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Bad Amputee 'Convenience Kills'
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Review: Bad Amputee ‘Convenience Kills’

24th September 202026th October 2020 Jamie Grimes Bad Amputee, Convenience Kills, Ferric Mordant Records, Folk, Independent, Slowcore

It’s rare I’d really feel compelled enough to comment on a band’s name in a review, but Bad Amputee will

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Hexvessel ‘Kindred’
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Review: Hexvessel ‘Kindred’

18th March 202021st January 2021 Reza Mills Folk, Hexvessel, Kindred, Psychedelic, Svart Records

I’m not the world’s biggest folk music fan, I always found it a genre that was a little weightless and

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Lord Buffalo ‘Tohu Wa Bohu’
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Review: Lord Buffalo ‘Tohu Wa Bohu’

16th March 20209th April 2020 Josuph Price Americana, Blues Funeral Recordings, Folk, Lord Buffalo, Tohu Wa Bohu

Picture yourself up in Texas Hill Country. Where it’s all limestone, cacti, and wildflowers. The sky is a vast canopy,

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Barnabus ‘Beginning To Unwind’
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Review: Barnabus ‘Beginning To Unwind’

9th March 20209th April 2020 Reza Mills Barnabus, Beginning To Unwind, Folk, Hard Rock, Rise Above Relics

Barnabus’ Beginning To Unwind is finally seeing a release nearly 50 years after it was first recorded, and we have

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Chelsea Wolfe ‘Birth of Violence’
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Review: Chelsea Wolfe ‘Birth Of Violence’

25th September 201914th October 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden Acoustic, Chelsea Wolfe, Folk, Review, Sargent House

It has been a strange and fascinating journey to follow the career of Chelsea Joy Wolfe. Born in Northern California

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Harvestman 'Music For Megaliths' 2017
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Harvestman ‘Music For Megaliths’ 2017

18th May 201716th September 2019 Daniel Pietersen 2017, Daniel Pietersen, Dark, Drone, Folk, Harvestman, Music For Megaliths, Neurot Recordings, Review, Steve Von Till

With Harvestman, Neurosis’ Steve Von Till has been exploring a much less bombastic form of music; arboreal, earthy and yet

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Ivar Bjørnson & Einar Selvik 'Skuggsjá'
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Ivar Bjørnson & Einar Selvik ‘Skuggsjá’ CD/LP/DD 2016

29th March 201611th September 2019 Will Beattie 2016, Black Metal, CD, Digital, Einar Selvik, Folk, Ivar Bjørnson, LP, Norse, Review, Seasons Of Mist, Skuggsjá, Will Beattie

Forget the church burnings, the murders, that kvlt feeling when you hold your original pressing of Bathory’s ‘The Yellow Goat’

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Conny Ochs 'Future Fables'
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Conny Ochs ‘Future Fables’ CD/LP 2016

8th March 20161st November 2019 Jay Hampshire Acoustic, Blues, Conny Ochs, Exile On Mainstream Records, Folk, Future Fables, Review

There’s a tendency for many to underestimate those artists who choose to ‘strip back’ as lacking complexity. Conny Ochs’ latest

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Chelsea Wolfe ‘Abyss’ CD/LP/DD 2015

11th August 20153rd September 2019 Angela Davey 2015, Abyss, Alternative, Angela Davey, CD, Chelsea Wolfe, Dark, Digital, Folk, LP, Review, Rock, Sargent House

For months now Chelsea Wolfe has been teasing fans one track at a time about what to expect on her

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King Dude ‘Songs Of Flesh And Blood – In The Key Of Light’ CD/LP/DD 2015

27th July 20152nd September 2019 Guido Segers 2015, CD, Deathrock, Digital, Folk, Guido Segers, King Dude, LP, Neo Folk, Not Just Religious Music, Review, Songs Of Flesh And Blood - In The Key Of Light, TJ Cowgill, Ván Records

On the heavy music firmament, the music of King Dude is a peculiar appearance, but always welcomed. Being accepted with

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Steve Von Till ‘A Life Unto Itself’ CD/LP/DD 2015

17th June 20153rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2015, A Life Unto Itself, Adam Stone, Americana, CD, Country, Digital, Experimental, Folk, LP, Neurot Recordings, Review, Steve Von Till

Neurosis lynchpin Steve Von Till’s name always becomes scrambled in my brain with that of gritty gunslinger Lee Van Cleef.

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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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