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Review: Celestial Scourge ‘Observers Of The Inevitable’

20th February 202520th February 2025 Matt Alexander Celestial Scourge, Death Metal, Time To Kill Records

I have a tricky relationship with tech death, on one hand, I love all the bands that preceded the genre,

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Review: Crippled Black Phoenix ‘The Wolf Changes Its Fur But Not Its Nature’ + ‘Horrific Honorifics Number Two(2)’

6th December 20246th December 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Alternative, Crippled Black Phoenix, Prog, Season Of Mist

In the twenty years since former Iron Monkey drummer Justin Greaves founded the dark rock band Crippled Black Phoenix, encouraged

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Review: Codespeaker ‘Scavenger’

8th November 20248th November 2024 Lee Beamish Codespeaker, Post-Metal, Ripcord Records

In a world gone mad and at a time when what we need most is some unified clarity to calm

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Review: Conny Ochs ‘Troubadour’

6th November 20246th November 2024 Reza Mills Conny Ochs, Country, Exile On Mainstream Records, Folk

In May I attended Exile on Mainstream‘s 25th Anniversary celebrations in Leipzig, Germany where I got to meet at long

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Review: Cortez ‘Thieves And Charlatans’

30th October 202430th October 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Cortez, Heavy Rock, Ripple Music

Having spent a lot of time this year dallying around with post-metal, dreamy, ethereal music and some serious bludgeon, my

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Review: Contrition ‘Pariahs’ EP

29th October 202429th October 2024 Reza Mills Contrition, Death Metal, Disorder Recordings

From one of my favourite labels, the Indianapolis, Indiana based Disorder Recordings comes Pariahs, the brand new EP from Contrition.

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Review: Chat Pile ‘Cool World’

16th October 202416th October 2024 Lee Beamish Chat Pile, Noise-Rock, The Flenser

Hailing from Oklahoma in the US, Chat Pile seem to be on a mission. A voyage into the darkness within

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Review: Coffin Rot ‘Dreams Of The Disturbed’

25th September 202425th September 2024 Matt Alexander Coffin Rot, Death Metal, Maggot Stomp

Behold! The return of Portland, Oregon’s sordid death metal miscreants Coffin Rot with their sophomore record Dreams Of The Disturbed

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Review: Cold Gawd ‘I’ll Drown On This Earth’

29th August 202429th August 2024 Lee Beamish Cold Gawd, Dais Records, Shoegaze

Recent years has seen a big-time resurgence for a genre of music which was once feared a distant memory. It’s

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Review: Candy ‘It’s Inside You’

29th July 202429th July 2024 Todd Robinson Candy, Electronic, Hardcore, Relapse Records

Candy hail from Richmond, Virginia – Its Inside You marks their second release on Relapse Records, following on from their

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Review: Chrome Waves ‘Lost Horizon – Live 1/5/2024’

27th June 202427th June 2024 Reza Mills Blackgaze, Chrome Waves, Disorder Recordings, Post-Metal, Shoegaze

Chrome Waves, who have been pretty prolific over the past five or so years, deliver their first ever live album,

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