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Indus Valley Kings 'Indus Valley Kings'
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Review: Indus Valley Kings ‘Indus Valley Kings’

22nd April 202124th May 2021 Randolph Whateley Independent, Indus Valley Kings, Metal

The Indus Valley Civilization, according to Wikipedia, were around in the north western regions of South Asia during the Bronze

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ILSA 'Preyer'
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Review: ILSA ‘Preyer’

22nd February 202122nd March 2021 Sandy Williamson Doom, Ilsa, Preyer, Relapse Records, Sludge

Recorded just as 2020 began to close in on itself, the new record from Washington DC’s ILSA, Preyer, is clearly

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Indica Blues ‘We Are Doomed’
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Review: Indica Blues ‘We Are Doomed’

17th February 202117th March 2021 David J McLaren APF Records, Doom, Indica Blues, We Are Doomed

Has anyone noticed that over the last year or so there has been a definite whiff of Seattle about quite

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In Arcadia ‘Phon’
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Review: In Arcadia ‘Phon’

18th December 202027th January 2021 Reza Mills In Arcadia, Phon, Prog, Synth, Trepanation Recordings

In Arcadia is a solo project for guitarist Chris Garth and is more electronic and ambient focused than his day

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Ingrina 'Siste Lys'
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Review: Ingrina ‘Siste Lys’

9th December 202010th January 2021 Lee Beamish Industrial, Ingrina, Medication Time Records, Post-Rock, Siste Lys, Tokyo Jupiter Records

As we are concluding what has been a most bizarre year indeed, and a New Year is around the corner,

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Intoxicated ‘Walled’ EP
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Review: Intoxicated ‘Walled’ EP

28th August 202028th September 2020 Matt Alexander Death Metal, Intoxicated, Seeing Red Records, Walled

Sometimes you come across a story in metal that’s so interesting you just can’t believe you’ve never heard it, especially

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Incantation ‘Sect Of Vile Divinities’
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Review: Incantation ‘Sect Of Vile Divinities’

14th August 202016th September 2020 Sandy Williamson Death Metal, Incantation, Relapse Records, Sect Of Vile Divinities

As a good friend of mine once said, there’s death metal and then there’s Incantation. As a band who are

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Inter Arma 'Garbers Days Revisited'
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Review: Inter Arma ‘Garbers Days Revisited’

30th July 202014th September 2020 Sandy Williamson Garbers Days Revisited, Inter Arma, Prog Metal, Relapse Records

When I initially took this review on, I didn’t even notice that it was a covers record. Basically ever since

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ILS 'Curse'
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Review: ILS ‘Curse’

14th July 202028th August 2020 Jamie Grimes Curse, ILS, Noise-Rock, POGO Records

French director David Moreau helmed a great movie in the mid 2006 called ‘Ils’ – a thriller set around the premise

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IRN 'IRN'
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Review: IRN ‘IRN’ EP

2nd July 202031st July 2020 Mark Hunt-Bryden Bad Moon Rising, Breathe Plastic Records, Craniophagus Parasiticus Records, IRN, Rope Or Guillotine, Sludge

The visceral, acapella screaming at the start of Blood Eviction is probably the perfect introduction for IRN’s new Self-Titled EP.

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Ice 'The Ice Age'
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Review: Ice ‘The Ice Age’

15th June 20208th July 2020 Josuph Price Classic Rock, Ice, Psych Rock, RidingEasy Records, The Ice Age

The Ice Age was recorded by the Indianapolis band Ice in 1970. Sadly, the band broke up shortly after and

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