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Nothing Is Real
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Premiere: Nothing Is Real ‘At First Chaos Came To Be’ & ‘A State Of Undeath’ – New Double Album Drops 31st October

8th October 20218th November 2021 Lee Edwards Blackened Sludge, Doom, Independent, Nothing Is Real, Prog

Improvised chaotic and blackened sludge doom, wrapped up with progressive sensibilities, is the order of the day as multi-instrumentalist Nicholas

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Cheap Coffins 'Terror Amazonia'
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Review: Cheap Coffins ‘Terror Amazonia’

30th September 20218th November 2021 Maxx Cheap Coffins, Independent, Industrial

Cheap Coffins’ debut long player, Terror Amazonia from the one man show Troy Koglin, was released in March of 2021.

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The Electric Mud ‘Black Wool’
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Review: The Electric Mud ‘Black Wool’ EP

24th September 202128th October 2021 Maxx Independent, Southern Rock, The Electric Mud

The Electric Mud are back for an independently issued quick visit with their four track, twenty four minute EP titled

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Lucid Planet
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Lucid Planet: Interview With Michael, Darcy & Luke

9th September 202115th October 2021 Maxx II, Independent, Lucid Planet, Prog, Psych

If you haven’t spent any time in the orbit of Lucid Planet then go right now and spin their superb

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Seum 'Winterized'
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Review: Seum ‘Winterized’

3rd September 202111th October 2021 Reza Mills Independent, Seum, Sludge

It seems impossible to imagine any doom/stoner band without a guitarist to help deliver those crushing Tony Iommi style guitar

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Drug Toilet ‘Believe In Love’ EP
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Review: Drug Toilet ‘Believe In Love’ EP

27th August 202130th September 2021 Reza Mills Crust, Drug Toilet, Hardcore, Independent, Punk

I thought postcards from new zealand were the most mysterious band I had encountered thus far, but that band at

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Voidgazer ‘Dance of the Undesirables’
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Review: Voidgazer ‘Dance of the Undesirables’

27th August 202127th September 2021 Mark Hunt-Bryden Independent, Metal, Sludge, Voidgazer

Hailing from St Louis, Missouri brutal sludge metal act Voidgazer have the statement on their Facebook page that reads, ‘We

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Black TarPoon 'Moth Song'
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Premiere: Black TarPoon ‘Moth Song’ – New Single Drops Tomorrow 27th August

26th August 202127th September 2021 Lee Edwards Black TarPoon, Country, Independent, Punk

Since we heard, and Reza reviewed The Thad EP from Corpus Christi, Texas, based Black TarPoon we became instant fans

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Clara Engel ‘Dressed In Borrowed Light’
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Review: Clara Engel ‘Dressed In Borrowed Light’

12th August 202121st September 2021 Lee Beamish Acoustic, Clara Engel, Folk, Independent

When I’m not fully immersed in satanic screams, and stoner throb, I can usually be found indulging in something, altogether

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Planet Of The Dead ‘Pilgrims’
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Review: Planet Of The Dead ‘Pilgrims’

5th August 20219th September 2021 Richard Murray Independent, Planet Of The Dead, Sludge

Planet Of The Dead look past all the beauty of their homeland of New Zealand to prepare their minds for

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Mark Solotroff ‘Not Everybody Makes It’
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Review: Mark Solotroff ‘Not Everybody Makes It’

29th July 20219th September 2021 George Green Drone, Independent, Mark Solotroff, Soundscapes

How important is it to be acquainted with the oeuvre of an artist before embarking on the listening required to

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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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