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Review: Leonov ‘Shape Of Ash’ EP

10th September 202510th September 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Doomgaze, Leonov, Pelagic Records, Post-Metal

As the UK basked in the summer heat (or cowered indoors depending on your affinity with the fiery ball in

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Review: Hiroe ‘Wield’

15th August 202515th August 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Hiroe, Instrumental, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock

Relative newcomers to the instrumental post-rock scene, Philadelphia based quintet Hiroe (pronounced Hero-way) have taken form from the ashes of

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Review: Year Of No Light ‘Les Maîtres Fous’

25th June 202525th June 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Ambient, Drone, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock, Year Of No Light

French post-metal collective Year of No Light are rapidly approaching the 25th anniversary of their existence, which is no small

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Review: Törzs ‘Menedék’

9th June 20259th June 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Instrumental, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock, Törzs

The angry teenage me never really had any time for instrumental music. The music that caught my attention was stories

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Review: BRUIT ≤ ‘The Age Of Ephemerality’

1st May 20251st May 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden BRUIT ≤, Neo Classical, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock

It is hard to try and remain neutral these days when it feels like the world is pushing you to

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Review: Telepathy ‘Transmissions’

27th March 202527th March 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Instrumental, Pelagic Records, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Telepathy

Looking back over my time with British-based post-rock quartet Telepathy, it seems more than a little surreal. The week after

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Review: SOM ‘Let The Light In’

25th March 202525th March 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Pelagic Records, Post-Rock, Shoegaze, SOM

Comprising of current and former members of Junius, Caspian, and Constants, North American post-rock/metal act SOM have spent their eight

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Review: you, infinite ‘you, infinite’

19th March 202519th March 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Pelagic Records, Post-Rock, you infinite

To understand the psyche of you, infinite, the debuting act from Texan natives Jeremy Galindo and Raymond Brown, you first

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Review: Pothamus ‘Abur’

13th March 202513th March 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Pelagic Records, Post-Metal, Pothamus

Described in the PR blurb as ‘A maelstrom of music and metaphysics, a crushing conduit for connection, contemplation and catharsis’,

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Review: Jaye Jayle ‘After Alter’

3rd March 20253rd March 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Art Rock, Evan Patterson, Jaye Jayle, Pelagic Records

Three years ago I had the chance to review the magnificent Songs I Swore I’d Never Sing, the third album

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Review: Hanry ‘Disruption’ EP

31st January 202531st January 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Hanry, Instrumental, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock

As the temperature in the UK comes down with the decorations and gone are the bright lights shining in the

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