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Top Ten Of 2023: Matthew Williams

4th January 20244th January 2024 Matthew Williams 20 Watt Tombstone, Clouds Taste Satanic, Coffin Mulch, Enforced, Fire Down Below, Green Lung, Hellripper, Thunder Horse, Top Ten 2023, Tortured Demon, Urne

One of the joys of reviewing new releases is that you get to listen to all sorts of different styles

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Top Ten Of 2023: David J McLaren

3rd January 20243rd January 2024 David J McLaren Ahab, Godthrymm, Khan, Narrow Head, Oceanlord, Paradise Lost, Peter Gabriel, Prong, Svalbard, Top Ten 2023, Wodorost

Life continues to get busier and busier, which means that inevitably more and more new music passes me by as

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Top Ten Of 2023: Will J

2nd January 20242nd January 2024 Will J Body Void, Catafalque, Dawn Ray'd, Divide And Dissolve, Fever Ray, Kvelertak, Sunrot, The Hirs Collective, Top Ten 2023, Woe, Zulu

2023 has certainly been a busy year for me! My daughter turned a year old in April, and just a

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Top Ten Of 2023: Sandy Williamson

29th December 202329th December 2023 Sandy Williamson Bell Witch, Church Of Misery, Eremit, Hellripper, Incantation, Nine Altars, Obituary, Phantom Winter, Sorrowful Land, Top Ten 2023, Tribunal

Well, 2023 has been a very good year, mostly in the world of music, but in a few other places

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Top Ten Of 2023: Josh Schneider

28th December 20232nd January 2024 Josh Schneider 20 Watt Tombstone, All Hell, Auralayer, Howling Giant, Modern Technology, Restless Spirit, REZN, Spotlights, Stoned Jesus, Top Ten 2023, Vinnum Sabbathi, We Follow The Earth

There are more and more incredible albums released each year and this doesn’t get easier. The first year I had

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Top Ten Of 2023: Matt Alexander

27th December 202327th December 2023 Matt Alexander Cruciamentum, Disguised Malignance, Dying Remains, Grotesqueries, Horrendous, Majesties, Serpent Corpse, Spirit Possession, Tomb Mold, Top Ten 2023, Ulthar

It’s my favourite time of the year where I get to spend hours trawling back through all the records I’ve

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Top Ten Of 2023: Liam Blanc

26th December 202326th December 2023 Liam Blanc Dead Shrine, Fire Down Below, Green Yeti, Hippie Death Cult, Kadabra, King Father Baboon, Mammatus, Saint Karloff, Sorcia, Top Ten 2023, Void Cruiser

It’s crazy to think that this is the fifth top ten album of the year article that I’ve written for

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Top Ten Of 2023: Martin Williams

22nd December 202322nd December 2023 Martin Williams Acid King, Borracho, Dorthia Cottrell, Dozer, Frankie And The Witch Fingers, Kadabra, KIND, Mutoid Man, Negative Blast, Sandrider, Top Ten 2023

It is pretty hard to believe that this is my third Top Ten list for The Sleeping Shaman, but it

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Top Ten Of 2023: Rob Walsh

21st December 202327th December 2023 Rob Walsh Baroness, Church Of Misery, Danava, DeWolff, Hochen, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, Sonic Moon, The Golden Grass, The Howling Eye, The Stone Eye, Top Ten 2023

2023 was admittedly a mostly difficult year for me. I got off to a great start but by the early

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Top Ten Of 2023: Lee Beamish

20th December 202322nd December 2023 Lee Beamish Dorthia Cottrell, Esben And The Witch, Fågelle, Jo Quail, Mad Honey, OHHMS, Slowdive, Stoned Jesus, Tar Pond, Top Ten 2023, Unverkalt

Well, well, well, here we are again. It’s the arse end of the year, and you want me, to give

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Top Ten Of 2023: Reza Mills

19th December 202322nd December 2023 Reza Mills Chrome Waves, Das Damen, Mac Gollehon, Night Goat, Oxbow, Sorcia, Stress Positions, The Mon, Top Ten 2023, Venamoris, Young James Long

So has the past year brought me wealth, romance and job satisfaction? Not exactly, but there have been some exceptional

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