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Gnaw Their Tongues ‘I Speak The Truth, Yet With Every Word Uttered, Thousands Die’
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Review: Gnaw Their Tongues ‘I Speak The Truth, Yet With Every Word Uttered, Thousands Die’

11th May 20209th June 2020 Dave Bowes Consouling Sounds, Experimental, Gnaw Their Tongues, I Speak The Truth Yet With Every Word Uttered Thousands Die, Maurice De Jong, Noise

There’s a little part of the brain that wonders if now is the right time for Gnaw Their Tongues. It’s

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Lili Refrain ‘ULU’
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Review: Lili Refrain ‘ULU’

28th April 202022nd May 2020 Neddal Ayad Experimental, Lili Refrain, Subsound Records, Ulu

It’s not often I’m at a loss for words, but Lili Refrain’s ULU has left me tongue tied. This EP

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JG Thirlwell & Simon Steensland ‘Oscillospira’
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Review: JG Thirlwell & Simon Steensland ‘Oscillospira’

23rd April 202022nd May 2020 Jamie Grimes Experimental, Ipecac Recordings, JG Thirlwell, Oscillospira, Simon Steensland

Five decades into a career in genre busting, JG Thirlwell needs no introduction. The man of a thousand musical aliases

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tētēma ‘Necroscape’
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Review: tētēma ‘Necroscape’

14th April 20201st May 2020 Jamie Grimes Experimental, Ipecac Recordings, Necroscape, tētēma

Now here’s a very welcome return, one that perhaps given how busy the two main instigators behind the project are,

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Helen Money ‘Atomic’
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Review: Helen Money ‘Atomic’

30th March 20201st May 2020 Dave Bowes Experimental, Helen Money, Instrumental, Thrill Jockey Records

The use of classical instrumentation within metal is no longer what it used to be. Once, it was either the

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Jon Free And Neddal Ayad ‘Emerald’
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Review: Jon Free And Neddal Ayad ‘Emerald’

24th March 20201st May 2020 Jamie Grimes Emerald, Experimental, Jon Free, Lost Hiss Recordings, Neddal Ayad

A short and sweet joint effort here from two guitarists who both operate in the instrumental realm. The UK’s Jon

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Coil ‘Stolen & Contaminated Songs’
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Review: Coil ‘Stolen & Contaminated Songs’

16th March 20209th April 2020 Mark Hunt-Bryden Coil, Cold Spring Records, Experimental, Stolen & Contaminated Songs

Founded in London, England in the early 1980s Coil were a unique musical entity that defined the word ‘experimental’. Originally

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Insect Ark 'The Vanishing'
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Review: Insect Ark ‘The Vanishing’

11th March 20209th April 2020 Ian M Drone, Experimental, Insect Ark, Profound Lore Records, The Vanishing

Insect Ark are a project of multi-instrumentalist Dana Schechter of Bee and Flower who has played with such luminaries as

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Wrekmeister Harmonies ‘We Love To Look At The Carnage’
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Review: Wrekmeister Harmonies ‘We Love To Look At The Carnage’

10th March 20209th April 2020 Jeremy Moore Experimental, Pastoral Doom, Thrill Jockey Records, We Love To Look At The Carnage, Wrekmeister Harmonies

For some, great music is just a series of notes and beats, anonymously filling the background as an alternative to

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Last Call At Nightowls ‘Ask The Dust’
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Review: Last Call At Nightowls ‘Ask The Dust’

2nd March 202020th March 2020 Reza Mills Ask The Dust, Dark Jazz, Experimental, Last Call At Nightowls, Subsound Records

Tonight, is the perfect time to be reviewing Last Call At Nightowls’ debut release, Ask The Dust, what with the

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Nous ‘Nous II’
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Review: Nous ‘Nous II’

11th December 201913th January 2020 Josuph Price Ambient, Experimental, Nous, Nous II, Our Silent Canvas

Going through a band’s history, describing their artistic goals, or picking apart the press release can usually do a lot

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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

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