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Margarita Witch Cult 'Margarita Witch Cult'
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Review: Margarita Witch Cult ‘Margarita Witch Cult’

26th April 202326th April 2023 Martin Williams Doom, Heavy Psych Sounds, Margarita Witch Cult

In the ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’ department, here we have the debut release from Birmingham, UK’s Margarita

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Eric Angelo Bessel 'Visitation'
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Review: Eric Angelo Bessel ‘Visitation’

26th April 202326th April 2023 Lee Beamish Ambient, Eric Angelo Bessel, Lore City Music, Soundscapes

Over the last couple of years, on my adventures with The Sleeping Shaman, one of the entities I have had

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Wolfnaut 'Return Of The Asteroid'
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Review: Wolfnaut ‘Return Of The Asteroid’

18th April 202318th April 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Heavy Rock, Ripple Music, Wolfnaut

For more years than I can count now, Ripple Music has proven to be the standard bearer for the stoner

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Orsak:Oslo 'In Irons'
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Review: Orsak:Oslo ‘In Irons’

18th April 202318th April 2023 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Orsak:Oslo, Post-Rock, Psych, Vinter Records

Swedish/Norwegian four-piece experimental post-rockers Orsak:Oslo (a band that I always admired since I bumped into them on a blogspot), came

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Wormrot @ New Cross Inn, London 1st April 2023 - Photo by Nessie Spencer
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Wormrot / Charred Atlas / Wasted Death / Vacuous @ New Cross Inn, London 1st April 2023

17th April 202317th April 2023 Nessie Spencer Charred Atlas, Death Metal, Grindcore, Hardcore, London, New Cross Inn, Thrash Metal, Vacuous, Wasted Death, Wormrot

Last year, the Singaporean band Wormrot released what was considered to be one of the best albums of the year,

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Dorthia Cottrell 'Death Folk Country'
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Review: Dorthia Cottrell ‘Death Folk Country’

17th April 202317th April 2023 Lee Beamish Country, Dorthia Cottrell, Folk, Relapse Records, Windhand

It’s not very often that an album title perfectly describes its content, to the point where three little words can

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Isaak 'Hey'
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Review: Isaak ‘Hey’

17th April 202317th April 2023 Francisco Javier Heavy Psych Sounds, Heavy Rock, Isaak

One of the coolest things about being one of the most, if not the most, prominent underground labels specialising in

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Dozer 'Drifting In The Endless Void'
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Review: Dozer ‘Drifting In The Endless Void’

14th April 202314th April 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Blues Funeral Recordings, Dozer, Heavy Rock

I wrote a retrospective piece on the much-loved Swedish four-piece Dozer nearly three years ago, over which time expectation and

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Epilogen 'Nollpunkten'
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Review: Epilogen ‘Nollpunkten’

14th April 202314th April 2023 Lee Beamish Ambient, Drone, Epilogen, Independent

When it comes to uniqueness in 2023, I think it’s safe to say that the hopes for something truly new,

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Pigs x7 @ Entombed Festival 2023 – Photo by Gemma Shaw
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Entombed Festival 2023 – Day Two

13th April 202313th April 2023 Nessie Spencer Circle None, Doomsday Clock, Entombed Festival, Fatalist, Hastings, In Evil Hour, Inhuman Nature, Kulk, Monakis, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, The Crypt, Torpor, Trippy Wicked, Tuskar

I’m back to The Crypt in Hastings for Day Two of Entombed Festival, accompanied once again by the lovely Gemma

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Review: Putrid Yell ‘Consuming Aberration’

13th April 202313th April 2023 Matt Alexander Death Metal, Pulverised Records, Putrid Yell

‘The only two certainties in life are death and taxes’ famously said by Benjamin Franklin, well folks let me tell

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