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Sun & Sail Club 'Shipwrecked' Artwork
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Review: Sun & Sail Club ‘Shipwrecked’

18th October 202418th October 2024 Rob Walsh Crossover, Heavy Psych Sounds, Punk, Sun & Sail Club

Perhaps the ultimate SoCal desert supergroup outside of the Desert Sessions themselves, Sun & Sail Club have consistently ripped the

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Review: Take Offense ‘T.O.tality’

30th May 202430th May 2024 Martin Williams Crossover, MNRK Heavy, Take Offense, Thrash Metal

Despite being a thrash metal fan for forty, yes, forty years, I had only vaguely heard of Chula Vista, California’s

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Ghoul 'Noxious Concoctions' EP Artwork
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Review: Ghoul ‘Noxious Concoctions’ EP

5th February 20245th February 2024 Martin Williams Crossover, Ghoul, Tankcrimes, Thrash Metal

I’m always down for some good, old-fashioned thrash, and when there’s some death metal sprinkled in for good measure, all

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Power Trip 'Live In Seattle' Artwork
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Review: Power Trip ‘Live In Seattle’

29th June 202329th June 2023 Martin Williams Crossover, Power Trip, Southern Lord, Thrash Metal

Of all the horrible things that happened in 2020, right near the top if you’re a metal fan, was the

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Bloodclot 'Souls'
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Review: Bloodclot ‘Souls’

15th December 20226th February 2023 Tom Hanno Bloodclot, Crossover, Hardcore, Upstate Records

There’s something about hardcore music that gets my blood pumping, and there is none better than NYHC. From heavily influential

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High Command 'Eclipse Of The Dual Moons'
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Review: High Command ‘Eclipse Of The Dual Moons’

30th November 20223rd January 2023 James Bullock Crossover, High Command, Southern Lord, Thrash Metal

This is what Boudicca would have had on her mixtape. Of the many permutations of metal, thrash (and it’s all sub-variants

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Enabler ‘All Hail The Void’ CD 2012

23rd June 20123rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2012, All Hail The Void, Andrew Sloan, CD, Crossover, Death Metal, Enabler, Hardcore, Review, Southern Lord, Thrash Metal

The slow acoustic strum of a simple chord progression plays through a handful of times as delay echoes in the

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Corrosion of Conformity ‘Your Tomorrow’ 7″ 2010

19th September 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, 7", COC, Corrosion Of Conformity, Crossover, Crust, Hardcore, Hardcore Metal, Mike Dean, Ollie Stygall, Reed Mullin, Review, Woody Weatherman, Your Tomorrow

Many years ago when I was an impressionable teenager with a top lip full of bum fluff, desperately trying to

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Video Premiere: IAN ‘Manuel’ – Debut ‘Come On Everybody, Let’s Do Nothing!’ Drops 17th October
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Video Premiere: IAN ‘Manuel’ – Debut ‘Come On Everybody, Let’s Do Nothing!’ Drops 17th October

1st October 20251st October 2025 Lee Edwards

Today marks the premiere of IAN’s new video for their single Manuel, the latest glimpse of their debut album Come

Video Premiere: SoftSun ‘Sacred Heart’ – New Album ‘Eternal Sunrise’ Drops 7th November
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Video Premiere: SoftSun ‘Sacred Heart’ – New Album ‘Eternal Sunrise’ Drops 7th November

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Video Premiere: ORT ‘Bodden Dub’ – ‘Sperrwerk’ 10″/CD Out Now Via My Proud Mountain
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Video Premiere: ORT ‘Bodden Dub’ – ‘Sperrwerk’ 10″/CD Out Now Via My Proud Mountain

27th August 202527th August 2025 Lee Edwards
Premiere: Cosmic Reaper ‘Bloodfeather’ – New Album Releases 26th September
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Premiere: Cosmic Reaper ‘Bloodfeather’ – New Album Releases 26th September

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