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GGGOLDDD 'This Shame Should Not Be Mine'
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Review: GGGOLDDD ‘This Shame Should Not Be Mine’

30th March 202226th May 2022 Lee Beamish Alternative, Artoffact Records, GGGOLDDD, Trip-Hop

Music, one of the most expressive things we, as humans, can create. It can convey mood, feeling, raw emotion, and

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Steak 'Acute Mania'
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Review: Steak ‘Acute Mania’

29th March 202223rd February 2024 El Jefe Heavy Rock, Ripple Music, Steak, Stoner Rock

I picked up a copy of Slab City, Steak’s debut album in about ’15. I immediately dug their raw, fucked-off

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Witchpit 'The Weight of Death'
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Review: Witchpit ‘The Weight of Death’

29th March 20224th May 2022 Martin Williams Heavy Psych Sounds, Sludge, Witchpit

South Carolina’s Witchpit have been fine-tuning their brand of southern-fried-sludge going back to their formation in 2015, releasing a handful

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As The World Dies 'Agonist'
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Review: As The World Dies ‘Agonist’

28th March 20224th May 2022 Mark Hunt-Bryden As The World Dies, Death Metal, Transcending Obscurity Records

Death metal is a genre that continues to be prolific, especially in the humid environs of the States. It may

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Mortify 'Fragments At The Edge Of Sorrow'
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Review: Mortify ‘Fragments At The Edge Of Sorrow’

28th March 20224th May 2022 Goro Riffs Chaos Records, Death Metal, Mortify

Intense synth atmospheres and dramatic vocals open this album with the track Beneath The Emptiness. The riffing arrives sounding really

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Absent In Body 'Plague God'
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Review: Absent In Body ‘Plague God’

25th March 20224th May 2022 Josh Schneider Absent In Body, Doom, Post-Metal

Steve Von Till has been busy with his solo albums, and I’ve been soaking in everything he has released. Scott

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Emma Ruth Rundle 'Orpheus Looking Back' EP
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Review: Emma Ruth Rundle ‘Orpheus Looking Back’ EP

25th March 20224th May 2022 Daniel Pietersen Acoustic, Emma Ruth Rundle, Folk, Sargent House

It seems strange, in this digital era, to continue to think of music as albums, EPs, and singles. Even when

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Eric Wagner 'In The Lonely Light Of Mourning'
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Review: Eric Wagner ‘In The Lonely Light Of Mourning’

24th March 20224th May 2022 Martin Williams Cruz Del Sur Music, Eric Wagner

In an era of routine horrible occurrences, it goes without saying that the death of legendary Trouble/The Skull/Blackfinger vocalist, and

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Shallow Black 'D2E0M2O | CHAPTERS'
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Review: Shallow Black ‘D2E0M2O [CHAPTERS]’ EP

24th March 20224th May 2022 Lee Beamish Doom, Shallow Black, Sludge

In the twenty-first century, considering how bombarded we are with information, and how accessible it would appear, the whole planet

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Qstaw 'Project 86'
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Review: Qstaw ‘Project 86’

24th March 20224th May 2022 Josh Schneider Clouded Mind Records, Drone, Qstaw, Soundscapes

Learning of a new band to obsess over is always fun and playing the songs on repeat without ever getting

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Pia Isa 'Distorted Chants'
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Review: Pia Isa ‘Distorted Chants’

23rd March 20224th May 2022 Lee Beamish Argonauta Records, Doom, Drone, Pia Isa

When she isn’t fronting one of Norway’s premier heavy doom bands, Superlynx, Pia Isaksen can be found, busy, working on

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