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Mizmor 'Wit's End'
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Review: Mizmor ‘Wit’s End’

31st January 202228th March 2022 Richard Murray Blackened Doom, Funeral Doom, Gilead Media, Mizmor

What makes you turn to heavy, cavernous music? I do it as sometimes my life seems trapped inside a chasm

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Kowloon Walled City
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In Search Of Tone: Scott & Jon Of Kowloon Walled City

24th January 20222nd March 2022 Josh Schneider Gilead Media, In Search Of Tone, Kowloon Walled City, Neurot Recordings, Post-Rock

Kowloon Walled City are signed to one of my all-time favorite record labels, Neurot Recordings. With bands like Neurosis, US

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Kowloon Walled City ‘Piecework’
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Review: Kowloon Walled City ‘Piecework’

6th October 20218th November 2021 Josh Schneider Gilead Media, Kowloon Walled City, Neurot Recordings, Post-Rock

I read other reviews for my own enjoyment, as well as learning how to write better because this is all

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Heretical Sect ‘Rapturous Flesh Consumed’
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Review: Heretical Sect ‘Rapturous Flesh Consumed’

14th December 202022nd January 2021 Matt Alexander Black Metal, Death Doom, Gilead Media, Heretical Sect, Rapturous Flesh Consumed, Redefining Darkness Records

It’s that time of the year when the nights last forever and the days flash by within the blink of

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Wailin Storms ‘Rattle’
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Review: Wailin Storms ‘Rattle’

22nd May 202023rd June 2020 Reza Mills Antena Krzyku, Death Rock, Gilead Media, Gothic, Rattle, Wailin Storms

Wailin Storms are a fourpiece from Durham, North Carolina consisting of artist Justin Storms (guitar/vocals), Mark Oates (drums), Steve Stanczyk

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Kowloon Walled City ‘Grievances’ CD/LP/DD 2015

30th September 20153rd September 2019 Jay Hampshire 2015, CD, Digital, Doom, Gilead Media, Grievances, Heavy, Jay Hampshire, Kowloon Walled City, LP, Neurot Recordings, Post-Rock, Review

Chicago’s Kowloon Walled City have been plying their sludge tinged, post metal trade since 2007, but three albums and a

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Thou ‘Heathen’ CD/LP 2014

5th April 20143rd September 2019 Mick Schrier 2014, CD, Crust, Doom, Gilead Media, Heathen, Heavy, Howling Mine, LP, Mick Schrier, Review, Sludge, Thou

Humanity as a whole seems to be asleep at the wheel, hurdling toward annihilation on a hideously destructive path. Thou’s

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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

Following Wednesday’s premiere of an excerpt built around INTERVAL 1, TESA return with a second glimpse into TESA MAN, this

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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Video Premiere: Desert Storm ‘Law Unto Myself’ – Taken From New Album That Drops 6th March
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Video Premiere: Desert Storm ‘Law Unto Myself’ – Taken From New Album That Drops 6th March

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Video Premiere: The Mon ‘Ritual Of Night Violence’ – From ‘Songs Of Embrace’ That Drops 6th March
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