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Gozer 'An Endless Static'
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Review: Gozer ‘An Endless Static’

10th June 202219th December 2023 Richard Murray Gozer, Post-Metal, Trepanation Recordings

Atmospheric sludge just does this thing to me where my heart can flourish, my thoughts melt into oblivion, and I

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Aptera 'You Can't Burn What Still Burns'
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Review: Aptera ‘You Can’t Burn What Still Burns’

9th June 202215th July 2022 Goro Riffs Aptera, Metal, Ripple Music

Hailing from Brazil, Italy, Belgium, and the US, but rising from the sea in Berlin, Aptera delivers a classic sound,

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Mournful Congregation 'The Exuviae Of Gods - Part I'
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Review: Mournful Congregation ‘The Exuviae Of Gods – Part I’

9th June 202215th July 2022 Martin Williams 20 Buck Spin, Funeral Doom, Mournful Congregation

I am in no way what one would consider a funeral doom aficionado. Whilst I’m familiar with most of the

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Songs Of Townes Van Zandt Vol III
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Review: Various Artists ‘Songs Of Townes Van Zandt Vol. III’

8th June 202215th July 2022 Mark Hunt-Bryden Amenra, Cave In, Country, Folk, Marissa Nadler, My Proud Mountain, Neurot Recordings, Townes Van Zandt, Various Artists

Time and circumstance have meant that it has been a long time since the last entry in the My Proud

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Above & Below 'Suffer Decay Alone'
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Review: Above & Below ‘Suffer Decay Alone’

8th June 202215th July 2022 Reza Mills Above And Below, Disorder Recordings, Industrial

Having reviewed Plaguewielder‘s excellent third album Covenant Death last year, I was intrigued to see where main man Bryce Seditz

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Wardruna 'Kvitravn - First Flight Of The White Raven'
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Review: Wardruna ‘Kvitravn – First Flight Of The White Raven’

7th June 202215th July 2022 Sandy Williamson Folk, Music For Nations, Wardruna

Remember when a yearning for being a Viking was only for metalheads and medieval reenactors, instead of wildly misinformed racists

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The Shenandoah Electric Company 'LP1'
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Review: The Shenandoah Electric Company ‘LP1’

7th June 202213th July 2022 Reza Mills Alternative, Pax Aeternum, The Shenandoah Electric Company

Enter The Shenandoah Electric Company into Google and you’ll get a hit for an electricity company who boast of serving

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Deadhead 'Bad Dog'
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Review: Deadhead ‘Bad Dog’

6th June 202213th July 2022 Lee Beamish Deadhead, Independent, Post-Rock, Shoegaze

For all the outlets I have to source new bands, whether it be directly from these hallowed pages, via word

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Children Of The Sün 'Roots'
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Review: Children Of The Sün ‘Roots’

6th June 202213th July 2022 El Jefe Children Of The Sun, The Sign Records

I’ve got nuthin’ ‘gainst retro, I’m a big fan to be honest. The same goes with embracing what you love

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Somnus Throne 'Nemesis Lately'
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Review: Somnus Throne ‘Nemesis Lately’

3rd June 20227th July 2022 James Bullock Doom, Heavy Psych Sounds, Psych, Somnus Throne

Often you need a riff that just hits the spot. A bit like Pantera’s ethos of just hitting the money

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Peth 'Merchant Of Death'
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Review: Peth ‘Merchant Of Death’

3rd June 20226th July 2022 Martin Williams Electric Valley Records, PETH, Proto-Metal, The Cosmic Peddler

As someone who’s spent roughly forty of his fifty-one (I can’t fucking believe I just wrote that) years in the

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