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Review: Tavare ‘Too Small To Be So High’

5th August 20255th August 2025 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Aidan Baker, Cruel Nature Records, God Unknown Records, Katuktu Collective, Slowcore, Tavare

A musical project can truly shine when the artists involved share a common vision and energy. This idea is wonderfully

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Review: ShitNoise ‘I Cocked My Gun And Shot My Best Friend’

19th September 202419th September 2024 Matthew Williams Cruel Nature Records, Grunge, Noise-Rock, ShitNoise

As I sit her listening to yet another new album by a band I’ve never heard of before, I wonder

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Review: Pound Land ‘Mugged’

10th May 202410th May 2024 Reza Mills Cruel Nature Records, Industrial, Post-Punk, Pound Land, Psych

It seems like only five minutes have elapsed when I reviewed Defeated back in 2022, since then the band have

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Review: Dragged Up ‘High On Ripple’

5th April 20245th April 2024 Reza Mills Alternative, Cruel Nature Records, Dragged Up, Garage Rock, Punk

My fellow Repeater Radio DJ Nick Hutchings, who presents the excellent Velvet Sheep Show, recently featured Dragged Up playing the

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Video Premiere: Omnibadger ‘F I X’ – From The Duo’s New Album ‘Famous Guitar Licks Vol. III’

25th May 202325th May 2023 Lee Edwards Cruel Nature Records, Experimental, Industrial, Omnibadger

Following on from yesterday’s coverage of the latest aural assault from Stoke-on-Trent’s experimental duo Omnibadger and their new album Famous

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Omnibadger 'Famous Guitar Licks Vol. III'
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Review: Omnibadger ‘Famous Guitar Licks Vol. III’

24th May 202324th May 2023 Reza Mills Cruel Nature Records, Experimental, Industrial, Omnibadger

Stoke-On-Trent to non-UK residents is a city famous for its manufacture of pottery, and well-known public figures that include TV

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Disciplinary 'Porkwind'
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Review: Disciplinary ‘Porkwind’

5th May 20235th May 2023 Reza Mills Cruel Nature Records, Disciplinary, Hardcore, Punk

There’s something about trios that make them so appealing, Husker Du, Dinosaur Jr, Venom, The Manic Street Preachers… (OK, probably

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Pound Land 'Defeated'
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Review: Pound Land ‘Defeated’

2nd December 20226th January 2023 Reza Mills Cruel Nature Records, Industrial, Post-Punk, Pound Land

‘You’ve got to laugh, because if you don’t you’ll kill yourself. Or somebody else’, so goes the promo notes and

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Video Premiere: Pound Land ‘Carry On Screaming’ – New Album ‘Defeated’ Drops This Friday

30th November 20223rd January 2023 Lee Edwards Cruel Nature Records, Industrial, Post-Punk, Pound Land

The UK’s Pound Land, primarily made up by the duo of multi-instrumentalist Nick Harris and vocalist/lyricist Adam Stone – yes,

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Nadja 'Labyrinthine'
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Review: Nadja ‘Labyrinthine’

15th September 20229th December 2022 Jamie Grimes Adagio830, Bad Moon Rising, Broken Spine Productions, Cruel Nature Records, Doom, Drone, Katuktu Collective, Muzan Editions, Nadja, Pale Ghoul Recordings, UR Audio Visual, WV Sorcerer

Berlin based Canadian duo Nadja have never, to my knowledge, produced anything that you might find best suited to a

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Aidan Baker 'Tenebrist'
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Review: Aidan Baker ‘Tenebrist’

30th May 20221st July 2022 George Green Aidan Baker, Cruel Nature Records, Drone, Experimental

Ladies and Gentlemen, we are suffocating in inner space. Aidan Baker is probably best known as half of the experimental,

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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 – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’

3rd April 20263rd April 2026 Lee Edwards

Following Wednesday’s premiere of an excerpt built around INTERVAL 1, TESA return with a second glimpse into TESA MAN, this

Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’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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Video Premiere: The Mon ‘Ritual Of Night Violence’ – From ‘Songs Of Embrace’ That Drops 6th March
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