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Review: LAWA ‘Instrumentalisation’

22nd February 202329th March 2023 Reza Mills Cinematic, Cineploit Recordings, Electronic, LAWA

To recap, LAWA is Alex Wank (formerly of Austrian death metal legends Pungent Stench) and Alain Leonard and the band’s

Anima Morte 'Serpents In The Fields Of Sleep'

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Review: Anima Morte ‘Serpents In The Fields Of Sleep’

18th November 202226th December 2022 Mark Hunt-Bryden Anima Morte, Cadabra Records, Cinematic, Prog

This music reviewing gig is an easy lark right? A bit of background about the band, briefly talk through the

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Video Premiere: Anima Morte ‘Blood Of The Iconoclast’ – Cinematic Prog From New Album ‘Serpents In The Fields’

1st September 20229th December 2022 Lee Edwards Anima Morte, Cadabra Records, Cinematic, Prog

Calling all horror soundtrack fans who must take note of Sweden’s truly awesome Anima Morte, a collective that meticulously follow

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Review: Witnesses ‘IV’

22nd January 202124th February 2021 Lee Beamish Cinematic, Independent, Soundscapes, Witnesses

Back in June of twenty twenty I was given the task of reviewing the album Doom II, for the band/

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The Devil’s Blood ‘The Thousandfold Epicentre’ CD/LP 2012

18th January 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, CD, Cinematic, Doom, Gothic, LP, Metal, Metal Blade Records, Occult, Ollie Stygall, Review, The Devil’s Blood, The Thousandfold Epicentre, Ván Records

It seems to me there is an increasing number of bands grabbing themselves a female singer, throwing some loose witchy

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Rat King ‘Larva’ CD 2010

25th January 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, CD, Cinematic, Experimental, Larva, Paul Robertson, Rat King, Review, Road Crew Records, Soundtrack

All the way from Chennai, India, Rat King is the twisted brain-wrong of Deepak Raghu and Murari Vasudevan and is

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Premiere: Ensemble Tikoro ‘Tortoise’ – New Album Lands 23rd October via Jangjang Records

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