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Review: Predatory Void ‘Atoned In Metamorphosis’

24th February 202624th February 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Black Metal, Pelagic Records, Post-Metal, Predatory Void

Nestling in Western Europe, bordering France and Germany, when I think of Belgium, it is mostly medieval and Renaissance architecture,

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Review: Jagged City ‘There Are More of Us, Always’

19th February 202619th February 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Instrumental, Jagged City, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock

Taking inspiration for their name from Hanif Adburraquib’s memoir There’s Always This Year, Jagged City began as a collaborative, cross-continental

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Review: PREYRS ‘The Wounded Healer’

16th January 202616th January 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Alternative, Pelagic Records, PREYRS

‘Inspired by highly influential Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung’s writings on ‘the wounded healer’ which explore the concept of an entity,

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Review: EF ‘Give Me Beauty… Or Give Me Death!’ [20th Anniversary Reissue]

13th January 202613th January 2026 Lee Beamish EF, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock

Hailing from Gothenburg in Sweden, EF have spent the last twenty years building a name for themselves, which has seen

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Review: The Devil’s Trade ‘Nincs Szennyezetlen Szép’

2nd December 20252nd December 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Doom, Folk, Folk Doom, Pelagic Records, The Devil’s Trade

The Devil’s Trade has undoubtably been one of my favourite musical discoveries in recent years. Hungarian singer/songwriter Dávid Makó (formerly

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Review: Psychonaut ‘World Maker’

24th November 202524th November 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Pelagic Records, Post-Metal, Prog Metal, Psychonaut

Life comes at you thick and fast these days. I’ve frequently talked about the volume of music that is made

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Review: Abraham ‘Idsungwüssä’

18th November 202518th November 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Abraham, Pelagic Records, Post-Metal

Idsungwüssä, the fifth album from abrasive Swiss post-metal powerhouse Abraham, slithered out of my speakers like a mudslide washing away

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Review: Zatokrev ‘…Bring Mirrors To The Surface’

4th November 20254th November 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Pelagic Records, Post-Metal, Zatokrev

Some bands gather together collections of songs to form a long player, and some create an album that forms a

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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: Blessings ‘Blodsträngen’

26th September 202526th September 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Blessings, Noise-Rock, Pelagic Records, Post-Metal

The good folks at Berlin’s premier independent post-metal champions, Pelagic Records, continue to mine the underground and bring attention to

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