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Noise-Rock

Horseneck ‘Fever Dream’
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Review: Horseneck ‘Fever Dream’

14th February 202020th March 2020 Mark Hunt-Bryden Fever Dream, Hardcore, Horseneck, Noise-Rock, Self Released, Sludge

It sometimes does a band a disservice to talk about the other projects/bands that its members are involved in but,

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Disastroid
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Premiere: Disastroid Stream Album Title Track ‘Mortal Fools’

23rd January 20208th February 2022 Lee Edwards Disastroid, Exclusive Stream, Heavy Psych Sounds, Mortal Fools, Noise-Rock

Earlier today we published a review, now it’s time to stream the second single from San Francisco’s Noise Rock reprobates

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Disastroid ‘Mortal Fools’
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Review: Disastroid ‘Mortal Fools’

23rd January 202011th February 2020 Reza Mills Disastroid, Heavy Psych Sounds, Mortal Fools, Noise-Rock

You know that expression ‘Appearances can be deceptive’, well that’s exactly what I thought when I first saw the cover

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Witch Trail ‘The Sun Has Left The Hill’
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Review: Witch Trail ‘The Sun Has Left The Hill’

21st November 201911th December 2019 Chris Wood Black Metal, Consouling Sounds, Noise-Rock, The Sun Has Left The Hill, Witch Trail

It’s nearly impossible to put a genre on this record, and strict genre interpretations are for poseurs anyway, but if

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Melvins ‘Basses Loaded’ 2016
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Melvins ‘Basses Loaded’ 2016

9th May 20173rd September 2019 John Reppion (the) Melvins, 2016, Basses Loaded, Heavy Rock, Ipecac Recordings, John Reppion, Melvins, Noise-Rock

(The) Melvins are, and have been for a long, long time now, Buzz Osborne and Dale Crover. Everyone else just

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Baklavaa ‘Dane On'
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Baklavaa ‘Dane On’ CD/CS/DD 2016

12th May 201611th September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2016, Baklavaa, Cassette, CD, Dane On, Digital, Grimoire Records, Grunge, Noise, Noise-Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review

I’m a sucker for a good bit of noise rock. There’s something so appealing about the juxtaposition of the ugly

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Årabrot 'The Gospel'
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Årabrot ‘The Gospel’ CD/LP/DD 2016

22nd February 20161st November 2019 Pete Green 2016, Årabrot, Avant-Garde, CD, Digital, Experimental, Fysisk Format, LP, Noise-Rock, Pete Green, Review, The Gospel

As the majority stride onwards into 2016, recent weeks have brought us music lovers unprecedented waves of pain as we

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Beehoover 'Primitive Powers'
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Beehoover ‘Primitive Powers’ CD/LP/DD 2016

17th February 20161st November 2019 Jay Hampshire 2016, Beehoover, CD, Digital, Experimental, Jay Hampshire, LP, Noise-Rock, Primitive Powers, Prog Rock, Review, Unundeux

German duo Beehoover manage to tread the line between ‘immediately inaccessible’ and ‘wilfully alienating’ so well that they render the

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HAG 'Fear Of Man
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HAG ‘Fear Of Man’ DD 2016

23rd January 20161st November 2019 Jeremy Moore 2016, Digital, DNAWOT Records, Fear Of Man, HAG, Jeremy Moore, Metal, Noise-Rock, Review, Sludge

As far as any of us can remember, there’s been a two-tier hierarchy in progressive sludge metal: Tier 1 –

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KEN mode ‘Success’ CD/LP/DD 2015

11th July 20153rd September 2019 Jay Hampshire 2015, CD, Digital, Experimental, Jay Hampshire, KEN mode, LP, Noise-Rock, Post-Punk, Review, Season Of Mist, Success

Manitoban misfits KEN mode have always defied what is expected of them. The word ‘unique’ is bandied about in relation

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Shroud Eater ‘Face The Master’ CS/DD 2015

16th June 20153rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2015, Cassette, Digital, Face The Master, Heavy, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Primitive Violence, Review, Shroud Eater, Sludge

After six years of existence the continual non-veneration of Shroud Eater is a source of some confusion and consternation for

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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May
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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May

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Few bands have carved out a path quite like –(16)–. For more than three decades, the Southern California veterans have

Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June
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Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June

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Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’

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Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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