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Review: Dälek ‘Brilliance Of A Falling Moon’

13th April 202613th April 2026 Lee Beamish Dälek, Hip-Hop, Ipecac Recordings

For all my years of loving heavy music, and more recently my awakening into the whole post-rock/metal hemisphere, it isn’t

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Review: Dälek & Charles Hayward ‘HAYWARDxDÄLEK’

18th March 202613th April 2026 Renzo Charles Hayward, Dälek, Experimental, Hip-Hop, Relapse Records

Challenging, intense, and fearless, a fascinating meeting of two restless creative forces. I had never heard Dälek before this record.

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Review: Desert Storm ‘Buried Under The Weight Of Reason’

3rd March 20263rd March 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Desert Storm, Heavy Psych Sounds

I’m not going to dedicate a large portion of this review to a sepia-tinged ‘…‘member when Desert Storm were just

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Review: Deeper Graves ‘Pull Me Toward The Dark’

27th February 202627th February 2026 Reza Mills Death Rock, Deeper Graves, Disorder Recordings

It was at the beginning of my writing career for The Sleeping Shaman when I was first exposed to the

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Review: Dimscûa ‘Dust Eater’

18th February 202618th February 2026 Matthew Williams Big Scary Monsters, Dimscûa, Post-Metal

Late in October 2025, Damnation Festival announced that Crippling Alcoholism had pulled out of their 20th anniversary weekend, to be

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Review: Disgraceland ‘Penguins Can Fly’ EP

18th February 202618th February 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Disgraceland, Independent, Punk, Rock 'n' Roll

So, it’s February; the million days of January have finally passed, dragging on almost as long as the endless rain

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Review: Dome Runner ‘World Panopticon’

10th February 202610th February 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Dome Runner, Industrial, Svart Records

I last checked in with Finish industrial metal juggernaut Dome Runner back in 2021 to review their debut album Conflict

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Review: Dark Sky Burial ‘The Sacred Neurotic’

3rd February 20263rd February 2026 Martin Williams Consouling Sounds, Dark Sky Burial, Extrinsic Recordings

Dark Sky Burial, the prolific, one-man, dark, ambient and experimental project of extreme metal legend Shane Embury. The longtime bassist

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Review: Ragana & Drowse ‘Ash Souvenir’

19th January 202619th January 2026 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Black Metal, Doomgaze, Drowse, Ragana, The Flenser

It might seem peculiar, but some of the times when encountering a new band, my initial attraction is almost entirely

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Review: Droni Eye Omi ‘Live At Guild Cinema’

29th October 202530th October 2025 Martin Williams Desert Records, Drone, Droni Eye Omi

Droni Eye Omi (certainly one of the wittiest band names I’ve encountered in some time) is an Albuquerque-based ambient psychedelic,

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Review: Dozer ‘Rewind To Return: Rarities, Singles And B-Sides’

18th September 202518th September 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Blues Funeral Recordings, Desert Rock, Dozer, Stoner

When a band is young and active, it is easy to get lost in the moment and not necessarily be

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