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Review: Messa ‘The Spin’

8th April 20258th April 2025 David J McLaren Doom, Gothic, Messa, Metal Blade Records

News fresh in from the interwebs: Messa have SOLD OUT with their new album The Spin on Metal Blade Records,

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Review: Monteceneri ‘Due’ EP

29th January 202529th January 2025 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Instrumental, Lady Lovely Records, Monteceneri, Post-Rock, Prog

The allure of post-rock bands has captivated me for many years, drawing me in with their mesmerising instrumental compositions that

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Review: Mutagenic Host ‘The Diseased Machine’

13th January 202513th January 2025 Matthew Williams Death Metal, Dry Cough Records, Gurgling Gore, Memento Mori

I used to salivate at the thought of listening to any new death metal album but as I’ve aged and

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Review: Mojo & The Kitchen Brothers ‘Into The Center Of The Cat’s Eye Nebula’

8th January 20258th January 2025 Lee Beamish Lay Bare Recordings, Mojo & The Kitchen Brothers, Prog, Psych

Well, hey there avid readers, it’s so great to see you, welcome to 2025, the year that hopefully breaks the

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Review: Morpholith ‘Dystopian Distributions Of Mass Produced Narcotics’

19th December 202419th December 2024 Harry Holmes Doom, Interstellar Smoke Records, Morpholith

It’s a few years now since I wrote about Morpholith’s last EP Null Dimensions, and at the time the sense

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Review: Mangene ‘101 Atomic Terms And What They Mean’ EP

5th December 20245th December 2024 Reza Mills A Tree In A Field Records, Electronic, Eugene S Robinson, Mangene, Manuel Liebeskind

Little did I know that Oxbow‘s sublime Love’s Holiday album that I reviewed for The Sleeping Shaman in July last

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Review: Miracle Blood ‘Hello Hell’

18th November 202418th November 2024 Reza Mills Miracle Blood, Nefarious Industries, Noise-Rock, Post-Punk

Boston’s Miracle Blood formed in 2014 and comprises guitarist/vocalist Andrew Wong, bassist Garrett Young and drummer Anthony Bollitier. The band

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Review: Michael Rudolph Cummings ‘Money’ EP

2nd October 20242nd October 2024 Josh Schneider Country, Folk, Independent, Michael Rudolph Cummings

I know this is a review for Michael Rudolph Cummings new EP Money, but we’re going to talk about Aaron

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Review: Mari Boine ‘Alva’

13th September 202413th September 2024 Will J By Norse Music, Electronic, Folk, Mari Boine

Ever since her first release in 1985, Mari Boine has been one of the most prominent forces in the Sámi

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Review: Mammoth Volume ‘Raised Up By Witches’

27th August 202427th August 2024 Martin Williams Blues Funeral Recordings, Heavy Rock, Mammoth Volume, Prog

Sweden’s Mammoth Volume will forever induce flashbacks to the late ‘90s for me. When I was first getting into stoner

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Review: Melt-Banana ‘3+5’

22nd August 202422nd August 2024 Matthew Williams A-Zap Records, Electronic, Grind, Melt-Banana, Power Violence

I genuinely don’t know where to start with this review, as I’ve listened to the album twice now, and my

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