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Labasheeda ‘Status Seeking’
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Review: Labasheeda ‘Status Seeking’

2nd September 20205th February 2022 Reza Mills Alternative, Labasheeda, Post-Punk, Presto Chango Records, Status Seeker

Labasheeda are a quartet from Amsterdam and Haarlem and feature Saskia van der Giessen (vocals, guitar, violin), Arne Wolfswinkel (guitar)

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Melt ‘The Secret Teaching Of Sorrow’
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Review: Melt ‘The Secret Teaching Of Sorrow’

19th June 202031st July 2020 Lee Beamish Alternative, Doom Rock, Independent, Melt, The Secret Teaching Of Sorrow

Today is a good day, for today I have been introduced to The Secret Teaching Of Sorrow, and it’s the

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Viaduct ‘Wake’
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Review: Viaduct ‘Wake’

9th October 201923rd October 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden Alternative, Post-Punk, Review, Shoegaze, Viaduct, Wake

Earlier this year, before the resurrection of The Sleeping Shaman, three renowned members of the UK post-rock scene entered Campbell

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Se Delan ‘Drifter'
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Se Delan ‘Drifter’ CD/LP/DD 2016

19th May 20167th September 2019 Daniel Pietersen 2016, Alternative, Belinda Kordic, CD, Daniel Pietersen, Digital, Drifter, Gothic, Justin Greaves, Kscope, LP, Post-Punk, Review, Se Delan

So, you’ve laid waste to countless ears with Iron Monkey, had an in-one-door-out-the-next tenure in Electric Wizard and then basically

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Kylesa ‘Exhausting Fire’ CD/LP/DD 2015

10th October 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, Alternative, CD, Digital, Exhausting Fire, Heavy Rock, Kylesa, LP, Review, Sandy Williamson, Season Of Mist, Sludge

Kylesa are a band I’ve followed for many years, and they’ve been a difficult band to keep on top of.

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Chelsea Wolfe ‘Abyss’ CD/LP/DD 2015

11th August 20153rd September 2019 Angela Davey 2015, Abyss, Alternative, Angela Davey, CD, Chelsea Wolfe, Dark, Digital, Folk, LP, Review, Rock, Sargent House

For months now Chelsea Wolfe has been teasing fans one track at a time about what to expect on her

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Resurrection Men ‘Resurrection Men Must Die!’ DD 2014

9th January 20152nd September 2019 Pete Green 2014, Alternative, Digital, Grunge, Heavy Rock, Pete Green, Resurrection Men, Resurrection Men Must Die!, Review, Self Released

It’s a curious title that Resurrection Men have sprung upon us for this, their debut release which was splurged out

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Grass On The Sun – S/T – DD 2014

27th August 20143rd September 2019 Jeremy Moore 2014, Alternative, Digital, Grass On The Sun, Jeremy Moore, Review, Rock, Self Released, Self Titled, Shoegaze

The Reid brothers would be proud. Massa, Italy’s up and coming drug-induced duo, Grass On The Sun, tread the Jesus

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Nevermind Me ‘Winter’ CD/DD 2014

3rd August 20142nd September 2019 Will Beattie 2014, Alternative, Ambient, CD, Digital, Nevermind Me, Review, Rock, Self Released, Shoegaze, Will Beattie, Winter

Nevermind Me play shoegaze. Nevermind Me play dreampop. Nevermind Me play… black metal. Generic cross-pollination is commonplace nowadays, and it

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Thine ‘The Dead City Blueprint’ CD 2014

21st April 20143rd September 2019 Jeremy Moore 2014, Alternative, CD, Heavy Rock, Jeremy Moore, Peaceville Records, Prog Rock, Review, The Dead City Blueprint, Thine

Renown for recruiting some of the most influential doom/gothic turned progressive metal outfits in the past 25 years, Peaceville Records

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Southern State – S/T – DD 2014

1st April 20143rd September 2019 Ross Horton 2014, Alternative, Digital, Grunge, Heavy, Review, Ross Horton, Self Released, Self Titled, Shoegaze, Southern State

You can usually find some intentional humour on a band’s bandcamp page – Southern State, for instance, refer to their

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