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Aidan Baker - Photo by Cristina Marx
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Video Premiere: Aidan Baker ‘Tenebrist I’ – Taken From His New Album That Drops On Friday

25th May 20221st July 2022 Lee Edwards Aidan Baker, Cruel Nature Records, Drone, Experimental

Aidan Baker needs little in the way of an introduction as the experimental free-flowing multi-instrumentalist, whose probably most noted for

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Imbernon & Mikel Vega
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Video Premiere: Imbernon & Mikel Vega ‘Nosommar’ – Taken From ‘Eolian Dawn’, Releases 20th May

11th May 202217th June 2022 Lee Edwards Drone, Experimental, Imbernon, Mikel Vega, Sentencia Records

Cinematic drone soundscapes are the order of the day as two underground creatives by the names of Jon Imbernon and

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TenHornedBeast 'The Lamp Of No Light'
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Review: TenHornedBeast ‘The Lamp Of No Light’

28th April 202227th May 2022 Dave Bowes Cold Spring Records, Drone, Soundscapes, TenHornedBeast

The Doom Stone. Just how metal a name is that? A relic from the 12th century, it currently resides in

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BIG l BRAVE / Fagelle @ Ramsgate Music Hall, 9th April 2022
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BIG l BRAVE / Fågelle @ Ramsgate Music Hall, 9th April 2022

15th April 202219th December 2023 Lee Beamish BIG|BRAVE, Doom, Drone, Experimental, Fågelle, Ramsgate Music Hall

After two gigs in three days, both on the Kent coast of the UK, proving that live music is really

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droneroom 'Whatever Truthful Understanding'
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Review: droneroom ‘Whatever Truthful Understanding’

12th April 202226th May 2022 George Green Desert Records, Drone, droneroom

Ten minutes and nine seconds after pressing ‘play’, on completion of God Does Not Help Those Who Are Invisible –

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Qstaw 'Project 86'
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Review: Qstaw ‘Project 86’

24th March 20224th May 2022 Josh Schneider Clouded Mind Records, Drone, Qstaw, Soundscapes

Learning of a new band to obsess over is always fun and playing the songs on repeat without ever getting

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Pia Isa 'Distorted Chants'
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Review: Pia Isa ‘Distorted Chants’

23rd March 20224th May 2022 Lee Beamish Argonauta Records, Doom, Drone, Pia Isa

When she isn’t fronting one of Norway’s premier heavy doom bands, Superlynx, Pia Isaksen can be found, busy, working on

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Wyatt E. 'āl bēlūti dārû'
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Review: Wyatt E. ‘āl bēlūti dārû’

10th March 20224th May 2022 Josh Schneider Doom, Drone, Stolen Body Records, Wyatt E

Reviewing Wyatt E.’s sophomore album āl bēlūti dārû was a unique and fulfilling experience. History is something that has always

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Pylar 'Abysmos'
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Review: Pylar ‘Abysmos’

3rd March 20226th April 2022 Goro Riffs Drone, Experimental, Humo Internacional, Pylar

Abysmos is a cinematic album, opening to some kind of action scene. A large presence arrives in a cacophonous disharmony

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Pia Isa
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Video Premiere: Pia Isa ‘Quiet Beach’ – Solo Album Drops ‘Distorted Chants’ Drops March 25th

24th February 202228th March 2022 Lee Edwards Argonauta Records, Doom, Drone, Pia Isa

Pia Isa is the moniker for the solo venture of Pia Isaksen, a name that should be familiar as the

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Boris ‘W’
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Review: Boris ‘W’

17th January 202224th February 2022 Sandy Williamson Boris, Drone, Sacred Bones Records

Boris are one of my favourite bands EVER. Their magnificent genre bending, style switching music has enthralled me since the

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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

30th April 202630th April 2026 Lee Edwards

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

3rd April 20263rd April 2026 Lee Edwards
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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