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Fysisk Format

Kollapse 'AR' Artwork
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Review: Kollapse ‘AR’

12th March 202412th March 2024 Nessie Spencer Fysisk Format, Kollapse, Post-Metal, Sludge

If you have never heard of Kollapse up until now, let me tell you that this is the perfect time

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Rongeur ‘Glacier Tongue’
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Review: Rongeur ‘Glacier Tongue’

5th November 202115th December 2021 Lee Beamish Fysisk Format, Hardcore, Rongeur, Sludge

Rongeur, it probably isn’t a word you know, or a name you know, but it’s definitely a word you will

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Kollapse ‘Sult’
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Review: Kollapse ‘Sult’

22nd June 20216th August 2021 Lee Beamish Dingleberry Records, Fysisk Format, Kollapse, Maniyax Records, Post-Metal, Virkelighedsfjern

To the outside world, Kollapse are somewhat of an enigma. Not so much a shiny, unopened ball of interest, as

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Hymn 'Breach Us'
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Review: Hymn ‘Breach Us’

24th September 202026th October 2020 Sandy Williamson Breach Us, Doom, Fysisk Format, Hymn, Sludge

Norwegian sludge doom duo Hymn first came to my attention on their 2017 effort Perish, and my attention was rapt

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Ormskrik ‘Ormskrik’
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Review: Ormskrik ‘Ormskrik’

10th June 20208th July 2020 Matt Alexander Black Metal, Death Metal, Fysisk Format, Ormskrik, Thrash Metal

Ormskirk is a small market town in the north-west of England, famous for birthing former Prime Minister of Great Britain

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Golden Core ‘Fimbultýr’
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Review: Golden Core ‘Fimbultýr’

20th November 20194th December 2019 Sandy Williamson Doom, Fimbultýr, Fysisk Format, Golden Core, Sludge

This Norwegian duo are the definition of potential, with a 15 year old and a 17 year old powering this

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Ã…rabrot 'The Gospel'
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Ã…rabrot ‘The Gospel’ CD/LP/DD 2016

22nd February 20161st November 2019 Pete Green 2016, Ã…rabrot, Avant-Garde, CD, Digital, Experimental, Fysisk Format, LP, Noise-Rock, Pete Green, Review, The Gospel

As the majority stride onwards into 2016, recent weeks have brought us music lovers unprecedented waves of pain as we

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MoE ‘3’ CD/LP/CS 2014

22nd December 20143rd September 2019 Jeremy Moore 2014, 3", Cassette, CD, Experimental, Fysisk Format, Heavy, Jeremy Moore, LP, MoE, Noise-Rock, Review

Norwegian noise rock trio MoE emerge from the bleakest recesses with their latest primal slab – simply titled, 3, it’s

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Ã…rabrot ‘I Modi’ LP/DD 2014

10th November 20142nd September 2019 Pete Green 2014, Ã…rabrot, Dark, Digital, Doom, Experimental, Fysisk Format, Heavy, I Modi, LP, Pete Green, Review

If I had a single cap as impressive as any amongst the vast array adorning Kjetil Nernes’ hat stand (so

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Ã…RABROT Reveal New Video; UK & Euro Tour With RABBITS Draws Near

19th September 2014 Lee Edwards Ã…rabrot, Euro Tour 2014, Fysisk Format, I Modi, Kjetil Nernes, New Video, Noisey, The Grip of the Family A Cinch

With Ã…RABROT‘s main man Kjetil Nernes now back to fighting fit after his recent cancer scare, and with the release

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Ã…rabrot Are Back! Kjetil Nernes Given All Clear; New Mini Album, Gigs & UK Tour To Follow Soon

29th August 2014 Lee Edwards Ã…rabrot, Fysisk Format, I Modi, Kjetil Nernes, New EP Details, News

Årabrot’s main member, Kjetil Nernes, was diagnosed with deadly cancer in May this year, after a summer of treatment and

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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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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: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’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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Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’

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