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Review: Woodhawk ‘Love Finds A Way’

29th August 202529th August 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Grand Hand Records, Heavy Rock, Woodhawk

Calgary’s grooving stoner trio Woodhawk celebrate a decade of existence by releasing their fourth, and possibly finest, album Love Finds

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Review: Wenches ‘Stupid Sick’

27th June 202527th June 2025 Lee Beamish Already Dead Tapes & Records, Heavy Rock, Master Kontrol Audio, Punk, The Ghost Is Clear Records, Wenches

Having now been on the Wenches thrill ride for the last couple of releases, one thing that always makes me

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Review: Witchrot ‘Soul Cellar’

11th June 202511th June 2025 Matthew Williams Doom, Fuzz, Fuzzed And Buzzed Records, Majestic Mountain Records, Witchrot

There’s a slow, pedestrian paced start to Possession Deepens as the rumbling bass line from Jon Ferreira is joined by

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Review: Witchcraft ‘IDAG’

22nd May 202522nd May 2025 Dharma Acoustic, Blues, Heavy Psych Sounds, Heavy Rock, Witchcraft

Swedish doom veterans, Witchcraft, return with their seventh album, IDAG. Released on Heavy Psych Sounds, it’s the sum of all

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Review: GNOD & White Hills ‘Drop Out III’

29th April 202529th April 2025 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Gnod, Psych, Thrill Jockey Records, White Hills

Drop Out III marks a triumphant ‘conclusion’ to the iconic Drop Out saga, capturing the essence of an extraordinary musical

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Review: Water Damage ‘2 Songs’

7th March 20257th March 2025 George Green 12XU, Cardinal Fuzz Records, Drone, Kraut, Psych, Water Damage

I unfailingly enjoy the thrill of the Shaman’s latest list of delectables for review dropping into my inbox, rummaging through

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Review: Willi Carlisle ‘The Magnolia Sessions’

28th February 202528th February 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Anti-Corporate Music, Bluegrass, Country, Folk, The Magnolia Sessions, Willi Carlisle

This year it has been hard to get going, especially when pummelled daily by the 24/7 news cycle bringing fresh

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Review: Warlung ‘The Poison Touch’

21st February 202521st February 2025 Martin Williams Heavy Psych Sounds, Heavy Rock, Warlung

Houston Texas’s Warlung returns with the follow-up to 2022’s Vultures Paradise, which I enjoyed quite a bit, although, if I’m

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Review: Wren ‘Black Rain Falls’

18th February 202518th February 2025 Ian M Church Road Records, Post-Metal, Wren

With Black Rain Falls, their third full length, Wren marry the lustre and polish of the very best post-metal influences

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Review: Wardruna ‘Birna’

4th February 20254th February 2025 Sandy Williamson Folk, Music For Nations, Norse, Wardruna

Wardruna are more of a musical collective than a band, a group of like-minded individuals whose talents to bring an

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Review: Wyatt E. ‘Zamāru Ultu Qereb Ziqquratu Part 1’

9th January 20259th January 2025 Matthew Williams Doom, Drone, Heavy Psych Sounds, Wyatt E

Like most people these days, I’m always seeking something fresh to listen to so that I can broaden my musical

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