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Review: Author & Punisher ‘Nocturnal Birding’

2nd October 20252nd October 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Author & Punisher, Doom, Industrial, Relapse Records

As a fan of sci-fi, in particular Ridley Scott’s seminal Blade Runner, I have always sprinkled Author & Punisher reviews

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Review: Holy Scum ‘All We Have Is Never’

19th August 202519th August 2025 Martin Williams Experimental, Holy Scum, Industrial, Noise, Rocket Recordings

Just as I found myself wondering when, or if, I’d hear another record from Holy Scum, the Manchester-area collective spearheaded

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Review: Intensive Care + The Body ‘Was I Good Enough?’

8th May 20258th May 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Closed Casket Activities, Doom, Industrial, Intensive Care, The Body

It’s been roughly a decade since I last wrote about a release from experimental Portland metal duo The Body. Back

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Review: KLÄMP ‘TOTAAL TECHNIEK’

25th April 202525th April 2025 Reza Mills Doomgaze, Human Worth, Industrial, KLÄMP

Things have been quiet in the KLÄMP camp since 2020’s sophomore album Hate You dropped. The intervening years have seen

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Review: Iggor Cavalera/Shane Embury ‘Neon Gods/Own Your Darkness’

27th March 202527th March 2025 Reza Mills Ambient, Cold Spring Records, Electronic, Iggor Cavalera, Industrial, Shane Embury

Even someone like me, who isn’t predominantly a ‘metalhead’, recognises the legendary names on this split release. On the off

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KLÄMP
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Video Premiere: KLÄMP ‘WET LEATHER’ – New Album ‘TOTAAL TECHNIEK’ Unleashes 18th April

7th March 20257th March 2025 Lee Edwards Doomgaze, Human Worth, Industrial, KLÄMP

Prepare to have your senses shattered – KLÄMP is back with WET LEATHER, a hallucinatory descent into heavy, experimental doomgaze

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Review: Bong-Ra ‘Black Noise’

19th February 202519th February 2025 Lee Beamish Bong-Ra, Debemur Morti Productions, Electronic, Industrial, Jason Köhnen

A name I’ve had an awareness of for at least the last decade, I’ve even managed to surprise myself that,

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She The Throne
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She The Throne: An Interview With The Dark Electronic & Experimental Duo

30th January 202530th January 2025 Reza Mills Electronic, Experimental, Industrial, She The Throne

Social media can be a pain, in the sense that people who you hoped to never hear from again are

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Review: Haunted Horses ‘Dweller’

10th January 202510th January 2025 Reza Mills Haunted Horses, Industrial, Post-Punk, Three One G

My first review of 2025 comes courtesy of a band who hail from the birthplace of grunge, Seattle, and who

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Review: Pitchshifter ‘Peel Sessions 1991-93’

6th January 20256th January 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Cold Spring Records, Industrial, Pitchshifter

I picked this promo up for review just before seeing the band play in the relatively close setting of Bristol.

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Review: The Body ‘The Crying Out Of Things’

12th November 202412th November 2024 Matthew Williams Doom, Industrial, Power Electronics, The Body, Thrill Jockey Records

Having recently witnessed The Body live in Salford on the back of their Orchards Of A Futile Heaven release with

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Video Premiere: IAN ‘Manuel’ – Debut ‘Come On Everybody, Let’s Do Nothing!’ Drops 17th October
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Video Premiere: IAN ‘Manuel’ – Debut ‘Come On Everybody, Let’s Do Nothing!’ Drops 17th October

1st October 20251st October 2025 Lee Edwards

Today marks the premiere of IAN’s new video for their single Manuel, the latest glimpse of their debut album Come

Video Premiere: SoftSun ‘Sacred Heart’ – New Album ‘Eternal Sunrise’ Drops 7th November
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Video Premiere: SoftSun ‘Sacred Heart’ – New Album ‘Eternal Sunrise’ Drops 7th November

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Video Premiere: ORT ‘Bodden Dub’ – ‘Sperrwerk’ 10″/CD Out Now Via My Proud Mountain

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Premiere: Cosmic Reaper ‘Bloodfeather’ – New Album Releases 26th September
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