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Review: A Swarm Of The Sun ‘An Empire’

17th September 202417th September 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden A Swarm Of The Sun, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock

I recently read a piece by Doctor of Audiology Sol Marghzar discussing the effects of sound on human emotion. Without

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Review: And So I Watch You From Afar ‘Megafauna’

15th August 202415th August 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden And So I Watch You From Afar, Instrumental, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock

Northern Irish instrumental post-rock outfit And So I Watch You From Afar have been steadily releasing albums and consistently winning

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Review: Alcest ‘Les Chants De L’Aurore’

19th July 202419th July 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Alcest, Blackgaze, Nuclear Blast Records

As I sit down to write this review (later than I had intended) I find myself buoyed by a sense

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Review: Aythis ‘Celestial Exile’ & ‘Lost Lighthouse’

26th June 202426th June 2024 Lee Beamish Aythis, Darkwave, Independent, Neo Classical

Having been performing solo for pretty much twenty years, outside of being involved with other musical projects, you would have

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Review: Alison Cotton ‘Engelchen’

17th June 202417th June 2024 Amanda Votta Alison Cotton, Drone, Folk, Rocket Recordings

It’s like a thunderstorm slowly rolling in, the way Alison Cotton’s Engelchen begins. A rush of wind, then the droning

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Review: Abrams ‘Blue City’

12th June 202412th June 2024 Matthew Williams Abrams, Blues Funeral Recordings, Heavy Rock

You get the feeling with some bands, however hard they try and whatever they produce and put out for our

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Review: Apparition ‘Disgraced Emanations From A Tranquil State’

7th June 20249th January 2026 xdharmarajax Apparition, Death Doom, Profound Lore Records

California doom/ death crew, Apparition, return with their second album, Disgraced Emanations From A Tranquil State. It’s the follow-up to

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Review: Acid Mammoth ‘Supersonic Megafauna Collision’

11th April 202411th April 2024 Sandy Williamson Acid Mammoth, Heavy Psych Sounds, Stoner Doom

First of all, there are two things that appealed to me straight away with Acid Mammoth; that name is absolute

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Review: Agonista ‘Grey And Dry’

13th March 202413th March 2024 Martin Williams Agonista, Armageddon Label, Crust, Hardcore, Punk

Next up through the review portal we have Grey And Dry, the debut album from Agonista, a blazing, d-beat, crust,

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Review: Arms And Sleepers ‘What Tomorrow Brings’

4th March 20244th March 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Arms And Sleepers, Electronic, Experimental, Pelagic Records, Trip-Hop

The sheer volume of available music in the modern age is simply staggering. We have certainly experienced the uptick in

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Review: A Burial At Sea ‘Close To Home’

26th February 202426th February 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden A Burial At Sea, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock

I have experienced (purely subjectively) the joy of working remotely these last few years and felt the benefits immensely as

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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May
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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May

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