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Andrea Caduro 'It's Always Darkest Before The Dawn'
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Review: Andrea Caduro ‘It’s Always Darkest Before The Dawn’

14th February 202321st March 2023 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Andrea Caduro, Delete Recordings, Experimental

‘I want a meditative and reflective dimension in my music, exploring space and suggestions‘. That’s how Rome, Italy, experimental composer,

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The Sleeping Shaman Spotify Playlist
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The All New The Sleeping Shaman Spotify Playlist

8th February 202321st March 2023 Lee Edwards Death Metal, Doom, Experimental, Heavy Rock, Noise-Rock, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Sludge, Spotify

We’ve had a Spotify Playlist for the last eighteen months or so to run alongside the site and features select

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Phal:Angst 'Whiteout'
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Review: Phal:Angst ‘Whiteout’

8th February 202316th March 2023 Richard Murray Experimental, Industrial, Noise Appeal Records, Phal:Angst

Phal:Angst have created something hallowed, isolated, and truly beautiful with their latest album Whiteout. Developing a world made of post-rock

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Gridfailure 'Perpendicular To The Living Ones'
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Review: Gridfailure ‘Perpendicular To The Living Ones’

9th January 20238th March 2023 Reza Mills Ambient, Experimental, Gridfailure, Independent, Noise

Gridfailure aka David Brenner (also of Earsplit PR) has never been workshy as is evident with this, his fourth release

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Dead Voices On Air 'Abrader Redux'
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Review: Dead Voices On Air ‘Abrader Redux’

1st November 202212th December 2022 James Bullock Cold Spring Records, Dead Voices, Experimental

This is a record made up of grinding industrial loops and textures. It’s both sound art and industrial ambient music.

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The Lord & Petra Haden 'Devotional'
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Review: The Lord & Petra Haden ‘Devotional’

20th October 202217th December 2022 Reza Mills Drone, Experimental, Petra Haden, Southern Lord, The Lord

Following up The Lord‘s (aka Greg Anderson) debut full-length Forest Nocturne comes this collaborative effort with Petra Haden; daughter of

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Keiji Haino & SUMAC 'Into this juvenile apocalypse our golden blood to pour let us never'
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Review: Keiji Haino & SUMAC ‘Into this juvenile apocalypse our golden blood to pour let us never’

17th October 202217th December 2022 James Bullock Experimental, Keiji Haino, Sumac, Thrill Jockey Records

Like all good ideas, it’s surprising that the combination of free music monolith Kenji Haino and experimental heavyweights SUMAC hadn’t

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Oren Ambarchi 'Shebang'
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Review: Oren Ambarchi ‘Shebang’

4th October 20229th December 2022 James Bullock Drag City, Experimental, Oren Ambarchi

Oren Ambarchi is an extraordinary musician. He has metal credentials through his work with experimental droners Sun O))) and Boris,

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Petbrick 'Liminal'
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Review: Petbrick ‘Liminal’

15th September 20229th December 2022 Reza Mills Electronic, Experimental, Neurot Recordings, Petbrick, Rocket Recordings

Iggor Cavalera, you know him well, or should; former drummer of Brazilian metal legends Sepultura and current member of Cavalera

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Gridfailure & Megalophobe 'Harbinger Winds'
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Review: Gridfailure & Megalophobe ‘Harbinger Winds’

2nd September 20229th December 2022 Reza Mills Experimental, Gridfailure, Megalophobe, Nefarious Industries, Soundscapes

Long-term readers of my reviews will be well acquainted with the prolific world of Gridfailure (David Brenner), less familiar perhaps

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Mat Ball 'Amplified Guitar'
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Review: Mat Ball ‘Amplified Guitar’

24th August 202230th September 2022 George Green BIG|BRAVE, Drone, Experimental, Mat Ball, The Garrote

Hello (again?) dear reader, thanks for taking the time to peruse this review when there are so many other things

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