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Mortuary Spawn ‘Spawned From The Mortuary’
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Review: Mortuary Spawn ‘Spawned From The Mortuary’ EP

10th May 202111th June 2021 Richard Murray Chamber Of Emesis, Death Metal, Mortuary Spawn, Spawned From The Mortuary

It’s a fifteen minute EP. It’s disgusting. You see the cover. You knew it was going to be dirty. I

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Moon Coven 'Slumber Wood'
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Review: Moon Coven ‘Slumber Wood’

7th May 20217th June 2021 Liam Blanc Moon Coven, Ripple Music, Slumber Wood, Stoner Doom

I suppose that it might just be me, but I suspect that when we were children we all wondered how

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Spirit Mother ‘Live In The Mojave Desert – Volume 3’
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Review: Spirit Mother ‘Live In The Mojave Desert – Volume 3’

9th April 202117th May 2021 Harry Holmes Heavy Psych Sounds, Live In The Mojave Desert, Psych, Spirit Mother, Stoned And Dusted

As part of the maybe-one-day-legendary live-but-recorded series put together out there in the desert, it might seem that Spirit Mother

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Motorpsycho 'Kingdom Of Oblivion'
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Review: Motorpsycho ‘Kingdom Of Oblivion’

9th April 202113th May 2021 Tim Keppie Heavy Rock, Kingdom Of Oblivion, Motorpsycho, Prog, Stickman Records

Motorpsycho have been unfairly robbed of world domination by a fashion obsessed United Kingdom and U.S.A. since their inception in

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Memoriam 'To The End'
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Review: Memoriam ‘To The End’

26th March 202128th April 2021 Sandy Williamson Death Doom, Memoriam, Reaper Entertainment, To The End

There was not much in the UK death metal scene that could ever hope to touch the power and crushing

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Mono 'Beyond The Past - Live In London With The Platinum Anniversary Orchestra'
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Review: MONO ‘Beyond The Past – Live In London With The Platinum Anniversary Orchestra’

23rd March 202123rd April 2021 Sean MacRae Beyond The Past, Mono, Pelagic Records, Platinum Anniversary Orchestra, Post-Rock

Apocalypse Now. MONO‘s haunting, emotionally stark but ultimately uplifting canon could be the sound-track to the COVID-19 lockdown. It encapsulates

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Monoshock ‘Runnin Ape Like From The Backwards Superman’
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Review: Monoshock ‘Runnin’ Ape Like From The Backwards Superman’

16th March 202118th April 2021 Randolph Whateley Cardinal Fuzz Records, Feeding Tube Records, Monoshock, Psych, Punk, Runnin’ Ape Like From The Backwards Superman

Crime, Chrome, The Shaggs, The Wipers, Dr Mix and the Remix, Mission of Burma, Flipper, Sonic’s Rendezvous Band – names

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Manslaughter 777 'World Vision Perfect Harmony'
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Review: Manslaughter 777 ‘World Vision Perfect Harmony’

15th March 202118th April 2021 Jamie Grimes Dub, Manslaughter 777, Thrill Jockey Records, Trip-Hop, World Vision Perfect Harmony

Hearing that two drummers from two heavy bands have teamed up to make a record – in this case the

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Mountain Tamer ‘Live In The Mojave Desert - Volume 5’
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Review: Mountain Tamer ‘Live In The Mojave Desert – Volume 5’

10th March 202113th April 2021 Lee Beamish Heavy Psych Sounds, Live In The Mojave Desert, Mountain Tamer, Psych, Stoned And Dusted

So, the worlds gone to hell, COVID has taken hold, and has effectively closed down music. What can be done?

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Mainliner 'Dual Myths'
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Review: Mainliner ‘Dual Myths’

8th March 20219th April 2021 Sandy Williamson Dual Myths, Kawabata Makoto, Mainliner, Psych, Riot Season

Now, if you read most of my reviews I generally spend time at the more brutal end of the spectrum.

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Mos Generator ‘The Lantern’
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Review: Mos Generator ‘The Lantern’

25th February 202126th March 2021 Josh Schneider Argonauta Records, Heavy Rock, Mos Generator, The Lantern

I don’t really need to go into how 2020 played out but Tony Reed turned a negative into a positive

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