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Pit Pony 'World To Me'
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Review: Pit Pony ‘World To Me’

30th June 20225th August 2022 Lee Beamish Clue Records, Garage Rock, Pit Pony

When I think of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, I’m not instantly struck by its plethora of iconic heavy music acts. Yes, there are

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Radian 'Discordian'
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Review: Radian ‘Discordian’

30th June 20225th August 2022 James Bullock Doom, Elburno Records, Radian, Sludge

This album drops right in. Recently there has been a mild return of the lengthy, corny, skippable, faux-atmospheric intro tracks,

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Mirror Queen 'Inviolate'
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Review: Mirror Queen ‘Inviolate’

29th June 20225th August 2022 El Jefe Heavy Rock, Mirror Queen, Proto-Metal, Tee Pee Records

NYC’s Mirror Queen have been running their line of heavy rock for a decade or so and have released a

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James Romig & Mike Scheidt 'The Complexity Of Distance'
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Review: James Romig & Mike Scheidt ‘The Complexity Of Distance’

29th June 20225th August 2022 Josh Schneider Drone, James Romig, Mike Scheidt, New World Records

James Romig, for all that don’t know (like myself until recently), is a composer. That word… composer… makes my skin

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Come To Grief 'When The World Dies'
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Review: Come To Grief ‘When The World Dies’

28th June 20225th August 2022 Harry Holmes Come To Grief, Doom, Sludge, Translation Loss Records

There are a couple of inescapable things that are going to need mentioning in trying to write about this record,

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Slow Dawn 'Into The Machine Haus'
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Review: Slow Dawn ‘Into The Machine Haus’

28th June 20225th August 2022 Richard Murray Cardinal Fuzz Records, Centripetal Force Records, Psych, Slow Dawn, Space Rock

Hey you. Yes you. Do you like King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard? Have you wondered what that would sound

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Paganizer 'Beyond The Macabre'
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Review: Paganizer ‘Beyond The Macabre’

27th June 202227th July 2022 James Bullock Death Metal, Paganizer, Transcending Obscurity Records

Beyond The Macabre is Paganizer’s twelfth studio album and another instalment of ferocious swe-death metal, which also features Bolt Thrower/Memoriam’s

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Healing Magic 'Volume I: Fire'
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Review: Healing Magic ‘Volume I: Fire’

24th June 202227th July 2022 Goro Riffs Blood Blast, Healing Magic, Sludge, Thrash Metal

There’s angst and anger, and some kind of sickness in this healing. High gain is king here, accompanied by the

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J. Zunz 'Del Aire'
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Review: J. Zunz ‘Del Aire’

23rd June 202227th July 2022 Reza Mills Electronic, Experimental, J. Zunz, Rocket Recordings

J. Zunz is Lorena Quintanilla from Guadalajara in Mexico whose day job sees her playing as one half of garage

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Cachemira 'Ambos Mundos'
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Review: Cachemira ‘Ambos Mundos’

22nd June 202227th July 2022 Liam Blanc Cachemira, Heavy Psych Sounds, Heavy Rock, Retro Rock

I’ve been writing so few album reviews of late that I’m feeling out of practice. I’m sure I used to

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Made Of Teeth 'Sociopathogen'
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Review: Made Of Teeth ‘Sociopathogen’

21st June 202227th July 2022 Mark Hunt-Bryden APF Records, Made Of Teeth, Noise-Rock, Punk, Sludge

Noisy Welsh muthas Made Of Teeth and beloved label and love child of Andrew Field, APF Records, have for a

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