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Mythic Sunship 'Light/Flux'
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Review: Mythic Sunship ‘Light/Flux’

3rd October 20229th December 2022 Martin Williams Jazz, Mythic Sunship, Prog, Psych, Tee Pee Records

As if overstating the idea of striking while the iron’s hot, prolific, Danish, psychedelic, free-jazz-explorers Mythic Sunship return from a

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Sarattma 'Escape Velocity'
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Review: Sarattma ‘Escape Velocity’

5th August 202223rd September 2022 James Bullock Jazz, Nefarious Industries, Post-Metal, Prog, Sarattma

You might want to sit down for this one, or just stop the pretence and lie down. Post-metal duo Sarattma’s

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Imperial Triumphant ‘Spirit Of Ecstasy’
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Review: Imperial Triumphant ‘Spirit Of Ecstasy’

26th July 202228th August 2022 Richard Murray Century Media, Imperial Triumphant, Jazz, Technical Metal

Imperial Triumphant have been blurring the lines of contemporary black metal graced with the decadent and depraved glory of the

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Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin 'Ghosted'
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Review: Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin ‘Ghosted’

10th May 202215th June 2022 George Green Andreas Werliin, Drag City, Experimental, Jazz, Johan Berthling, Oren Ambarchi

Repetition in music can be a divisive thing. On one hand the riff, by definition, is a relentlessly repeated hook

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Guided Meditation Doomjazz 'Limitless Possibility'
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Review: Guided Meditation Doomjazz ‘Limitless Possibility’

9th March 20224th May 2022 Rob Walsh Doom, Guided Meditation Doomjazz, Jazz, The Swamp Records

It’s not every day you come across a group whose own name is their genre. And you might not expect

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Eaters Of The Soil 'II'
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Review: Eaters Of The Soil ‘II’ EP

8th March 20224th May 2022 David J McLaren Doom, Eaters Of The Soil, Forbidden Place Records, Jazz

Eaters Of The Soil from Utrecht, Netherlands, play music as dirty and earthy as you might expect from their image-inspiring

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Mac Gollehon - Photo by Michael Baumann
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Video Premiere: Mac Gollehon ‘Dead Protégé’ – Taken From ‘The End Is The Beginning’

23rd February 202228th March 2022 Lee Edwards Experimental, Jazz, Mac Gollehon, Nefarious Industries

It’s time to stop what you’re doing and immerse yourself with the legendary New York based trumpeter Mac Gollehon as

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Mac Gollehon 'The End Is The Beginning'
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Review: Mac Gollehon ‘The End Is The Beginning’

2nd February 202228th March 2022 Reza Mills Experimental, Jazz, Mac Gollehon, Nefarious Industries

For those who may not be aware, Mac Gollehon has worked with some of music’s biggest names including Blondie, Madonna,

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The Lovecraft Sextet ‘In Memoriam’
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Review: The Lovecraft Sextet ‘In Memoriam’

1st November 202115th December 2021 Spencer Reid Denovali Records, Doom, Jason Köhnen, Jazz, The Lovecraft Sextet

Deep from within a low-spirited dark ambience Jason Köhnen‘s new project, The Lovecraft Sextet, turns to all that is funereal

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Gold Spire ‘Gold Spire’
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Review: Gold Spire ‘Gold Spire’

29th October 202127th March 2022 Simon Brotherton Chaos Records, Death Doom, Gold Spire, Jazz

Sweden will be forever celebrated in metal circles for the Stockholm scene and the Gothenburg sound. Also a country known

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Bong-Ra ‘Antediluvian’
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Review: Bong-Ra ‘Antediluvian’

27th July 20219th September 2021 Maxwell Seeman Bong-Ra, Doom, Jason Köhnen, Jazz, Tartarus Records

Doom is a genre that has, since its inception, been getting progressively heavier, more intense, and we’ve now been given

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