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Review: Graveyard ‘6’

28th September 202328th September 2023 Martin Williams Graveyard, Heavy Rock, Nuclear Blast Records, Retro Rock

I’m going to begin by offering a full disclosure; I’m a pretty big Graveyard fan. I was into the Swedish

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I Am Low 'Úma' Artwork
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Review: I Am Low ‘Úma’

28th September 202328th September 2023 Matthew Williams Heavy Rock, I Am Low, Majestic Mountain Records

A new signing to the impressive Majestic Mountain Records label are Swedish stoner rockers I Am Low, who are ready

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Review: Baroness ‘Stone’

26th September 202326th September 2023 Rob Walsh Abraxan Hymns, Baroness, Heavy Rock, Metal, Prog

The word ‘mature’ is often a means to describe where an artist finds themselves after many years on the road

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Premiere: Dead Feathers ‘Full Circle’ – New Album Releases Tomorrow via Ripple Music

21st September 202321st September 2023 Lee Edwards Dead Feathers, Heavy Rock, Psych, Ripple Music

Chicago’s Dead Feathers immediately struck a chord with their take on ‘60s trippy psych rock that once emanated from the

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Review: Dead Feathers ‘Full Circle’

18th September 202318th September 2023 El Jefe Dead Feathers, Heavy Rock, Psych, Ripple Music

So, let’s not fuck around with this and just dive straight in. Quintet Dead Feathers, hailing from Chicago, are peddling

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Review: Lie Heavy ‘Burn To The Moon’

18th September 202318th September 2023 Lee Beamish Heavy Rock, JM Records, Lie Heavy

In the coming few months I will be hitting the ripe old age of forty-nine, and even though there’s plenty

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Boris @ Great America Music Hall, San Francisco, 28th Aug 2023 – Photo by Tyler Johnston
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Through The Lens: Boris & Melvins @ Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, 28th Aug 2023

15th September 202315th September 2023 Tyler Johnston Boris, Doom, Great American Music Hall, Heavy Rock, Melvins, Noise-Rock, San Francisco, Through The Lens

When two heavyweights collided and hit the road under the moniker of the Twins Of Evil Tour, when they hit

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Review: RRRags ‘Mundi’

13th September 202313th September 2023 Spring ‘The Strutter’ Chase Heavy Rock, Lay Bare Recordings, Psych, RRRags

Ripping wide open a review on RRRags is going to be biblical! In doing so, I have compiled a list

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Review: Mutoid Man ‘Mutants’

12th September 202312th September 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Heavy Rock, Metal, Mutoid Man, Punk, Sargent House

Mutoid Man are another band I was late to the party for. I picked up the second album War Moans

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Review: Slomatics ‘Strontium Fields’

5th September 20235th September 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Black Bow Records, Doom, Heavy Rock, Prog, Slomatics

I hear the word Strontium and think of the long-running British comic series Strontium Dogs, a concept based around the

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Hippie Death Cult - Photo by Eddy Vazquez
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Premiere: Hippie Death Cult ‘Better Days’ – New Album ‘Helichrysum’ Releases 20th October

23rd August 202323rd August 2023 Lee Edwards Heavy Psych Sounds, Heavy Rock, Hippie Death Cult, Psych

As the now three-piece Hippie Death Cult, which also sees bassist Laura Phillips stepping up as the lead vocalist, prepare

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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

30th April 202630th April 2026 Lee Edwards

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: 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 – 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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