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Leather Lung 'Graveside Grin' Artwork
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Review: Leather Lung ‘Graveside Grin’

18th March 202418th March 2024 Matthew Williams Doom, Heavy Metal, Leather Lung, Magnetic Eye Records, Sludge

I’m sure that I’m not the first, and definitely won’t be the last, person to think this, but upon hearing

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i Häxa 'Part One' EP Artwork
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Review: i Häxa ‘Part One’ EP

18th March 202418th March 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Ambient, i Häxa, Neo Folk, Pelagic Records

Another week and another release from the relentless machine that is Pelagic Records. This time it’s in the form of

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Review: Wasted Death ‘Season Of Evil’

15th March 202415th March 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden APF Records, Hardcore, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Wasted Death

‘Brace yourselves…’ is the opening of the accompanying press release for the debut full-length from APF Records signed weapon of

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Review: Lustmord ‘Much Unseen Is Also Here’

15th March 202415th March 2024 Reza Mills Ambient, Lustmord, Pelagic Records, Soundscapes

Lustmord aka Brian Williams, has been making music for over forty years and seeing as I gave a synopsis of

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Review: Per Wiberg ‘The Serpent’s Here’

14th March 202414th March 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Despotz Records, Heavy Rock, Per Wiberg, Prog

Multi-instrumentalist Per Wiberg has been sprinkling his magical fairy dust over tracks from a plethora of great bands for longer

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Review: Gouge Away ‘Deep Sage’

14th March 202414th March 2024 Reza Mills Alternative, Deathwish Inc, Gouge Away, Hardcore

Forming in 2012 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Gouge Away‘s line-up comprises of Christina Michelle – vocals, Thomas Cantwell – drums,

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Review: Agonista ‘Grey And Dry’

13th March 202413th March 2024 Martin Williams Agonista, Armageddon Label, Crust, Hardcore, Punk

Next up through the review portal we have Grey And Dry, the debut album from Agonista, a blazing, d-beat, crust,

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Review: The Neptune Power Federation ‘Goodnight My Children’

13th March 202413th March 2024 Liam Blanc Cruz Del Sur Music, Heavy Metal, Heavy Rock, The Neptune Power Federation

Maybe it’s because the news is an endless parade of things going wrong or maybe it’s just me, but my

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Kollapse 'AR' Artwork
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Review: Kollapse ‘AR’

12th March 202412th March 2024 Nessie Spencer Fysisk Format, Kollapse, Post-Metal, Sludge

If you have never heard of Kollapse up until now, let me tell you that this is the perfect time

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Review: Exhorder ‘Defectum Omnium’

12th March 202412th March 2024 Matthew Williams Exhorder, Nuclear Blast Records, Thrash Metal

Let’s be brutally honest, when most people think of the band Exhorder, they will immediately cast their mind back to

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Review: Various Artists ‘New Wave Donut’

11th March 202411th March 2024 Reza Mills Basement Family, Bovine Nightmares, Glose, Naw, New Wave, Night Goat, Post-Punk, Science Man, The Kronk Men, Various Artists, Wax Donut Records, Wipes

Wax Donut label head Morey Straus, much like myself is ‘a total nut for the new wave and post-punk music

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