September 2021 Spencer Reid Ambient, Drone, Malvost, Trepanation Recordings

The Book Of Lamentations sees the destruction of Jerusalem as an act of Gods hand, due to the sins of

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Leila Abdul-Rauf ‘Phantasiai’
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Review: Leila Abdul-Rauf ‘Phantasiai’

6th July 202113th August 2021 Spencer Reid Cloister Recordings, Cyclic Law, Leila Abdul-Rauf, Soundscapes

Phantasiai unmoors feelings and thoughts, casting them adrift to float in spirals, spirals which move neither up nor down. The

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Quarantine ‘The Perception Of Pain’
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Review: Quarantine ‘The Perception Of Pain’

28th June 20216th August 2021 Spencer Reid Doom, Industrial, Quarantine, Trepanation Recordings

During the overwhelming isolation of lockdowns, I imagine many people to have baked cakes. And if I was going to

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Video Premiere: Froglord ‘Croak’ – Swamp-Soaked Sludge From ‘The Mystic Toad’ Repress
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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May

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