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Album & EP Reviews

Weedevil 'The Return'
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Review: Weedevil ‘The Return’

20th June 202227th July 2022 Goro Riffs DHU Records, Doom, Weedevil

Weedevil’s The Return launches into a fuzzrocious chug attack before the vocals fly in to ride above the fray. This

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10,000 Years 'III'
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Review: 10,000 Years ‘III’

17th June 202227th July 2022 Josh Schneider 10000 Years, Death Valley Records, Interstellar Smoke Records, Metal, Olde Magick Records

The Albatross finally returned to earth after narrowly escaping certain death in another dimension. A seemingly harmless mission gone horribly

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Sacred Son 'The Foul Deth Of Engelond'
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Review: Sacred Son ‘The Foul Deth Of Engelond’

17th June 202227th July 2022 Fossil Black Metal, Sacred Son, True Cult Records

Flames lick the walls of the Tower beneath a dishwater sky, as fork-wielding peasants disembowel a bishop. Heads flail on

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Valley Of The Sun 'The Chariot'
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Review: Valley Of The Sun ‘The Chariot’

16th June 202227th July 2022 Josh Schneider Fuzzorama Records, Heavy Rock, Ripple Music, Valley Of The Sun

Valley Of The Sun is one of my all-time favorite bands and have been since I first heard the track

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Burner 'A Vision Of The End'
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Review: Burner ‘A Vision Of The End’ EP

16th June 202227th July 2022 Tom Hanno Burner, Church Road Records, Death Metal, Grindcore, Hardcore

Is blackened-death-thrashy-grindcore even a sub-genre yet? If so, London’s Burner fits into that description quite nicely, and if not, then

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Red Sun Atacama 'Darwin'
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Review: Red Sun Atacama ‘Darwin’

15th June 202223rd February 2024 El Jefe Desert Rock, Fuzz, Mrs Red Sound, Red Sun Atacama, Stoner Rock

I can’t claim to have even heard of French power trio Red Sun Atacama prior to their new long-player landing

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Holy Scum 'Strange Desires'
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Review: Holy Scum ‘Strange Desires’

15th June 202227th July 2022 Martin Williams Experimental, Holy Scum, Industrial, Rocket Recordings

With a name like Holy Scum, an album cover featuring a glitchy, digital, grainy dude in a hood, giving off

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Various Artists 'Ziggy Stardust: 50 Years Later'
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Review: Various Artists ‘Ziggy Stardust: 50 Years Later’

14th June 202215th July 2022 Lee Beamish Bitter Kisses, David Bowie, Heavy Rock, Kong Social, Mother Vulture, Pale Wizard Records, Possessor, Raging Speedhorn, Sail, Sergeant Thunderhoof, The Lunar Effect, Tony Reed

June 16th, 2022 marks 50 years to the day since David Bowie released his iconic album Ziggy Stardust. Well, those

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Executioner's Mask 'Winterlong'
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Review: Executioner’s Mask ‘Winterlong’

14th June 202215th July 2022 Tim Keppie Executioner's Mask, Goth, Post-Punk, Profound Lore Records

Heavily influenced by the ’80s UK post-punk and goth scene, Executioner’s Mask are clearly drawing on their influences with Winterlong.

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Zombi 'Zombi & Friends, Volume 1'
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Review: Zombi ‘Zombi & Friends, Volume 1’

13th June 202215th July 2022 Rob Walsh Pinkish Black, Pop, Relapse Records, Rock, The Sword, Trans Am, Zombi

It was the summer of 2007 that I saw Zombi open for Isis at the Knitting Factory in Los Angeles.

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Ataraxy 'The Last Mirror'
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Review: Ataraxy ‘The Last Mirror’

13th June 202215th July 2022 Sandy Williamson Ataraxy, Dark Descent Records, Death Doom, Me Saco Un Ojo Records

I’ve followed Spanish underground legend death metallers Ataraxy for a number of years now, since I heard their Revelations Of

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