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Review: Warcrab ‘The Howling Silence’

22nd November 202322nd November 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Death Metal, Doom, Sludge, Transcending Obscurity Records, Warcrab

Warcrab have been doing their scuttling sludge-influenced death metal dance for over a decade now, their name an amazing invocation

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Review: Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter ‘Saved!’

22nd November 202322nd November 2023 Lee Beamish Experimental, Gospel, Perpetual Flame Ministries, Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter

So, here’s the thing, if someone had said to me at the beginning of the year the following statement, I

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Review: Sleepbomb ‘The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari’

21st November 202327th January 2025 Reza Mills Consouling Sounds, Doom, Drone, Koolarrow Records, Post-Rock, Sleepbomb

Sleepbomb is a San Francisco outfit comprised of Charles Hernandez – guitars, Tim Gotch – bass/synths, Claire Hamard – vocals/keys,

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Review: Volume ‘Requesting Permission To Land’ [Reissue]

21st November 202323rd February 2024 Spring ‘The Strutter’ Chase Desert Rock, Echodelick Records, Ramble Records, Stoner Rock, Volume, We Here And Now, Weird Beard Records, Worst Bassist Records

Two types of Kyuss fans remain long after the dust has settled. Kyuss friends and fans that followed everyone over

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Don't Fall in Love With Yourself
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Documentary Review: Don’t Fall In Love With Yourself

20th November 202320th November 2023 Reza Mills Documentary, Hardcore, Justin Pearson, Punk, Swing Kids, The Locust, Three One G

I’m no Mark Kermode, I won’t be able to tell you anything about screen ratios, cinematography, cross-cutting, dutch angles or

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Review: Fire Down Below ‘Low Desert Surf Club’

20th November 202323rd February 2024 Spring ‘The Strutter’ Chase Desert Rock, Fire Down Below, Ripple Music, Stoner Rock

Start tossing some tomatoes at me. I was an idiot for not opening Low Desert Surf Club earlier. I tore

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Review: SÂVER ‘From Ember And Rust’

17th November 202317th November 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Pelagic Records, Post-Metal, SÂVER

Following the demise of respected Norwegian stoner doom outfit Tombstones, founding member Ole Christian Helstad was reborn, alongside Markus Støle

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Review: Altars Of The Moon ‘The Colossus And The Widow’

16th November 202316th November 2023 Reza Mills Altars Of The Moon, Blackgaze, Disorder Recordings, Doomgaze

It’s been quiet on the Disorder Recordings front of late and the last thing I recall reviewing from them was

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Review: Psychic Trash ‘Psychic Trash’

16th November 202316th November 2023 Martin Williams Noise-Rock, Psychic Trash, Punk, RidingEasy Records

I knew absolutely nothing about the two musicians, Max Dameron (guitar/vocals) and Sam Ford (drums/vocals) who comprise the stoner/sludge/psychedelic/noise/punk duo

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Review: The Answer Lies In The Black Void ‘Thou Shalt’

15th November 202315th November 2023 Lee Beamish Burning World Records, Doom, The Answer Lies In The Black Void

As 2023 draws to a close, it’s easy to believe that the year is over for solid new music getting

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Review: Ritual King ‘The Infinite Mirror’

14th November 202314th November 2023 Spring ‘The Strutter’ Chase Heavy Rock, Ripple Music, Ritual King

Right after grunge broke, a slew of bands started topics and debates of experimental indifferences. This resulted in doorway after

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