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Review: Swans ‘Birthing’

1st September 20251st September 2025 Reza Mills Experimental, Mute Records, Noise-Rock, Young God Records

It is intimidating covering a band you love as you pray you’ll do them justice; there’s an omnipresent feeling that

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Review: Seedy Jeezus ‘Damned To The Depths’

22nd August 202522nd August 2025 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Blown Music And Touring, Echodelick Records, Heavy Rock, Lay Bare Recordings, Prog, Psych, Seedy Jeezus

Melbourne, Australia’s powerful trio Seedy Jeezus, now considered a quartet after the addition of their producer and Mos Generator guitarist

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Review: Spider Kitten ‘The Truth Is Caustic To Love’

27th June 202527th June 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Americana, APF Records, Doom, Grunge, Noise-Rock, Spider Kitten

‘Mental illness? Check. Addiction? Check. Despair? Oh yeah, it’s there. They don’t sing about hope. They sing about what happens

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Review: Steve Von Till ‘Alone In A World Of Wounds’

11th June 202511th June 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Neo Folk, Neurot Recordings, Steve Von Till

Steve Von Till’s creative output has been fairly prolific over the last few years; in the lost times of 2020

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Review: Snakemother ‘Snakemother’ [Reissue]

2nd June 20252nd June 2025 Lee Beamish Doom, Heavy Rock, Ripple Music, Snakemother

Way back in 2023, an album emerged which, unless you were in the know, would have passed you by without

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Review: Staticlone ‘Better Living Through Static Vision’

20th May 202520th May 2025 Renzo Hardcore, Punk, Relapse Records, Staticlone

Punks Not Dead… Philadelphia has a strong punk and hardcore tradition, though the genre is associated with bands like Bad

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Review: Staraya Derevnya ‘Garden Window Escape’

16th May 202516th May 2025 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Auris Media Records, Jazz, Kraut, Ramble Records, Staraya Derevnya

From their early beginnings with the album Expedition, which showcased Gosha Shtasel‘s talent for crafting simple yet deeply moving folk

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Review: SUMAC And Moor Mother ‘The Film’

9th May 20259th May 2025 Matthew Williams Drone, Experimental, Moor Mother, Spoken Word, Sumac, Thrill Jockey Records

After giving this a few listens, I can confirm that SUMAC are another band that is going to be filed

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Review: Sons Of Ra ‘Standard Deviation’

30th April 202530th April 2025 Matthew Williams Jazz, Lasers Edge, Prog, Sons Of Ra

Right from the off, I’m going to say one simple thing. This album is beyond cool, so cool that even

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Review: Shane Embury ‘Atonement’

3rd April 20253rd April 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Ambient, Electronic, Extrinsic Recordings, Shane Embury

Having achieved the distinction of being the longest-serving member of the British institution, grindcore/death metal band Napalm Death, bassist, and

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Review: Iggor Cavalera/Shane Embury ‘Neon Gods/Own Your Darkness’

27th March 202527th March 2025 Reza Mills Ambient, Cold Spring Records, Electronic, Iggor Cavalera, Industrial, Shane Embury

Even someone like me, who isn’t predominantly a ‘metalhead’, recognises the legendary names on this split release. On the off

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