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Mos Generator 'Time//Wounds'
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Review: Mos Generator ‘Time//Wounds’

26th December 20226th February 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Heavy Rock, Mos Generator, Music Abuse Records, Pale Wizard Records

Readers of this fine website will doubtless be familiar with the extensive output of veteran Tony Reed, producer, studio owner,

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Retro Review: Orange Goblin ‘Coup De Grace’

16th December 20226th February 2023 Martin Williams Heavy Rock, Metal, Orange Goblin, Rise Above Records, The Music Cartel

I know it’s a redundant statement, but time sure seems to move faster the older you get, and it seems

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Half Gramme Of Soma 'Slip Through The Cracks'
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Review: Half Gramme Of Soma ‘Slip Through The Cracks’

6th December 202212th January 2023 Goro Riffs Half Gramme Of Soma, Heavy Rock, Sound Of Liberation Records

On first impression this band is intriguing, starting with their name, album title and cover. It would seem that Half

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Sergeant Thunderhoof - Photo by Kieran Gallop
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Video Premiere: Sergeant Thunderhoof ‘Absolute Blue’ – From ‘This Sceptred Veil’ That’s Out Now

1st December 20226th January 2023 Lee Edwards Heavy Rock, Pale Wizard Records, Prog, Sergeant Thunderhoof

Back in June of this year Sergeant Thunderhoof released This Sceptred Veil, an album which well and truly put the

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Elder 'Innate Passage'
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Review: Elder ‘Innate Passage’

29th November 20223rd January 2023 Josh Schneider Armageddon Label, Elder, Heavy Rock, Prog, Stickman Records

There are A LOT of bands that I’m seriously excited for new releases. There are a few however that I

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Greyborn - Photo by Ardonau
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Video Premiere: Greyborn ‘Jharia’ – Taken From Their Debut EP ‘Leeches’ That’s Out Now

23rd November 202226th December 2022 Lee Edwards F2M Planet, Greyborn, Heavy Rock

Back in March, French melodic, yet with an air of psychedelia, heavy rock three-piece Greyborn released their debut EP Leeches

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Elder @ Chalk, Brighton, 2nd November 2022 - Photo by Nessie Spencer
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Elder / Pallbearer / Irist @ Chalk, Brighton, 2nd November 2022

15th November 202226th December 2022 Nessie Spencer Brighton, Chalk, Doom, Elder, Heavy Rock, Irist, Pallbearer, Post-Metal

The bitterly windy cold weather did not dissuade me to go to Chalk because Elder playing in my town is

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Vitskär Süden 'The Faceless King'
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Review: Vitskär Süden ‘The Faceless King’

10th November 202215th December 2022 Martin Williams Heavy Rock, Ripple Music, Vitskär Süden

The evolution of underground heavy music over the last two-plus decades has been an endlessly fascinating journey.  Some of the

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Warlung 'Vulture’s Paradise'
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Review: Warlung ‘Vulture’s Paradise’

9th November 202215th December 2022 Martin Williams Grunge, Heavy Psych Sounds, Heavy Rock, Warlung

Houston’s Warlung are a band that’s been on my radar for a few years now, yet another band on my

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Various Artists 'Brown Acid – The Fifteenth Trip'
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Review: Various Artists ‘Brown Acid – The Fifteenth Trip’

3rd November 202210th December 2022 Martin Williams Brown Acid, Heavy Rock, Permanent Records, Proto-Metal, RidingEasy Records

It’s Halloween season, and along with all the costumes, candy, and spooky shit, this time of year inevitably brings us

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The Grand Mal 'II'
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Review: The Grand Mal ‘II’

2nd November 202210th December 2022 Mark Hunt-Bryden APF Records, Heavy Rock, The Grand Mal

Oxford’s most restless sons, Ryan (guitars) and Elliot Cole (drums) of both Desert Storm and Wall, return to their collaboration

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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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