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Review: Night Child ‘Darkened Grid’ EP

10th April 202610th April 2026 Martin Williams Hardcore Metal, Night Child, What's Left Records

Growing up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, I would find myself frustrated whenever I traveled. I’d continuously have to explain to

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Review: mclusky ‘i sure am getting sick of this bowling alley’

9th April 20269th April 2026 Reza Mills Ipecac Recordings, mclusky, Noise-Rock, Post-Hardcore

mclusky made the number one spot in my Top Ten Of 2025 with their spectacular comeback album the world is

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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: Lili Refrain ‘Nagalite’

7th April 20267th April 2026 Lee Beamish Dark Ambient, Experimental, Lili Refrain, Subsound Records

Lili Refrain is a true pioneer: a seeker, a soothsayer, and a vessel. Her body of work is far more

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Review: Bad Blood Recovery ‘Perfidious’ EP

3rd April 20263rd April 2026 Matthew Williams Bad Blood Recovery, Doom Rock, Future Noise, Stoner

When is an EP not an EP and an album instead? A debate for some other time, perhaps, as Perfidious

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Review: Corrosion Of Conformity ‘Good God/Baad Man’

2nd April 20262nd April 2026 Martin Williams Corrosion Of Conformity, Heavy Rock, Nuclear Blast Records, Southern Rock

Before getting into the fundamentals of Corrosion Of Conformity’s new double album, Good God/Baad Man, their first since 2018’s No

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Review: The Bandit Queen Of Sorrows ‘The Magnolia Sessions’

2nd April 20262nd April 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Anti-Corporate Music, Country, Folk, The Bandit Queen Of Sorrows, The Magnolia Sessions

One of the most valuable things for the continuing health of music is for new or underground artists to get

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Review: Void Of Light ‘Asymmetries’

1st April 20261st April 2026 Matthew Williams Post-Metal, Ripcord Records, Void Of Light

It’s another step into the mesmerising and thunderous world of post-metal for me as Glasgow’s Void Of Light release their

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Review: Aurelia Anne Cohen ‘The Magnolia Sessions’

31st March 202631st March 2026 Martin Williams Americana, Anti-Corporate Music, Aurelia Anne Cohen, Folk, The Magnolia Sessions

While I personally have not yet covered any of Anti-Corp Music’s mainman, Dan Emery’s fabled The Magnolia Sessions, I’ve been

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Review: Cryptworm ‘Infectious Pathological Waste’

30th March 202630th March 2026 Matt Alexander Cryptworm, Death Metal, Extremely Rotten Productions, Me Saco Un Ojo Records

A thin emerald mist seeps out of a pile of pustulant, bloated corpses, all of which have been heavily experimented

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Review: Lesotho ‘A Flashing On Plain Glass’

27th March 202627th March 2026 Matthew Williams Independent, Instrumental, Lesotho, Post-Metal, Post-Rock

Over the past few years, I’ve started to enjoy more post-metal bands, having dived into the genre to expand my

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Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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