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Elder ‘Omens’
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Review: Elder ‘Omens’

20th April 20208th August 2022 Seán O’Connor Armageddon Label, Elder, Heavy Rock, Omens, Stickman Records

A colour out of space – Elders’ new offering Omens – reflects the transitional times in which we now find

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Endless Forms Most Gruesome
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Review: Endless Forms Most Gruesome ‘Endless Forms Most Gruesome’

7th April 20201st May 2020 Jamie Grimes Endless Forms Most Gruesome, Inverse Records, Metal

Emerging from the minds of members of Swallow The Sun and Ghost Brigade, Endless Forms Most Gruesome is a malformed

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Eye Flys ‘Tub Of Lard’
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Review: Eye Flys ‘Tub Of Lard’

23rd March 20201st May 2020 Chris Wood Eye Flys, Noise-Rock, Thrill Jockey Records, Tub Of Lard

Feedback, when a guitar and amplifier are feeding each other so as to create noise spontaneously is a weird beast.

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envy ‘The Fallen Crimson’
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Review: envy ‘The Fallen Crimson’

22nd January 20207th February 2020 Dave Bowes envy, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock, The Fallen Crimson

For a while there, things did not look great for envy. A true workhorse of a band, the Tokyo-based troupe

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Exhumed ‘Horror’
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Review: Exhumed ‘Horror’

25th October 201914th November 2019 Sandy Williamson Exhumed, Grindcore, Horror, Relapse Records

What more do you need to say about gory death metal icons and legends Exhumed? Well nothing really, as their

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Ecstatic Vision 'For The Masses'
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Review: Ecstatic Vision ‘For The Masses’

4th October 201922nd October 2019 Rob Savela Ecstatic Vision, For The Masses, Heavy Psych Sounds, Psych, Review, Space Rock

Ecstatic Vision = That which is a lived expression of pain and passion from the heights of culture to the

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Emptiness ‘Not For Music’ 2017
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Emptiness ‘Not For Music’ 2017

13th June 20173rd September 2019 Will Beattie 2017, Black Metal, Emptiness, Experimental, Industrial, Not For Music, Review, Season Of Mist, Will Beattie

For some strange reason, everyone keeps calling Emptiness a black/death metal band. I might be quite late to the party

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Earthless / Harsh Toke – Split
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Earthless / Harsh Toke – Split – CD/LP/DD 2016

23rd May 20167th September 2019 Pete Green 2016, Acid Crusher, Acid Rock, CD, Digital, Earthless, Harsh Toke, Jam, LP, Mount Swan, Pete Green, Psych, Review, Split, Tee Pee Records

I’ll admit it: I’m an addict. It’s got to the point now with new Earthless releases that I literally get

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Elephant Tree – S/T
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Elephant Tree – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2016

17th March 201613th September 2019 Seán O’Connor 2016, CD, Digital, Doom, Elephant Tree, Heavy, LP, Magnetic Eye Records, Psych, Review, Seán O’Connor, Self Titled

Ladies and gentlemen, here we have the debut album from the London-based band; Elephant Tree. Believe me, when I say

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Elevators To The Grateful Sky 'Cape Yawn'
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Elevators To The Grateful Sky ‘Cape Yawn’ LP/DD 2016

21st February 20161st November 2019 Jeremy Moore 2016, Cape Yawn, Digital, Doom, Elevators To The Grateful Sky, HeviSike Records, Jeremy Moore, LP, Prog Rock, Review

Sometimes you have to recalibrate your listening curve and abandon all expectations when a record like Elevators To The Grateful

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Evil Blizzard ‘Everyone Come To Church’ CD/LP/DD 2015

6th October 20152nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2015, CD, Digital, Everyone Come To Church, Evil Blizzard, Heavy Rock, Kraut, Louder Than War Records, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Psych, Review

When a band gets lauded by a staple of the mainstream meeja such as the Guardian or BBC Radio 2

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