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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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Review: Weite ‘Oase’

6th December 20246th December 2024 Lee Beamish Instrumental, Prog, Stickman Records, Weite

Every now and then something will come along that you didn’t know you needed until you are caught up in

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Review: Witchpit ‘Forever Spoken’

14th November 202414th November 2024 Matthew Williams Doom, Heavy Psych Sounds, Sludge, Witchpit

I remember when I first listened to South Carolina’s mighty sludge masters Witchpit as it was a time when I

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Review: Witnesses ‘Joy’

4th November 20244th November 2024 Lee Beamish Doom, Heavy Metal, Independent, Witnesses

For as long as I can remember I have been following the work of Greg Schwan’s Witnesses project. It started

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Review: Wolfbrigade ‘Life Knife Death’

24th September 202424th September 2024 Martin Williams Crust, Metal Blade Records, Wolfbrigade

Wolfbrigade, the long-time, Swedish flag-bearers for pummeling buzzsaw, d-beat and hardcore for almost three decades return with Life Knife Death,

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Review: Wall ‘Brick By Brick’

2nd September 20242nd September 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden APF Records, Doom, Heavy Rock, Instrumental, Stoner, Wall

There are a lot of column inches dedicated to a certain pair of musical siblings at the moment. However, it

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