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Spider Kitten - Photo by Joseph Patrick Blake
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Video Premiere: Spider Kitten ‘The Art Of Sleeping’ – New Album ‘Major Label Debut’ Is Out Now

19th November 202124th December 2021 Lee Edwards Grunge, Independent, Sludge, Spider Kitten

Just one week after the release of the new independent Spider Kitten album, the eight-track Major Label Debut, which Mark

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Video Premiere: S.C.R.A.M. ‘Oxidization Of Zirconium With Steam’ – Taken From Split With Gridfailure That’s Out Now

18th November 202124th December 2021 Lee Edwards Ambient, Experimental, Gridfailure, Independent, S.C.R.A.M.

So what exactly does S.C.R.A.M. stand for? Safety Control Rod Axe Man of course and it’s the brainchild of Pranjal

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Dr. Haze & The Wise Lizardz ‘And Beyond’
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Review: Dr. Haze & The Wise Lizardz ‘And Beyond’

18th November 202124th December 2021 Maxx Dr. Haze & The Wise Lizardz, Independent, Prog

Dr. Haze & The Wise Lizardz debut album And Beyond was released on 13th November and the best way to

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Doomsday Profit ‘In Idle Orbit’
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Review: Doomsday Profit ‘In Idle Orbit’

11th November 202124th December 2021 Josh Schneider Doom, Doomsday Profit, Independent, Sludge

Doomsday Profit for a band name, I call it! Ahh, it was already taken and if that isn’t the perfect

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Spider Kitten ‘Major Label Debut’
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Review: Spider Kitten ‘Major Label Debut’

8th November 202115th December 2021 Mark Hunt-Bryden Grunge, Independent, Sludge, Spider Kitten

Chi Lameo and the sonically ever shifting sludge, stoner, doom band Spider Kitten of Chris West and Jesus (Steve) Jones

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Witnesses 'The Collapse'
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Review: Witnesses ‘The Collapse’

4th November 202115th December 2021 Lee Beamish Doom, Independent, Metal, Witnesses

So, here we are again, another release by the incredible Witnesses, or should I say Greg Schwan’s incredible music project

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Drune ‘Drune’
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Review: Drune ‘Drune’

2nd November 202115th December 2021 Mark Hunt-Bryden Doom, Drune, Independent, Sludge

What started as a solo project for former Portland Native James Cook after relocating to Denver, Colorado became the fledgling

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Witnesses / Greg Schwan
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Premiere: Witnesses ‘The Collapse’ – New Album Releases On Hallows Eve

27th October 20218th December 2021 Lee Edwards Doom, Independent, Metal, Witnesses

Multi-instrumentalist Greg Schwan returns under the Witnesses moniker for a near forty-minute album of mournful and atmospheric doom metal simply

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Prąd ‘Octotanker’
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Review: Prąd ‘Octotanker’

18th October 202126th November 2021 Dani Bandolier Independent, Post-Punk, Prąd, Psych

Prąd sticks their shooting star boogie from Wroclaw, Poland with a cold-wave musical laminate that combines Bauhaus kraut-core stacked with

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Dome Runner ‘Conflict State Design’
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Review: Dome Runner ‘Conflict State Design’

18th October 202125th November 2021 Mark Hunt-Bryden Dome Runner, Independent, Industrial

Dome Runner are a complete old school industrial metal throwback. For those of a certain age and disposition the cover

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Spider Kitten - Photo by Joseph Patrick Blake
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Video Premiere: Spider Kitten ‘A Problematic Favourite’ – New Album ‘Major Label Debut’ Drops 12th November

13th October 202125th November 2021 Lee Edwards Grunge, Independent, Sludge, Spider Kitten

With a discography spanning near on 20 years, Spider Kitten, the Welsh chameleons of doom, stoner, sludge and grunge, return

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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

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