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Review: Electric Citizen ‘EC4’

12th August 202512th August 2025 Dharma Electric Citizen, Heavy Psych Sounds, Heavy Rock, Psych

I can’t think of a better label for Electric Citizen than Heavy Psych Sounds. Since catching them live a decade

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Review: Elan ‘Elan Vs Elan’

12th May 202512th May 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden APF Records, Elan, Hardcore, Sludge

Once again, emanating forth from the riff mines of Salford’s APF Records are yet more disturbingly brutal noises brought to

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Review: Earl Of Hell ‘Earl Of Hell’

25th April 202525th April 2025 Matthew Williams Copper Feast Records, Earl Of Hell, Heavy Rock

It’s somewhat strange that when I first reviewed Scottish fuzz rockers Earl Of Hell back in April 2022, I ended

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Review: Envy Of None ‘Stygian Waves’

24th March 202524th March 2025 Andrew Field Alternative, Envy Of None, Kscope

Let’s be frank here, chances are you’re reading this review because you’re a Rush fan, like me. Whilst the Canadian

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Review: envy ‘Eunoia’

29th November 202429th November 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden envy, Pelagic Records, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock

Japanese post-hardcore Legends envy are one of the most interesting heavy acts to emerge from the land of the Rising

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Review: Elephant Tree & Lowrider ‘The Long Forever’

30th October 20242nd June 2025 Matthew Williams Blues Funeral Recordings, Elephant Tree, Lowrider, Post-Rock, Stoner

A thundering, pounding bass line kicks off the seven-song split album from Elephant Tree and Lowrider, and I must admit,

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Review: Escuela Grind ‘Dreams On Algorithms’

25th October 202425th October 2024 Tom Hanno Escuela Grind, Grind, Hardcore, MNRK Heavy

I had been on a Cattle Decapitation bender, when the YouTube algorithm brought up a video of a live show

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Review: Eldrim ‘Daudarstev’

1st October 20241st October 2024 Sandy Williamson Eldrim, Folk, Independent, Norse

When you think of Viking folk music, you are inevitably drawn immediately to Wardruna and their litany of special albums

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Review: Elephant Tree ‘Handful Of Ten’

4th September 20244th September 2024 Rob Walsh Elephant Tree, Magnetic Eye Records

So much of what we love in this dense primordial soup of stoner rock and doom metal revolves around the

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Review: Erronaut ‘The Space Inbetween’

29th August 202429th August 2024 Matthew Williams Doom, Erronaut, Grunge, London Doom Collective, Stoner

When you start to delve deeper into The Space Inbetween, the official debut album of Hertfordshire based foursome Erronaut, you

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Review: Excel ‘Seeking Refuge’ [Reissue]

2nd August 20242nd August 2024 Reza Mills Excel, Grunge, Southern Lord, Thrash Metal

Formed in 1985, Venice, LA outfit Excel emerged from the ashes of Chaotic Noise and were part of the Suicidal

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