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Grava ‘Weight Of A God’
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Review: Grava ‘Weight Of A God’

1st December 20221st February 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Aesthetic Death, Doom, Grava, Sludge

Personally, I have always found some connection with unpleasant, slow, grinding heavy music. There is something extremely cathartic when you

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Slugcrust 'Ecocide'
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Review: Slugcrust ‘Ecocide’

1st December 20226th January 2023 Goro Riffs Grindcore, Prosthetic Records, Slugcrust

Grindcore is an amazing artform. Schizophrenic drumming aimed at constant impact at a breakneck pace, interacting with atonal riffs under

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High Command 'Eclipse Of The Dual Moons'
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Review: High Command ‘Eclipse Of The Dual Moons’

30th November 20223rd January 2023 James Bullock Crossover, High Command, Southern Lord, Thrash Metal

This is what Boudicca would have had on her mixtape. Of the many permutations of metal, thrash (and it’s all sub-variants

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Celestial Season 'Mysterium II'
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Review: Celestial Season ‘Mysterium II’

30th November 20223rd January 2023 Sandy Williamson Burning World Records, Celestial Season, Death Doom

Dutch death/doom legends Celestial Season returned to their miserable, gothic roots on Mysterium I, released earlier this year, and they

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Elder 'Innate Passage'
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Review: Elder ‘Innate Passage’

29th November 20223rd January 2023 Josh Schneider Armageddon Label, Elder, Heavy Rock, Prog, Stickman Records

There are A LOT of bands that I’m seriously excited for new releases. There are a few however that I

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Throwing Bricks 'The Burden'
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Review: Throwing Bricks ‘The Burden’

29th November 20223rd January 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Black Metal, Post-Hardcore, Tartarus Records, Throwing Bricks

I have talked about genre definitions and pigeonholes before, the invention of which seems mainly to aid music journalists to

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Exhumed 'To The Dead'
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Review: Exhumed ‘To The Dead’

28th November 202229th December 2022 Sandy Williamson Death Metal, Exhumed, Relapse Records

You’d think after 32 years that Exhumed would have run out of steam, or macabre shit to write about. But

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Cave Dweller 'Invocations'
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Review: Cave Dweller ‘Invocations’

28th November 202228th December 2022 Dave Bowes Aesthetic Death, Ambient, Cave Dweller, Folk

The idea of the acoustic/folk side gig is hardly a new one to the extent that if you don’t have

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Selfimperfectionist 'Pure'
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Review: Selfimperfectionist ‘Pure’

25th November 202228th December 2022 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Ambient, Delete Recordings, Selfimperfectionist

The city of Turin in northern Italy is considered by many to be the hub of the Italian ambient electronic

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All Souls 'Ghosts Among Us'
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Review: All Souls ‘Ghosts Among Us’

25th November 202226th December 2022 Francisco Javier

Los Angeles based All Souls started out in late 2016 and over the past six years have continued to both

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Charlie Butler 'Ghost Light'
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Review: Charlie Butler ‘Ghost Light’

24th November 202226th December 2022 George Green Charlie Butler, Drone, Echodelick Records

If you look up the word ‘prolific’ in a dictionary, there’s likely a picture of Charlie Butler accompanying the definition.

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