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Review: Elder ‘Through Zero’

5th June 20265th June 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Bird’s Robe, Blues Funeral Recordings, Prog, Psych, Stickman Records

One of the highlights of Desertfest London 2025 was not only finally getting to see the Massachusetts-formed, now Berlin-based, stoner,

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Review: Endless Floods ‘Passages’

3rd June 20263rd June 2026 Harry Holmes Araki Records, Endless Floods, Permafrost Records, Post-Rock, Yoyodyne Records

Coming as it does a neat two years after Endless Floods’ last album, and just before a few days of

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Review: Enduser ‘Unquiet’

5th February 20265th February 2026 Reza Mills Decay Recordings, Electronic, Enduser

It’s been a good ten years since Enduser, aka Lynn Standafer (originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, now based in Stockholm, Sweden),

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Review: EF ‘Give Me Beauty… Or Give Me Death!’ [20th Anniversary Reissue]

13th January 202613th January 2026 Lee Beamish EF, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock

Hailing from Gothenburg in Sweden, EF have spent the last twenty years building a name for themselves, which has seen

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Review: Electric Jaguar Baby ‘Clair-Obscur’

12th November 202512th November 2025 Martin Williams Electric Jaguar Baby, Garage Rock, Majestic Mountain Records

Parisian garage-fuzz two-piece Electric Jaguar Baby return after a three-year absence with Clair-Obscur, their first release for Majestic Mountain Records.

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Retro Review: Electric Wizard ‘Dopethrone’ – 25th Anniversary

25th September 202525th September 2025 Martin Williams Electric Wizard, Rise Above Records, Stoner Doom

I can still remember hearing Electric Wizard’s monolithic masterpiece Dopethrone for the first time. It was Seattle, Washington, in the

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Review: Electric Citizen ‘EC4’

12th August 20259th January 2026 xdharmarajax 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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