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Review: Bobbie Dazzle ‘Fandabidozi’

9th October 20249th October 2024 Rob Walsh Bobbie Dazzle, Heavy Rock, Rise Above Records

Everyone has their own way of dealing with tragedy. Some look inward, some look outwardly. Others opt for somber reflection

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Review: Psychlona ‘Warped Vision’

7th October 20247th October 2024 Martin Williams Heavy Rock, Magnetic Eye Records, Psychlona, Stoner

Bradford, UK’s Psychlona released one of my favorite albums in 2022, with Palo Verde. I was a newcomer to the

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Review: Old Blood ‘Midnight Climax’

4th October 20244th October 2024 Lee Beamish Glory Or Death Records, Heavy Rock, Old Blood

It’s been a long four years since the release of 2020’s Acid Doom, the second album by Californian heavyweights Old

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Review: Alunah ‘Fever Dream’

3rd October 20243rd October 2024 El Jefe Alunah, Doom, Heavy Psych Sounds, Heavy Rock

Alunah. These guys are coming at ya straight outta Sabbathville, and play a blend of metal with hooks, harmonies and

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Review: Slomosa ‘Tundra Rock’

20th September 202420th September 2024 David J McLaren Heavy Rock, MNRK Heavy, Slomosa, Stickman Records, Stoner Rock

So far it’s been a year of follow-ups from bands I’m already invested in. Slomosa have fallen into the category

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Review: Spirit Mother ‘Trails’

13th September 202413th September 2024 Lee Beamish Desert Rock, Heavy Psych Sounds, Heavy Rock, Spirit Mother

A couple of years back I had the privilege of reviewing one of the Live In The Mojave Desert, for

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Barbarian Hermit @ Rebellion, Manchester, 3rd August 2024 – Photo by Lee Edwards
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Barbarian Hermit / Under / Bodach / Shred Dibnah @ Rebellion, Manchester, 3rd August 2024

2nd September 20242nd September 2024 Matthew Williams APF Records, Barbarian Hermit, Bodach, Doom, Heavy Rock, Manchester, Rebellion, Shred Dibnah, Sludge, Stoner, Under

After a relative gig drought, for me at least, of some twenty-three days, I was finally back watching some live

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Review: Wall ‘Brick By Brick’

2nd September 20242nd September 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden APF Records, Doom, Heavy Rock, Instrumental, Stoner, Wall

There are a lot of column inches dedicated to a certain pair of musical siblings at the moment. However, it

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Review: Mammoth Volume ‘Raised Up By Witches’

27th August 202427th August 2024 Martin Williams Blues Funeral Recordings, Heavy Rock, Mammoth Volume, Prog

Sweden’s Mammoth Volume will forever induce flashbacks to the late ‘90s for me. When I was first getting into stoner

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Review: Massive Hassle ‘Unreal Damage’

19th August 202419th August 2024 Rob Walsh Heavy Rock, Massive Hassle, Septaphonic Records

Our existence can certainly suck. Shit jobs. Traffic jams. Bills. Clueless politicians. Pigeons and seagulls using us as rectal target

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Review: Worshipper ‘One Way Trip’

19th August 202419th August 2024 Liam Blanc Heavy Metal, Heavy Rock, Magnetic Eye Records, Worshipper

I’m annoyed with myself for how long this review has taken to write. Normally I only get struck by this

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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

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