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Review: Shy, Low ‘Purity Spiral’

5th November 20265th November 2026 Lee Beamish Pelagic Records, Post-Rock, Shy Low

For fifteen years now, Richmond, Virginia’s Shy, Low have been busy carving a name for themselves in the heavy instrumental

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Review: Playgrounded ‘A Flower To Water’

20th October 202620th October 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Pelagic Records, Playgrounded, Post-Metal

One of the things that draws me to just about anything released by Berlin-based Pelagic Records is a shared vision

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Review: Hippotraktor ‘Annihilist’

15th October 202615th October 2026 Lee Beamish Hippotraktor, Pelagic Records, Post-Metal

Hippotraktor isn’t a name that instantly springs to mind when you think of the ever-expanding roster of bands on Pelagic

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Review: The Ocean ‘Solaris’

9th October 20269th October 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Pelagic Records, Post-Metal, The Ocean

The twelfth album from Berlin post-metal juggernauts The Ocean leaves long-time listeners a lot to unpack. The elephant in the

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Review: Hanry ‘What Came From Silence’

22nd July 202622nd July 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Hanry, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock

The last time I put pen to paper (or fingertip to keyboard, if you crave accuracy) about French instrumental rockers

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Review: Lost In Kyiv ‘We’re All Going To Be Fine’

15th July 202615th July 2026 Lee Beamish Lost In Kyiv, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock

A couple of years ago, while attending the annual Portals Festival in London, amongst all the acts I got to

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Review: BEAR ‘Anhedonia’ EP

3rd June 20263rd June 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Bear, Hardcore Metal, Pelagic Records

Belgian mathcore heavyweights BEAR align more with tech-heavy acts like Hippotraktor on the post-metal roster of Pelagic Records than the

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Review: VLMV ‘There Will Come Soft Rains’

27th May 202627th May 2026 Lee Beamish Ambient, Pelagic Records, VLMV

As is the case with a lot of my favourite music, I can pretty much pinpoint where I was when

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Review: Amulets ‘Rem(a)inders’

26th May 202626th May 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Ambient, Amulets, Electronic, Pelagic Records, Soundscapes

The keen-eared talent scouts at Pelagic Records seem to have an endless resource of artists they unearth and try to

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Review: Legbiter / Norna ‘Legbiter / Norna’

20th May 202620th May 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Legbiter, Norna, Pelagic Records, Post-Metal

Pelagic Records continue their mission to bring the finest in underground music through their diverse, curated roster. Having stretched their

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Review: HIRAKI & Meejah ‘Interwoven’

8th May 20268th May 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden HIRAKI, Meejah, Pelagic Records, Post-Metal

In one of the more ambitious releases of the year from Berlin-based Pelagic Records comes a split EP from a

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