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Trepaneringsritualen 'Veil The World'
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Review: Trepaneringsritualen ‘Veil The World’

14th October 202125th November 2021 Reza Mills Cold Spring Records, Industrial, Noise, Trepaneringsritualen

Before I commence the review I should point out that this is a vinyl reissue from Cold Spring of an

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Lung Knots ‘Golden Dirges, Molten Larynges’
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Review: Lung Knots ‘Golden Dirges, Molten Larynges’

17th June 202121st July 2021 Jamie Grimes Industrial, Lung Knots, Noise, Tartarus Records

It’s almost a cliche at this point to describe a record as sounding like the end of the world, so

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Gridfailure Featuring Mac Gollehon ‘Dismemberment Cabaret’
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Review: Gridfailure Featuring Mac Gollehon ‘Dismemberment Cabaret’

17th May 202118th June 2021 Reza Mills Experimental, Gridfailure, Mac Gollehon, Nefarious Industries, Noise

To say David Brenner has a prolific work rate would be something of an understatement, it’s at Mike Patton levels

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Dead Neanderthals 'Rat Licker'
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Review: Dead Neanderthals ‘Rat Licker’ EP

2nd April 20216th May 2021 Reza Mills Burning World Records, Consouling Sounds, Dead Neanderthals, EveryDayHate, God Unknown Records, Jazz, Moving Furniture Records, Noise, Rat Licker, Restraining Order, Saw-Whet Distro, Sentencia Records, Utech Records

As Twin Sister‘s S/T debut made number one in my Shaman Top Ten of 2020, it made sense for me

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Premiere: Dead Neanderthals ‘Restraining Order’

27th March 202128th April 2021 Lee Edwards Burning World Records, Consouling Sounds, Dead Neanderthals, EveryDayHate, God Unknown Records, Jazz, Moving Furniture Records, Noise, Rat Licker, Restraining Order, Saw-Whet Distro, Sentencia Records, Utech Records

You often see two, three, sometimes more labels collaborating on a release to help spread expenses and increase exposure, but

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Boris With Merzbow '2R0I2P0'
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Review: Boris With Merzbow ‘2R0I2P0’

8th February 20219th March 2021 Will J 2R0I2P0, Boris, Doom, Drone, Merzbow, Noise, Relapse Records

Boris and Merzbow have worked together so often that Boris With Merzbow might as well be classed as an act

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Gridfailure ‘Sixth Mass-Extinction Skulduggery II’
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Review: Gridfailure ‘Sixth Mass-Extinction Skulduggery II’

11th June 20208th July 2020 Reza Mills Experimental, Gridfailure, Nefarious Industries, Noise, Sixth Mass-Extinction Skulduggery II

Gridfailure is the brainchild of David Brenner of Valley Cottage, New York, who created the entire album as well as

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Tunnels Of Āh 'Deathless Mind'
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Review: Tunnels Of Āh ‘Deathless Mind’

5th June 202023rd June 2020 Rob Bryant Cold Spring Records, Deathless Mind, Experimental, Noise, Tunnels Of Āh

Tunnels Of Āh is the creation of Stephen Ah Burroughs (Head Of David), and Deathless Mind is the fifth album

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Many Blessings ‘Emanation Body’
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Review: Many Blessings ‘Emanation Body’

26th May 202023rd June 2020 Reza Mills Drone, Emanation Body, Many Blessings, Noise, Translation Loss Records

Ethan Lee McCarthy is no stranger to making extreme music, whether it’s the crushingly heavy doom/sludge of Primitive Man, the

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Gnaw Their Tongues ‘I Speak The Truth, Yet With Every Word Uttered, Thousands Die’
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Review: Gnaw Their Tongues ‘I Speak The Truth, Yet With Every Word Uttered, Thousands Die’

11th May 20209th June 2020 Dave Bowes Consouling Sounds, Experimental, Gnaw Their Tongues, I Speak The Truth Yet With Every Word Uttered Thousands Die, Maurice De Jong, Noise

There’s a little part of the brain that wonders if now is the right time for Gnaw Their Tongues. It’s

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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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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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