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Review: Gilded Form ‘Gilded Form’

4th December 20234th December 2023 Goro Riffs Burning World Records, Dead Neanderthals, Drone, Gilded Form, Nick Millevoi

This self-titled record by Dutch/American trio Gilded Form is a wash, in the best sense possible. It’s a single forty-minute-long

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Premiere: Gilded Form – Debut Self-Titled Album, Releases This Friday, 1st Dec, via Burning World

30th November 202330th November 2023 Lee Edwards Burning World Records, Dead Neanderthals, Drone, Gilded Form, Nick Millevoi

When you hear about a project of drone experimentation inspired by Earth along with Bohren & Der Club Of Gore

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Review: The Answer Lies In The Black Void ‘Thou Shalt’

15th November 202315th November 2023 Lee Beamish Burning World Records, Doom, The Answer Lies In The Black Void

As 2023 draws to a close, it’s easy to believe that the year is over for solid new music getting

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Celestial Season 'Mysterium II'
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Review: Celestial Season ‘Mysterium II’

30th November 20223rd January 2023 Sandy Williamson Burning World Records, Celestial Season, Death Doom

Dutch death/doom legends Celestial Season returned to their miserable, gothic roots on Mysterium I, released earlier this year, and they

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Tau & The Drones Of Praise Presents Dream Awake: Live At Roadburn Redux
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Review: Tau & The Drones Of Praise Presents Dream Awake: Live At Roadburn Redux

17th May 202217th June 2022 Rob Walsh Burning World Records, Folk, Kraut, Psych, Roadburn, Tau & The Drones Of Praise

In the Warhammer 40K universe, the Tau are a fictional race of blue alien humanoids who have a caste system

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Review: Celestial Season ‘Mysterium I’

19th April 202226th May 2022 Rob Walsh Burning World Records, Celestial Season, Death Doom

The early 1990s saw some major movements in the realm of heavy music. Not only was death metal making itself

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Premiere: Celestial Season ‘Mysterium’ – From Their New Album ‘Mysterium I’, Releases 25th April Via Burning World

6th April 202226th May 2022 Lee Edwards Burning World Records, Celestial Season, Death Doom

I might be showing my age as I go way back with Celestial Season with being an avid tape trader

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Video Premiere: The Answer Lies In The Black Void ‘Okkultas’ – Debut Album ‘Forlorn’ Is Out Now

29th September 20218th November 2021 Lee Edwards Burning World Records, Doom, Jason Köhnen, The Answer Lies In The Black Void

Jason Köhnen has been around the doom and drone scene for many a year, whether it’s as a founding member

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Review: The Answer Lies In The Black Void ‘Forlorn’

24th September 202131st October 2021 Sean Haner Avant-Garde, Burning World Records, Doom, Jason Köhnen, The Answer Lies In The Black Void

The Answer Lies In The Black Void is a collaboration featuring Jason Köhnen, known for his time in numerous Dutch

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Déhà 'Cruel Words'
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Review: Déhà ‘Cruel Words’

26th April 20214th June 2021 Richard Murray Burning World Records, Cruel Words, Déhà, Doom, Post-Metal

I won’t speak for anyone but myself as I found a great love and appreciation for extreme metal because it’s

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Dead Neanderthals 'Rat Licker'
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Review: Dead Neanderthals ‘Rat Licker’ EP

2nd April 20216th May 2021 Reza Mills Burning World Records, Consouling Sounds, Dead Neanderthals, EveryDayHate, God Unknown Records, Jazz, Moving Furniture Records, Noise, Rat Licker, Restraining Order, Saw-Whet Distro, Sentencia Records, Utech Records

As Twin Sister‘s S/T debut made number one in my Shaman Top Ten of 2020, it made sense for me

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