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Review: Gridfailure ‘Sixth Mass-Extinction Skulduggery III’

6th November 20256th November 2025 Reza Mills Ambient, Gridfailure, Nefarious Industries, Noise

The second installation of the Sixth Mass-Extinction Skulduggery series was my first exposure to Gridfailure, and I remember finding it

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Review: Space Witch ‘Mountains Of Neptune’

5th November 20255th November 2025 Matthew Williams Independent, Psych, Space Witch, Stoner Doom

Before you press play and listen to the latest doom masterpiece from one of Stoke-on-Trent’s finest, Space Witch, make sure

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Review: Zatokrev ‘…Bring Mirrors To The Surface’

4th November 20254th November 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Pelagic Records, Post-Metal, Zatokrev

Some bands gather together collections of songs to form a long player, and some create an album that forms a

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Review: Novembers Doom ‘Major Arcana’

3rd November 20253rd November 2025 Sandy Williamson Death Doom, Novembers Doom, Prophecy Productions

Chicago’s Novembers Doom have been giving us albums of melodic death/doom for nigh on thirty years at this point, and

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Review: Stonebirds ‘Perpetual Wasteland’

31st October 202531st October 2025 Matthew Williams Post-Metal, Ripple Music, Stonebirds

Perpetual Wasteland is the fourth and final episode from Breton trio Stonebirds, and it’s a collection of six songs that

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Review: Droni Eye Omi ‘Live At Guild Cinema’

29th October 202530th October 2025 Martin Williams Desert Records, Drone, Droni Eye Omi

Droni Eye Omi (certainly one of the wittiest band names I’ve encountered in some time) is an Albuquerque-based ambient psychedelic,

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Review: Not Moving ‘That’s All Folks!’

28th October 202528th October 2025 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Blues Rock, Garage Rock, La Tempesta Dischi, LaPOP, Not Moving

Talking about Not Moving, one of the most important and legendary bands in the Italian underground rock scene, is like

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Review: Cosmic Reaper ‘Bleed The Wicked, Drown The Damned’

27th October 202527th October 2025 Rob Walsh Cosmic Reaper, Doom, Heavy Psych Sounds

North Carolina’s Cosmic Reaper have returned to reap the unworthy, the pitiful, the uncool… You know who you are! And

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Review: IAN ‘Come On Everybody, Let’s Do Nothing!’

17th October 202517th October 2025 Lee Beamish Human Worth, Ian, Noise-Rock, Post-Metal, Post-Rock

Holy fuckin’ Moly, it’s IAN!! The Band!!! This is the statement that should be on everyone’s lips when becoming aware

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Review: Giöbia ‘X-ÆON’

16th October 202516th October 2025 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Giöbia, Heavy Psych Sounds, Psych, Space Rock

The most captivating aspect of Milan’s psych space rock quartet Giöbia lies in their remarkable ability to continually shape and

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Review: Castle Rat ‘The Bestiary’

15th October 202515th October 2025 Renzo Blues Funeral Recordings, Castle Rat, Doom, Heavy Metal, King Volume Records

The dance of the beasts. Castle Rat‘s second full-length album, The Bestiary, is their most ambitious and realised work yet,

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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May
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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May

30th April 202630th April 2026 Lee Edwards

Few bands have carved out a path quite like –(16)–. For more than three decades, the Southern California veterans have

Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June
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Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’

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Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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