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Majesties 'Vast Reaches Unclaimed'
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Review: Majesties ‘Vast Reaches Unclaimed’

9th March 20239th March 2023 James Bullock 20 Buck Spin, Death Metal, Majesties

As a fairly focussed old school death metal fan, the Swedish melodic death metal scene is a genre that I

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Smoke
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Premiere: Smoke ‘Scavenger’ – New Single Of Fuzzy, Doomy Stoner Rock Drops This Friday

8th March 20238th March 2023 Lee Edwards Doom, Independent, Smoke

Lynchburg, Virginia’s Smoke has been making a bit of a name for themselves with their fuzzy doom and stoner rock

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Smote 'Genog'
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Review: Smote ‘Genog’

8th March 20238th March 2023 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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Sandrider 'Enveletration'
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Review: Sandrider ‘Enveletration’

8th March 20238th March 2023 Martin Williams Noise-Rock, Sandrider, Satanik Royalty Records

The mid-to-late ‘90s post-grunge atmosphere in Seattle proved to be a very fertile time for music, as fertile, if less

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

7th March 20238th March 2023 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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Author & Punisher @ The Deaf Institute, Manchester, 21st Feb 2023 – Photo by Lee Edwards
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Through The Lens: Author & Punisher / Zetra @ The Deaf Institute, Manchester, 21st Feb 2023

7th March 20237th March 2023 Lee Edwards Author & Punisher, Doom, Industrial, Manchester, The Deaf Institute, Through The Lens, Zetra

On a dark and dank Tuesday night in Manchester, our editor in chief took a trip down to The Deaf

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Stoned Jesus 'Father Light'
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Review: Stoned Jesus ‘Father Light’

7th March 20237th March 2023 Lee Beamish Heavy Rock, Season Of Mist, Stoned Jesus

Over the last decade, one band I have become increasingly more aware of as time has passed is Stoned Jesus.

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Obelyskkh 'The Ultimate Grace Of God'
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Review: Obelyskkh ‘The Ultimate Grace Of God’

7th March 20237th March 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Exile On Mainstream Records, Noise-Rock, Obelyskkh, Sludge

The last time I checked in on German heavyweight doomsters Obelyskkh was in 2017 for their fourth album, The Providence.

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Witch Ripper 'The Flight After The Fall'
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Review: Witch Ripper ‘The Flight After The Fall’

3rd March 20233rd March 2023 Lee Beamish Magnetic Eye Records, Metal, Sludge, Witch Ripper

When I think of Seattle, I’m predominantly guided by the whole grunge scene of the ‘90s. During this time I

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Westing 'Future'
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Review: Westing ‘Future’

3rd March 20236th March 2023 Martin Williams Heavy Rock, RidingEasy Records, Westing

The band Slow Season had been on my radar for years, so when hearing they had changed their name to

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Full Of Hell & Primitive Man 'Suffocating Hallucination'
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Review: Full Of Hell & Primitive Man ‘Suffocating Hallucination’

2nd March 20232nd March 2023 Simon Brotherton Closed Casket Activities, Full Of Hell, Primitive Man, Sludge

I’d never refer to myself as a massive sludge or noise fan, so you may be wondering why I picked

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Video Premiere: IAN ‘Manuel’ – Debut ‘Come On Everybody, Let’s Do Nothing!’ Drops 17th October
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Video Premiere: IAN ‘Manuel’ – Debut ‘Come On Everybody, Let’s Do Nothing!’ Drops 17th October

1st October 20251st October 2025 Lee Edwards

Today marks the premiere of IAN’s new video for their single Manuel, the latest glimpse of their debut album Come

Video Premiere: SoftSun ‘Sacred Heart’ – New Album ‘Eternal Sunrise’ Drops 7th November
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Video Premiere: SoftSun ‘Sacred Heart’ – New Album ‘Eternal Sunrise’ Drops 7th November

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Video Premiere: ORT ‘Bodden Dub’ – ‘Sperrwerk’ 10″/CD Out Now Via My Proud Mountain
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Video Premiere: ORT ‘Bodden Dub’ – ‘Sperrwerk’ 10″/CD Out Now Via My Proud Mountain

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Premiere: Cosmic Reaper ‘Bloodfeather’ – New Album Releases 26th September
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Premiere: Cosmic Reaper ‘Bloodfeather’ – New Album Releases 26th September

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