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Review: Playgrounded ‘A Flower To Water’

20th October 202620th October 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Pelagic Records, Playgrounded, Post-Metal

One of the things that draws me to just about anything released by Berlin-based Pelagic Records is a shared vision

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Review: Pleb ‘Grease Trap’ EP

28th August 202628th August 2026 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Hardcore, Human Worth, Pleb, Sludge

Pleb don’t ease you into Grease Trap; they hurl you straight into the meat grinder. Hailing from Leeds, UK, the

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Review: Pallida Cavtat ‘La Distanza Tra Noi E La Riva’

26th August 202626th August 2026 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Alternative, NOS Records, Pallida Cavtat, Post-Punk

Amerigo Verardi, a leading figure in Italy’s independent underground rock scene, has reinvented himself over the years not only as

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Review: Plaindrifter ‘Gestalt’

7th July 20267th July 2026 Matthew Williams Heavy Rock, Plaindrifter, Ripple Music

Plaindrifter are another one of those bands that I’ve heard good things about for quite some time and the hype

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Review: Petrolio ‘Club Atletico Voces Y Gritos’

25th June 202625th June 2026 Lee Beamish Dark Ambient, Experimental, Petrolio, Subsound Records

In a world filled with peculiarities that we often have no clue exist until someone points them out, it’s completely

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Review: Øresund Space Collective/Psychedelic Source Records – Split

12th June 202624th June 2026 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Echodelick Records, Kraut, Øresund Space Collective, Psych, Psychedelic Source Records

I’ve been listening to Øresund Space Collective and Psychedelic Source Records‘ works for quite a few years now. What has

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Review: Poly-Math ‘Something Deeply Hidden’

22nd April 202622nd April 2026 Reza Mills Instrumental, Poly-Math, Prog, The Laser’s Edge

Poly-Math formed in 2013 and are from Brighton, East Sussex. They’ve had several line-ups during their lifespan, but the mainstay

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Review: Predatory Void ‘Atoned In Metamorphosis’

24th February 202624th February 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Black Metal, Pelagic Records, Post-Metal, Predatory Void

Nestling in Western Europe, bordering France and Germany, when I think of Belgium, it is mostly medieval and Renaissance architecture,

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Review: PREYRS ‘The Wounded Healer’

16th January 202616th January 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Alternative, Pelagic Records, PREYRS

‘Inspired by highly influential Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung’s writings on ‘the wounded healer’ which explore the concept of an entity,

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Review: Primitive Man ‘Observance’

9th January 20269th January 2026 xdharmarajax Doom, Primitive Man, Relapse Records, Sludge

When Primitive Man enter a stage, everyone in the room takes notice. I know this from experience. Back in 2012

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Review: Pupil Slicer ‘Fleshwork’

23rd December 202523rd December 2025 Lee Beamish Grindcore, Hardcore, Prosthetic Records, Pupil Slicer

Back in May of 2023, I had my eyes well and truly opened to a band that, at the time,

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Premiere: Ensemble Tikoro ‘Tortoise’ – New Album Lands 23rd October via Jangjang Records
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Premiere: Ensemble Tikoro ‘Tortoise’ – New Album Lands 23rd October via Jangjang Records

22nd October 202622nd October 2026 Lee Edwards

Enter the hypnotic, boundary-pushing world of Ensemble Tikoro as The Shaman premieres their formidable new full-length work, Tortoise, ahead of

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