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All Souls ‘Songs For The End Of The World’
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Review: All Souls ‘Songs For The End Of The World’

30th September 202030th October 2020 Lee Beamish All Souls, Alternative, Heavy Rock, Independent, Songs For The End Of The World

Formed in Los Angeles in 2016, heavy alternative rock band All Souls are now triumphantly at a point where they’re

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Bad Amputee 'Convenience Kills'
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Review: Bad Amputee ‘Convenience Kills’

24th September 202026th October 2020 Jamie Grimes Bad Amputee, Convenience Kills, Ferric Mordant Records, Folk, Independent, Slowcore

It’s rare I’d really feel compelled enough to comment on a band’s name in a review, but Bad Amputee will

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Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge
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Video Premiere: Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge ‘Godthåb’

14th September 20208th February 2022 Lee Edwards Blitz Sessions, Godthåb, Independent, Post-Rock, Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge

When you think of environmental activism, Scandinavia and youthful enthusiasm, Greta Thunberg would be a name that springs to most

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Bloodswamp 'Daylight Illuminates A Miserable World'
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Review: Bloodswamp ‘Daylight Illuminates A Miserable World’

14th September 202012th October 2020 Jeremy Moore Bloodswamp, Daylight Illuminates A Miserable World, Independent

If you’ve heard the saying, ‘it’s all about balance’ and actually believed tempering emotional extremes was conducive to great art,

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Pimmit Hills - Photo by Shane Gardner
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Track Premiere: Pimmit Hills ‘Lost River’

9th September 20208th February 2022 Lee Edwards Blues Rock, Heathens & Prophets, Independent, Lost River, Pimmit Hills

It’s time to get your boogie on as Washington DC’s Pimmit Hills, who formed from the ashes of King Giant,

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Ritual Earth 'MMXX'
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Review: Ritual Earth ‘MMXX’

27th August 202028th September 2020 Will J Independent, Metal, MMXX, Psych, Ritual Earth

When you get a band named after an obscure Hawkwind EP, it’s probably a safe bet that you’ll be in

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Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge 'Blitz Sessions'
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Review: Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge ‘Blitz Sessions’

24th August 202025th September 2020 Ian M Blitz Sessions, Independent, Post-Rock, Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge

Blitz Sessions is the debut album from Norwegian instrumental crew Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge itself is a

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Coma Wall ‘Ursa Minor’ EP
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Review: Coma Wall ‘Ursa Minor’ EP

21st August 202024th September 2020 Reza Mills Coma Wall, Folk Doom, Independent, Ursa Minor

Oxford based outfit Coma Wall formed around 2012 and are an acoustic side-project featuring members of doom/sludge outfit Undersmile. The

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Burial Fog ‘Burial Fog’ EP
Album & EP Reviews B 

Review: Burial Fog ‘Burial Fog’ EP

18th August 202016th September 2020 Matt Alexander Burial Fog, Death Doom, Independent, Self Titled

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is home to the obnoxiously heavy Philadelphia Cheese-Steak. It’s also home to something else that is obnoxiously heavy

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Bear Mace ‘Charred Field Of Slaughter’
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Review: Bear Mace ‘Charred Field Of Slaughter’

10th August 202014th September 2020 Matt Alexander Bear Mace, Charred Field Of Slaughter, Death Metal, Independent

Thanks to Dwight K. Schrute, I know that bears do not like beets and that bears are not as good

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Yanomamo ‘No Sympathy For A Rat’
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Review: Yanomamö ‘No Sympathy For A Rat’

24th July 202023rd August 2021 Lee Beamish Independent, No Sympathy For A Rat, Sludge, Yanomamö

Nine years into their existence, and three years on from their previous release, Neither Man Nor Beast, come Australia’s very

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Video Premiere: Froglord ‘Croak’ – Swamp-Soaked Sludge From ‘The Mystic Toad’ Repress

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Emerging once again from the Bristolian mire, the amphibious overlords known as Froglord return to deliver another dose of thick,

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