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Bad Blood Recovery 'Perfidious' EP Artwork
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Review: Bad Blood Recovery ‘Perfidious’ EP

3rd April 20263rd April 2026 Matthew Williams Bad Blood Recovery, Doom Rock, Future Noise, Stoner

When is an EP not an EP and an album instead? A debate for some other time, perhaps, as Perfidious

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Sidewinder 'Talons' Artwork
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Review: Sidewinder ‘Talons’

23rd August 202423rd August 2024 Matthew Williams Blues, Doom Rock, Sidewinder, Stoner Rock, Wyrmwood Records

The soft gentle strumming of the guitar and opening words from new vocalist Jem Tupe, don’t quite prepare you for

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Ancient Vvisdom 'Master Of The Stone' Artwork
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Review: Ancient VVisdom ‘Master Of The Stone’

30th January 202430th January 2024 Sandy Williamson Ancient VVisdom, Argonauta Records, Doom Rock

I remember the first time I ever heard Ancient VVisdom, over a decade ago now on their A Godlike Inferno

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Premiere: Ancient VVisdom ‘Master Of The Stone’ – New Album Drops Friday via Argonauta Records

25th January 202425th January 2024 Lee Edwards Ancient VVisdom, Argonauta Records, Doom Rock

As the UK is currently being battered with one storm after another and leaving total devastation in its wake, it

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Messa 'Live At Roadburn'
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Review: Messa ‘Live At Roadburn’

24th May 202324th May 2023 David J McLaren Doom Rock, Messa, Roadburn, Svart Records

Sometimes you see a band live and you realise very quickly that you are seeing an artist(s) at the top

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Messa @ The White Hotel, Salford, 22nd Feb 2023 – Photo by Lee Edwards
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Through The Lens: Messa / Julinko @ The White Hotel, Salford, 22nd February 2023

13th March 202317th January 2026 Lee Edwards Doom Rock, Drone, Julinko, Messa, Salford, Soundscapes, The Beauty Witch, The White Hotel, Through The Lens

Just 24 hours after the Author & Punisher and Zetra gig at The Deaf Institute in Manchester‘s city centre, our

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Hoaxed 'Two Shadows'
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Review: Hoaxed ‘Two Shadows’

21st December 20226th February 2023 El Jefe Doom Rock, Hoaxed, Relapse Records

So in this day and time, the world has been hit with a plethora of duos. Some are good and

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Reverend Mother 'Damned Blessing'
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Review: Reverend Mother ‘Damned Blessing’

14th October 202215th December 2022 Lee Beamish Doom Rock, Reverend Mother, Seeing Red Records

With only an EP under their belts thus far, Reverend Mother are here to up the ante and have delivered

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Besvärjelsen - Photo by Jerk Ronnols
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Besvärjelsen: Emil Interviews The Swedish Dark Doom Rock Quintet

30th June 20225th August 2022 Emil Damgaard Andersen Besvärjelsen, Doom Rock, Heavy Rock, Magnetic Eye Records

Atlas by Besvärjelsen was released about a month ago, and after listening and reviewing it, I was given the opportunity

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Black Lung - Photo by Shane K. Gardner
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Premiere: Black Lung ‘Dark Waves’ – New Album Releases Tomorrow

26th May 20221st July 2022 Lee Edwards Black Lung, Doom Rock, Heavy Psych Sounds

The once bassless Black Lung are now a quartet after bringing four string thumper Mac Hewitt into their fold, and

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Besvärjelsen 'Atlas'
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Review: Besvärjelsen ‘Atlas’

25th May 20221st July 2022 Emil Damgaard Andersen Besvärjelsen, Doom Rock, Heavy Rock, Magnetic Eye Records

While doom rock as a genre to me seems like unexplored territory, I think there’s a lot of potential and

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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’

1st April 20261st April 2026 Lee Edwards
Video Premiere: Desert Storm ‘Law Unto Myself’ – Taken From New Album That Drops 6th March
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Video Premiere: Desert Storm ‘Law Unto Myself’ – Taken From New Album That Drops 6th March

17th February 202617th February 2026 Lee Edwards
Video Premiere: The Mon ‘Ritual Of Night Violence’ – From ‘Songs Of Embrace’ That Drops 6th March
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