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Review: Mellowdeath ‘Mellowdeath’

19th December 202519th December 2025 Maxwell Seeman Doom, Independent, Instrumental, Jazz

Mellowdeath are a Berlin-based band who are incredibly innovative. For the past several years, they have been forging new and

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Review: Modder ‘Destroying Ourselves For A Place In The Sun’

6th October 20256th October 2025 Matthew Williams Consouling Sounds, Doom, Instrumental, Lay Bare Recordings, Modder, Sludge

I was kind of lulled into a false sense of security when I had my first listen to the third

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Review: Gösta Berlings Saga ‘Forever Now’

30th September 202530th September 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Gösta Berlings Saga, Instrumental, Pelagic Records, Prog

The relentless pace of Pelagic’s releases come thick and fast these days, and Robin Staps’ label remains committed to shining

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Review: Da Captain Trips ‘In Between’

20th August 202520th August 2025 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Da Captain Trips, Instrumental, Prog, Psych, Subsound Records

With a robust discography that includes five full-length albums, an EP, a live album, and collaborations like the split with

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Review: Pelican ‘Flickering Resonance’

18th August 202518th August 2025 Lee Beamish Instrumental, Pelican, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Run For Cover Records

In all my time of listening to heavy and obscure music, there have always been certain bands who I known

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Review: Hiroe ‘Wield’

15th August 202515th August 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Hiroe, Instrumental, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock

Relative newcomers to the instrumental post-rock scene, Philadelphia based quintet Hiroe (pronounced Hero-way) have taken form from the ashes of

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Review: Törzs ‘Menedék’

9th June 20259th June 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Instrumental, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock, Törzs

The angry teenage me never really had any time for instrumental music. The music that caught my attention was stories

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Review: Rise To Thunder ‘Black Reflections’

1st April 20251st April 2025 Matthew Williams Future Noise, Heavy Rock, Instrumental, Psych, Rise To Thunder

I remember the days well of watching Rise To Thunder on various stages across their home city of Stoke-on-Trent, or

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Review: Telepathy ‘Transmissions’

27th March 202527th March 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Instrumental, Pelagic Records, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Telepathy

Looking back over my time with British-based post-rock quartet Telepathy, it seems more than a little surreal. The week after

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Review: The Death Wheelers ‘Ecstasy Of Möld’

17th March 202517th March 2025 Martin Williams Instrumental, RidingEasy Records, Stoner, The Death Wheelers

Do you hear that unearthly rumble coming from the frozen north of Canada? It can only mean that The Death

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Review: Hanry ‘Disruption’ EP

31st January 202531st January 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Hanry, Instrumental, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock

As the temperature in the UK comes down with the decorations and gone are the bright lights shining in the

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