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Blind Monarch 'The Dead Replenish The Earth' Artwork
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Review: Blind Monarch ‘The Dead Replenish The Earth’

23rd September 202423rd September 2024 Harry Holmes Blind Monarch, Dry Cough Records, Funeral Doom, Heavenly Vault, minoRobscuR

After the great legend of recording hardship that lay behind Blind Monarch’s debut record, What Is Imposed Must Be Endured,

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Review: Berenice ‘Berenice’ EP

27th August 202427th August 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden APF Records, Berenice, Crust, Hardcore, Sludge

Freshly minted and with the musical equivalent of that new car smell, Berenice, the UK five-piece hailing from East Anglia

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Review: Black Market Karma ‘Wobble’

8th August 20248th August 2024 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Black Market Karma, Fuzz Club Records, Psych

Listening to music has always been my passion. Talking about it, commenting and spinning a band’s record has always fascinated

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Review: Barbarian Hermit ‘Mean Sugar’

1st August 20241st August 2024 Matthew Williams APF Records, Barbarian Hermit, Doom, Heavy Metal, Sludge, Stoner

I live about an hour south of Manchester, and I like to think that I keep my ear to the

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Review: Bossk ‘.4’

23rd July 202410th September 2024 Nessie Spencer Bossk, Deathwish Inc, Post-Metal, Post-Rock

Storytime: back in 2017, I dragged my then-partner to a Russian Circles show in a hipstery part of London I

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Nebula & Black Rainbows 'In Search Of The Cosmic Tale: Crossing The Galactic Portal' Artwork
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Review: Nebula / Black Rainbows ‘In Search Of The Cosmic Tale: Crossing The Galactic Portal’

17th July 202417th July 2024 Martin Williams Black Rainbows, Fuzz, Heavy Psych Sounds, Heavy Rock, Nebula, Stoner Rock

The new Nebula and Black Rainbows split album, In Search Of The Cosmic Tale: Crossing The Galactic Portal was initially

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Review: Blasting Rod ‘Mojave Green’

17th July 202418th July 2024 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Blasting Rod, Low&Slow.Disk, Psych

If it happened that you never heard of Blasting Rod, or if you read about them but never bothered to

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Review: Besotten/Funerelic ‘Abyssal Synodality’ Split EP

7th July 20249th January 2026 xdharmarajax Besotten, Death Doom, Death Metal, Funerelic, Satanik Royalty Records

Split EPs have always seemed like a great idea to me since I picked up a Cough/Windhand CD at Desertfest

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Review: Black Snake Moan ‘Lost In Time’

20th June 202420th June 2024 Lee Beamish Area Pirata Records, Black Snake Moan, Echodelick Records, Psych

Not to be mistaken for the film of the same name, Italy’s Black Snake Moan is an enigma if ever

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Review: Botanist ‘Paleobotany’

11th June 202411th June 2024 Will J Black Metal, Blackgaze, Botanist, Prophecy Productions

Of all the words used to describe Botanist, the one that might do it best is ‘unconventional’. Their early offerings

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Review: Bill Fisher ‘How To Think Like A Billionaire’

29th May 202429th May 2024 Rob Walsh Bill Fisher, Classic Rock, Pop Rock, Septaphonic Records

In a just world, Bill Fisher would be seen as a member of rock’s newest royalty. A wholly dynamic and

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