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Everson Poe ‘Grief’
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Review: Everson Poe ‘Grief’

29th March 20216th May 2021 Reza Mills Everson Poe, Grief, Trepanation Recordings

It’s hard to believe that we’ve had no gigs for almost a year thanks to COVID, however the upside is

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Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou 'The Helm Of Sorrow'
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Review: Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou ‘The Helm Of Sorrow’ EP

15th February 202115th March 2021 Daniel Pietersen Emma Ruth Rundle, Sacred Bones Records, The Helm Of Sorrow, Thou

It feels weird, and faintly damning, to start a review with the phrase ‘more of the same’ but when that’s

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The Sun Came Up Upon The Left / Everson Poe ‘Ancestral Memory’
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Review: The Sun Came Up Upon The Left / Everson Poe ‘Ancestral Memory’

29th January 20211st March 2021 Will J Ancestral Memory, Black Metal, Everson Poe, The Sun Came Up Upon The Left, Trepanation Recordings

Despite the fact that, from what I can tell, both of these acts have received nothing but praise from the

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Evert Snyman 'Hot Mess'
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Review: Evert Snyman ‘Hot Mess’

21st January 202123rd February 2024 Liam Blanc Alternative, Desert Rock, Evert Snyman, Hot Mess, Mongrel Records, Stoner Rock

There are lots of good things to be said about the internet. Quite apart from being able to find no

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Engulfed 'Vengeance Of The Fallen'
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Review: Engulfed ‘Vengeance Of The Fallen’

6th January 20218th February 2021 Jamie Grimes Dark Descent Records, Death Metal, Engulfed, Me Saco Un Ojo Records

There’s something deeply satisfying about hearing a band hit their full potential, and Turkish malcontents Engulfed arrive gloriously at their

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Evangelist 'Ad Mortem Festinamus'
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Review: Evangelist ‘Ad Mortem Festinamus’

6th January 20218th February 2021 Randolph Whateley Ad Mortem Festinamus, Evangelist, Nine Records, Traditional Doom

Polish doom metallers, Evangelist formed back in 2008 and their decade long journey began with a debut full-length In Partibus

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Enigma Experience ‘Question Mark’
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Review: Enigma Experience ‘Question Mark’

4th January 20212nd February 2021 Josh Schneider Enigma Experience, Fuzzorama Records, Heavy Rock, Question Mark

I ’ve come to learn that there is something special about Sweden and music. Bands such as Candlemass, Entombed, Cult

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Everson Poe ‘Rituals’
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Review: Everson Poe ‘Rituals’

21st December 202027th January 2021 Mark Hunt-Bryden Black Metal, Doom, Everson Poe, Rituals, Trepanation Recordings

Performing under the moniker Everson Poe, Mae Shults has spent a decade creating music that seeks to evolve and change,

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Embr ‘Idolatry’
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Review: EMBR ‘Idolatry’ EP

3rd December 202017th March 2021 Lee Beamish Doom, EMBR, Grunge, Idolatry, Independent

Hot off the back of the stunning debut 1823 this summer, Alabama’s Embr have struck again, this time with four

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Electric Hydra 'Electric Hydra'
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Review: Electric Hydra ‘Electric Hydra’

2nd December 202010th January 2021 Lee Beamish Electric Hydra, Heavy Rock, Majestic Mountain Records, Tee Pee Records

So, how many of you out there reading this remember ‘hard rock’ in the nineteen eighties? Some of you? Maybe

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Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou 'May Our Chambers Be Full'
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Review: Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou ‘May Our Chambers Be Full’

12th November 202015th December 2020 Daniel Pietersen Emma Ruth Rundle, May Our Chambers Be Full, Sacred Bones Records, Thou

Collaborative albums can be curious beasts. They often either present themselves as chimerae, their various parts combined but distinctive and

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