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Various Artists 'Blast No.1 – Blastbeat Tribute To Type O Negative' Artwork
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Review: Various Artists ‘Blast No.1 – Blastbeat Tribute To Type O Negative’

18th December 202318th December 2023 David J McLaren 783punx, Grind, Hardcore, Punk, Various Artists

Type O Negative were an important band during my formative mid-to-late teen years. They weren’t a top tier band in

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Review: Masheena ‘West Coast Hard Rock’

15th December 202315th December 2023 Spring ‘The Strutter’ Chase Grunge, Heavy Rock, Majestic Mountain Records, Masheena

1979 was a year to remember. Evidently, it helped conceive this latest album released by hard-rocking Norse men. West Coast

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Review: Suspiriorum ‘Suspiriorum’ EP

15th December 202315th December 2023 El Jefe Heavy Rock, Independent, Suspiriorum

From the murky depths of Austin, comes Suspiriorum, a mysterious band of astral travellers who seem to prefer to keep

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Review: Disgraceland ‘Tweed’ EP

14th December 202314th December 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Disgraceland, Independent, Punk, Rock 'n' Roll

It was a sad day ay when former Shaman faves Grifter, the gritty blues rock trio from Devon UK, called

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Review: Labasheeda ‘Blueprints’

14th December 202314th December 2023 Reza Mills Alternative, Labasheeda, Post-Punk, Presto Chango Records

Formed in 2004, Dutch trio Labasheeda consists of Saskia Van Der Giessen (vocals/guitar/violin/viola/piano), Arne Wolfswinkel (guitar/bass/piano) and Bas Snabilie (drums/marimba/synth/percussion).

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Review: Demons Of Noon ‘Death Machine’

13th December 202313th December 2023 Martin Williams Demons Of Noon, Doom, Evil Feast Records, Sludge

Auckland, New Zealand’s Demons Of Noon’s press release describes the band’s sound as a ‘smoldering, doom cult colossus’ and after

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Review: Khanate ‘Things Viral’ [Reissue]

13th December 202313th December 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Doom, Drone, Khanate, Sacred Bones Records

The chances are if you are reading this it means one of two things; Either you are familiar with the

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Review: Bismut ‘Ausdauer’

12th December 202312th December 2023 Spring ‘The Strutter’ Chase Bismut, Instrumental, Lay Bare Recordings, Prog, Spinda Records

Bismut from The Netherlands might just introduce themselves by whipping their heads forward, but they can deliver metallic rock slabs

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Review: Ragana ‘Desolation’s Flower’

12th December 202312th December 2023 Richard Murray Black Metal, Ragana, The Flenser

I saw Ragana several months ago. The music festival was Oblivion Access. The season was summer. The city was Austin,

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Review: Wolfredt / VHK String Orchestra ‘Live At The Estonian Public Broadcast Radio Studio 1’

11th December 202311th December 2023 Matthew Williams Moment Of Collapse Records, Post-Rock, VHK String Orchestra, Wolfredt

I’ve long been a fan of bands trying something different and innovative with their own work, and I’ve always admired

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Review: Goat ‘Medicine’

11th December 202311th December 2023 Spring ‘The Strutter’ Chase Folk, Goat, Psych, Rocket Recordings

We pay into a convenient, encrypted reality that others spend a lifetime cracking. Goat crack into the physics of metal

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