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Review: Mellowdeath ‘Mellowdeath’

19th December 202519th December 2025 Maxwell Seeman Doom, Independent, Instrumental, Jazz

Mellowdeath are a Berlin-based band who are incredibly innovative. For the past several years, they have been forging new and

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Review: Maha Sohona ‘A Dark Place’

16th December 202516th December 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Bonebag Records, Maha Sohona, Prog, Stoner

According to Sinhalese folklore, the name Maha Sohona means ‘great graveyard demon’ and is one of the most feared in

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Review: Mastiff ‘For All The Dead Dreams’ EP

4th December 20254th December 2025 Sandy Williamson Church Road Records, Hardcore, Mastiff, Sludge

Yorkshire sludge/doom/hardcore monsters Mastiff have been bulldozing their way across these grim shores for over a decade now, and hot

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Review: Modder ‘Destroying Ourselves For A Place In The Sun’

6th October 20256th October 2025 Matthew Williams Consouling Sounds, Doom, Instrumental, Lay Bare Recordings, Modder, Sludge

I was kind of lulled into a false sense of security when I had my first listen to the third

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Review: Mac Gollehon & The Hispanic Mechanics ‘Pistoleros’

23rd September 202523rd September 2025 Reza Mills Funk, Jazz, Mac Gollehon, World Funk Orchestra

At the risk of sounding overly gushing, I’m a superfan when it comes to Mac Gollehon‘s output. From his 2021

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Review: Margarita Witch Cult ‘Strung Out In Hell’

21st August 202521st August 2025 Matthew Williams Doom, Heavy Psych Sounds, Heavy Rock, Margarita Witch Cult

I feel somewhat conflicted as I write this review, as the final curtain has been brought down on the pioneers

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Review: Master Charger ‘Posthumous Resurrection’

27th May 202527th May 2025 Renzo Argonauta Records, Doom, Master Charger, Sludge, Stoner

The Resurrection Of the Doom Masters. Master Charger, John James (guitar, Vocals), Dave Hayes (bass) and Ste Dudley (drums), is

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Review: More Experience ‘Horizons Of Events’

23rd May 202523rd May 2025 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo More Experience, Old Hippie, Prog, Psych, Sound Effect Records

More Experience. Although they may have taken their name from a Jimi Hendrix album, they’re not even one of the

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Review: mclusky ‘the world is still here and so are we’

15th May 202515th May 2025 Reza Mills Ipecac Recordings, mclusky, Post-Punk

I’d like to start by dedicating this review to my friend Adam York Gregory, who was responsible for introducing me

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Review: SUMAC And Moor Mother ‘The Film’

9th May 20259th May 2025 Matthew Williams Drone, Experimental, Moor Mother, Spoken Word, Sumac, Thrill Jockey Records

After giving this a few listens, I can confirm that SUMAC are another band that is going to be filed

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Review: Melvins ‘Thunderball’

8th May 20258th May 2025 Martin Williams Alternative, Heavy Rock, Ipecac Recordings, Melvins

As assured as the sun rising in the morning, prolific, heavy sludge and grunge forefathers Melvins return with their whopping

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