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Review: Bell Witch & Aerial Ruin ‘Stygian Bough: Volume II’

14th January 202614th January 2026 Martin Williams Aerial Ruin, Bell Witch, Doom, Profound Lore Records

After five years, the Pacific Northwest doom ensemble Stygian Bough has returned with the follow-up to their 2020 debut, Volume

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Review: Blue Heron ‘Emulations’

6th January 20266th January 2026 Lee Beamish Blue Heron, Blues Funeral Recordings, Desert Rock

Sometimes all you need in life is to kick back, put on some dirty scuzzy tunes, and forget about everything

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Review: Blessings ‘Blodsträngen’

26th September 202526th September 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Blessings, Noise-Rock, Pelagic Records, Post-Metal

The good folks at Berlin’s premier independent post-metal champions, Pelagic Records, continue to mine the underground and bring attention to

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Review: Borracho ‘Ouroboros’

11th September 202511th September 2025 Martin Williams Borracho, Ripple Music, Stoner Rock

Borracho, the veteran, Washington DC based, riff and fuzz power trio, return in prompt fashion with Ouroboros, their first output

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Review: Babal ‘Running In The Gutter’

3rd September 20253rd September 2025 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Babal, Friends Of The Fish, Prog, Psych

Entering into the musical universe of Babal is a truly unique experience. Imagine stepping onto a spaceship crafted from sound,

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Review: Brant Bjork And The Bros ‘Live In The High Desert’

2nd September 20252nd September 2025 Matthew Williams Brant Bjork, Brant Bjork And The Bros, Desert Rock, Duna Records

When you get to hear live music that’s been dug up from the archives, then you usually know that it’s

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Review: Budos Band ‘VII’

26th August 202527th August 2025 Martin Williams Budos Band, Diamond West Records, Funk, Psych, Soul

Any thoughts or discussion of my favorite bands of the last twenty years absolutely must include New York’s legendary Budos

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Retro Review: Black Sabbath ‘Sabotage’ – 50th Anniversary

1st August 20251st August 2025 Martin Williams Black Sabbath, Doom, Heavy Metal, Vertigo Records

July 28th, 2025 marked exactly fifty years since Black Sabbath (it’s likely if you’re reading this, Sabbath need no introduction,

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Review: Black Helium ‘The Animals Are Coming’

13th June 202513th June 2025 Matthew Williams Black Helium, Psych, Riot Season

Even back in my craziest party days during the hedonistic late ‘80s and early to mid ‘90s, I was never

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Review: Black Honey Cult ‘Black Honey Cult’

21st May 202521st May 2025 Martin Williams Black Honey Cult, Garage, Heavy Psych Sounds, Psych

Black Honey Cult are not necessarily a ‘new’ band. In fact, they’ve been percolating in some form or another for

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Review: Bank Myna ‘Eimuria’

2nd May 20252nd May 2025 Lee Beamish Araki Records, Bank Myna, Doomgaze, Medication Times Records, Stellar Frequencies

Having initially formed in Paris in 2013, the French band Bank Myna is only now, in 2025, releasing their second

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