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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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Review: Berenice ‘Berenice’ EP

27th August 202427th August 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden APF Records, Berenice, Crust, Hardcore, Sludge

Freshly minted and with the musical equivalent of that new car smell, Berenice, the UK five-piece hailing from East Anglia

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Review: Barbarian Hermit ‘Mean Sugar’

1st August 20241st August 2024 Matthew Williams APF Records, Barbarian Hermit, Doom, Heavy Metal, Sludge, Stoner

I live about an hour south of Manchester, and I like to think that I keep my ear to the

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Review: Urzah ‘The Scorching Gaze’

22nd May 202422nd May 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden APF Records, Post-Metal, Prog Metal, Urzah

APF Records recently celebrated their seventh year of existence and with albums from the likes of Barbarian, Swamp Coffin and

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Review: Wasted Death ‘Season Of Evil’

15th March 202415th March 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden APF Records, Hardcore, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Wasted Death

‘Brace yourselves…’ is the opening of the accompanying press release for the debut full-length from APF Records signed weapon of

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Video Premiere: Wasted Death ‘Stratofortress’ – New Album ‘Season Of Evil’ Drops 15th March

31st January 202431st January 2024 Lee Edwards APF Records, Hardcore, Metal, Thrash Metal, Wasted Death

After three successful EPs, the UK’s thrash, hardcore and metal maniacs Wasted Death are gearing up to release their debut

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Review: Tides Of Sulfur ‘Apathy Chasm’

27th September 202327th September 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden APF Records, Black Metal, Death Metal, Sludge, Tides Of Sulfur

The opening bars of Anxiety Veteran do very little to prepare you for the brutal, unrelenting assault that is about

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Review: Spider Kitten ‘A Pound For The Peacebringer’

15th August 202315th August 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden APF Records, Country, Doom, Sludge, Spider Kitten

If anyone out there is a regular reader of my ‘waffle’ (thanks as ever Shaman Lee!) over the years, you’ll

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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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Desert Storm: Interview With Elliot Cole, Drummer From Oxford’s Purveyors Of Heavy Rock & Metal

18th May 202318th May 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden APF Records, Desert Storm, Heavy Rock, Metal

2023 has started with a bang it seems and in the camp of Oxford heavy hitters Desert Storm there has

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Review: Trevor’s Head ‘A View From Below’

11th May 202311th May 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden APF Records, Heavy Rock, Prog, Punk, Trevor's Head

There are in reality few truly innovative acts left in music that manage to wow the audience beyond the point

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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

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