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Merlin ‘The Mortal’
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Review: Merlin ‘The Mortal’

19th November 201928th November 2019 Liam Blanc Merlin, Prog Rock, Psych, The Company Records, The Mortal

Is progress always a good thing? That’s probably not an appropriate question to try and answer in an album review,

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Monolord 'No Comfort'
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Review: Monolord ‘No Comfort’

16th September 201931st January 2021 John Reppion Doom, Heavy, Monolord, No Comfort, Relapse Records, Review

Monolord. Gothenberg, Sweden’s Sabbath-riff worshipping, groove Doom trio have been around since 2013, and their fourth full-length release is about

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Melvins ‘Basses Loaded’ 2016
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Melvins ‘Basses Loaded’ 2016

9th May 20173rd September 2019 John Reppion (the) Melvins, 2016, Basses Loaded, Heavy Rock, Ipecac Recordings, John Reppion, Melvins, Noise-Rock

(The) Melvins are, and have been for a long, long time now, Buzz Osborne and Dale Crover. Everyone else just

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Monoliths – S/T
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Monoliths – S/T – 2016

17th April 20177th September 2019 John Reppion 2016, Crown And Throne, Digital, Doom, Dry Cough Records, Heavy, John Reppion, LP, Monoliths, Review, Self Titled, Sludge

Monoliths are a sludgy doom trio comprised of David Tobin of Ommadon on guitar, Henry Davies of Moloch on drums,

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Mirrors For Psychic Warfare - S/T
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Mirrors For Psychic Warfare – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2016

3rd May 201611th September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2016, Drone, Experimental, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Mirrors For Psychic Warfare, Neurot Recordings, Review, Sandford Parker, Scott Kelly, Self Titled, Soundscapes

Scott Kelly (he of Neurosis fame) and Sandford Parker (Buried At Sea) have clearly enjoyed working together on the Corrections

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Mugstar 'Magnetic Seasons'
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Mugstar ‘Magnetic Seasons’ CD/LP/DD 2016

20th March 201613th September 2019 Jeremy Moore 2016, CD, Digital, Jeremy Moore, Kraut, LP, Magnetic Seasons, Mugstar, Psych, Review, Rock Action Records, Space Rock

Instrumental rock is a dangerous territory in a digital era of increasingly short attention spans unwilling to give an album

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Magrudergrind 'II'
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Magrudergrind ‘II’ CD/LP/DD 2016

16th March 201613th September 2019 Jorge Miguel 2016, CD, Digital, Grindcore, Hardcore, II, Jorge Miguel, LP, Magrudergrind, Power Violence, Relapse Records, Review

Magrudergrind are back after six years of silence and they remain just as brutal and relentless as they were back

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Mars Red Sky 'Apex III (A Praise For The Burning Soul)'
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Mars Red Sky ‘Apex III (A Praise For The Burning Soul)’ CD/LP/DD 2016

8th March 20161st November 2019 Jeremy Moore Apex III (A Praise For The Burning Soul), Experimental, Listenable Records, Mars Red Sky, Post-Rock, Psych, Review

French trio Mars Red Sky (Julian Pras-vocals/guitar, Jimmy Kinast-bass/vocals, Matieu Gazeau-drums) has emerged as one of the more unique heavy

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Mondo Drag 'The Occultation Of Light'
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Mondo Drag ‘The Occultation Of Light’ LP/CD/DD 2016

7th March 20161st November 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2016, CD, Digital, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Mondo Drag, Prog Rock, Psych, Review, RidingEasy Records, Space Rock, The Occultation Of Light

Settle back on your leopard print bean bag, grab a blotter paper sized tab of lysergic acid, turn on your

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Mower ‘Meathead’
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Mower ‘Meathead’ DD 2016

7th February 20161st November 2019 Will Beattie 2016, Digital, Heavy, Meathead, Mower, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Will Beattie

I learned three things from Mower‘s press release: they are from Wigan, their EP was released on January 30th, and

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Mourning Beloveth 'Rust & Bone'
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Mourning Beloveth ‘Rust & Bone’ CD 2016

6th January 20161st November 2019 Angela Davey 2016, Angela Davey, CD, Death Doom, Folk Doom, Heavy, Mourning Beloveth, Review, Rust & Bone, Ván Records

As far as the doom-death hybrid goes in the UK and Ireland, Mourning Beloveth are without a shadow of a

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