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Old Man Gloom ‘Mickey Rookey Live At London’
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Old Man Gloom ‘Mickey Rookey Live At London’ CD/LP 2016

6th April 201611th September 2019 Daniel Pietersen CD, Daniel Pietersen, Doom, Ektro Records, Full Contact Records, Heavy, LP, Mickey Rookey Live At London, Old Man Gloom, Post-Hardcore, Review

Live albums are a curious beast. Stick too closely to the hits and you risk giving the audience a not-quite-as-good

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Sumac 'What One Becomes'
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Sumac ‘What One Becomes’ CD/LP/DD 2016

4th April 201611th September 2019 Jay Hampshire 2016, CD, Digital, Doom, Experimental, Heavy, Jay Hampshire, LP, Post-Rock, Review, Sumac, Thrill Jockey Records, What One Becomes

Promotional snippets for Sumac’s latest full-length What One Becomes summarise the records’ tone and content more succinctly than should be

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Victims 'Sirens'
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Victims ‘Sirens’ CD/LP/DD 2016

31st March 201611th September 2019 Angela Davey 2016, Angela Davey, CD, Crust, D-Beat, Digital, Hardcore, LP, Review, Sirens, Tankcrimes, Victims

Since their inception back in ’97, Victims have been bridging the gap between hardcore punk/crust/d-beat and the rest of the

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Lightsabres ‘Hibernation’
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Lightsabres ‘Hibernation’ LP/DD 2016

31st March 201611th September 2019 Pete Green 2016, Digital, Grunge, Heavy Rock, HeviSike Records, Hibernation, Lightsabres, LP, Pete Green, Review

Lightsabres, the solo efforts of John Strömshed (also of Tunga Moln), may well on the surface remain a somewhat lonely

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Seven Sisters Of Sleep ‘Ezekial’s Hags’
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Seven Sisters Of Sleep ‘Ezekial’s Hags’ CD/LP/DD 2016

30th March 201611th September 2019 Jeremy Moore 2016, CD, Digital, Doom, Ezekial’s Hags, Hardcore, Jeremy Moore, LP, Relapse Records, Review, Seven Sisters Of Sleep, Sludge

Get ready for an old school schooling in how new school extreme metal should be done the old school way.

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Ivar Bjørnson & Einar Selvik 'Skuggsjá'
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Ivar Bjørnson & Einar Selvik ‘Skuggsjá’ CD/LP/DD 2016

29th March 201611th September 2019 Will Beattie 2016, Black Metal, CD, Digital, Einar Selvik, Folk, Ivar Bjørnson, LP, Norse, Review, Seasons Of Mist, Skuggsjá, Will Beattie

Forget the church burnings, the murders, that kvlt feeling when you hold your original pressing of Bathory’s ‘The Yellow Goat’

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Spider Kitten ‘Ark Of Octofelis’
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Spider Kitten ‘Ark Of Octofelis’ CD/LP/DD/CS 2016

28th March 201611th September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2016, Ark Of Octofelis, Cassette, CD, Digital, Doom, Experimental, Heavy, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Post-Rock, Review, Spider Kitten, Undergroove Records

Another month and seemingly another release from prolific Newport collective Spider Kitten. Having made critical waves following the release of

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Mugstar 'Magnetic Seasons'
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Mugstar ‘Magnetic Seasons’ CD/LP/DD 2016

20th March 201613th September 2019 Jeremy Moore 2016, CD, Digital, Jeremy Moore, Kraut, LP, Magnetic Seasons, Mugstar, Psych, Review, Rock Action Records, Space Rock

Instrumental rock is a dangerous territory in a digital era of increasingly short attention spans unwilling to give an album

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Black Cobra ‘Imperium Simulacra’
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Black Cobra ‘Imperium Simulacra’ CD/LP/DD 2016

20th March 201613th September 2019 Pete Green 2016, Black Cobra, CD, Digital, Imperium Simulacra, LP, Metal, Pete Green, Review, Season Of Mist, Sludge, Thrash Metal

Just as tick precedes tock, as clip leads clop and as bish paves the way for bosh, so too does

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Elephant Tree – S/T
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Elephant Tree – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2016

17th March 201613th September 2019 Seán O’Connor 2016, CD, Digital, Doom, Elephant Tree, Heavy, LP, Magnetic Eye Records, Psych, Review, Seán O’Connor, Self Titled

Ladies and gentlemen, here we have the debut album from the London-based band; Elephant Tree. Believe me, when I say

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Magrudergrind 'II'
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Magrudergrind ‘II’ CD/LP/DD 2016

16th March 201613th September 2019 Jorge Miguel 2016, CD, Digital, Grindcore, Hardcore, II, Jorge Miguel, LP, Magrudergrind, Power Violence, Relapse Records, Review

Magrudergrind are back after six years of silence and they remain just as brutal and relentless as they were back

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Premiere: Ensemble Tikoro ‘Tortoise’ – New Album Lands 23rd October via Jangjang Records
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Premiere: Ensemble Tikoro ‘Tortoise’ – New Album Lands 23rd October via Jangjang Records

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Enter the hypnotic, boundary-pushing world of Ensemble Tikoro as The Shaman premieres their formidable new full-length work, Tortoise, ahead of

Premiere: SEK ‘Amore Mio’ – Debut Album ‘Wallensteins Garage’ Lands 30th October
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Premiere: SEK ‘Amore Mio’ – Debut Album ‘Wallensteins Garage’ Lands 30th October

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Premiere: Spider Kitten ‘God Don’t Sleep’ – New Album Lands This Friday, 2nd October
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Premiere: Spider Kitten ‘God Don’t Sleep’ – New Album Lands This Friday, 2nd October

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Premiere: SALVATION ‘Depression’ – New Album ‘The Haunted’ Lands On 16th October
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Premiere: SALVATION ‘Depression’ – New Album ‘The Haunted’ Lands On 16th October

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