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Dead Feathers
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Premiere: Dead Feathers ‘Full Circle’ – New Album Releases Tomorrow via Ripple Music

21st September 202321st September 2023 Lee Edwards Dead Feathers, Heavy Rock, Psych, Ripple Music

Chicago’s Dead Feathers immediately struck a chord with their take on ‘60s trippy psych rock that once emanated from the

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Premiere: Orbiter ‘Hollow World’ – New Album Drops This Friday via Argonauta Records

20th September 202320th September 2023 Lee Edwards Argonauta Records, Orbiter, Stoner Doom

As Finland’s heavy yet trippy stoner and doom quartet Orbiter to release their debut eight-track album Hollow World on the

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Sherpa
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Video Premiere: Sherpa ‘High Walls’ – New Album ‘Land Of Corals’ Releases 10th November

11th September 202311th September 2023 Lee Edwards Doomgaze, Sherpa, Shoegaze, Subsound Records

If you’re in the mood for some dreamy doomgaze, shoegaze along with moments of psych and trip-hop, well you’ve come

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Slutavverkning
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Album Premiere: Slutavverkning ‘Levande Charader’ – Drops This Friday via Feral Cuts

30th August 202329th September 2023 Lee Edwards Feral Cuts, Hardcore, Jazz, Noise-Rock, Punk, Slutavverkning

Stockholm’s Slutavverkning deliver what the band self-describe as ‘Swedish anti-capitalist jazz-punk fury’, which pretty much sums up their raucous sonic

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Hippie Death Cult - Photo by Eddy Vazquez
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Premiere: Hippie Death Cult ‘Better Days’ – New Album ‘Helichrysum’ Releases 20th October

23rd August 202323rd August 2023 Lee Edwards Heavy Psych Sounds, Heavy Rock, Hippie Death Cult, Psych

As the now three-piece Hippie Death Cult, which also sees bassist Laura Phillips stepping up as the lead vocalist, prepare

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Wolf Prayer - Photo by Kevin Sutter
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Video Premiere: Wolf Prayer ‘Oblivion’ – New Album ‘Spell Of The Crimson Eye’ Drops 6th October

17th August 202317th August 2023 Lee Edwards Barhill Records, Prog, Wolf Prayer

Wolf Prayer, a three-piece hailing from the Rhineland-Palatinate region of Germany are a band who seamlessly walk the fine line

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KIND - Photo by James Fortin
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Premiere: KIND ‘Close Encounters’ – New Album Releases This Friday, 11th July, via Ripple Music

9th August 20239th August 2023 Lee Edwards Grunge, Heavy Rock, KIND, Ripple Music

Boston, MA based heavy rockers KIND are gearing up to release their new album Close Encounters, their third long-player (hence

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Darsombra
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Video Premiere: Darsombra ‘Gibbet Lore’ – From New Double Album ‘Dumesday Book’

1st August 20231st August 2023 Lee Edwards Darsombra, Pnictogen Records, Prog, Psych

How would you describe a band like Darsombra? Psych, kraut, prog, post-rock, post-metal, doom, drone or even good old rock

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Spider Kitten
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Premiere: Spider Kitten ‘A Pound For The Peacebringer’ – New Album Drops 1st September

13th July 202313th July 2023 Lee Edwards APF Records, Doom, Psych, Sludge, Spider Kitten

The eclectic Spider Kitten, who are long-standing fan favourites on these hallowed pages, recently signed to Salford’s very own APF

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Thedus
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Video Premiere: Thedus ‘Regression’ – New Album ‘Hypnosis’ Drops 28th July via Argonauta Records

12th July 202312th July 2023 Lee Edwards Argonauta Records, Doom, Instrumental, Post-Metal, Thedus

As the Italian heavy instrumental doom and post-metal three-piece Thedus gear up to release their debut album Hypnosis, a seven-track,

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Margarita Witch Cult
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Video Premiere: Margarita Witch Cult ‘Annihilation’ – Debut Self-Titled Album Is Out Now

11th July 202311th July 2023 Lee Edwards Doom, Heavy Psych Sounds, Margarita Witch Cult

Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Napalm Death, Godflesh, and now we can add Margarita Witch Cult to the list of formidable

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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May
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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May

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Few bands have carved out a path quite like –(16)–. For more than three decades, the Southern California veterans have

Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June
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Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June

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Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’

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Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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