Review: Nxmad ‘The Second Fall’
Once upon a time in the North of England, there was a band called Nomad. They were full of raw
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APF Records
Review: Urzah ‘A Tranquil Void’
I owe Urzah a pint. When their debut album, The Scorching Gaze, was released back in 2024, I listened to
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APF Fest 2025 @ Rebellion, Manchester
On my 51st birthday, I hot-footed it up to one of my favourite venues in Manchester, Rebellion, for the APF
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Review: Under ‘What Happened In Roundwood’
Under… how do you begin to describe a band like the Stockport trio…? Described as everything from doom, sludge, avant-garde,
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Review: The Hyena Kill ‘Collapse’
Manchester’s The Hyena Kill are a band I have long admired but haven’t until now had the chance to write
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Review: TORSO ‘Annihilation Day’
Over a menacing, droning pulse, a sample intones, January 1st 1984. A frenzied swathe of murders has struck the small
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Review: Spider Kitten ‘The Truth Is Caustic To Love’
‘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: Elan ‘Elan Vs Elan’
Once again, emanating forth from the riff mines of Salford’s APF Records are yet more disturbingly brutal noises brought to
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Video Premiere: Spider Kitten ‘The Spoiler’ – ‘The Truth Is Caustic To Love’ Releases 27th June
Emerging from the depths of sonic despair, Spider Kitten return with The Spoiler, a short, bludgeoning burst of doomy, sludge
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Review: Praetorian ‘Pylon Cult’
I try to steer clear of letting politics or social commentary seep into my reviews too much these days, but
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Review: Swamp Coffin ‘Drowning Glory’
Rothertham’s Swamp Coffin began life in 2016 with vocalist/guitarist Jon Rhodes and drummer David Winstow looking for a way ‘of
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