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Review: Hippotraktor ‘Stasis’

26th June 202426th June 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Hippotraktor, Pelagic Records, Post-Metal, Prog Metal

Having moved down to this corner of the South West I spent some time putting on gigs with a friend

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Review: i Häxa ‘Part Two’ EP

5th June 20245th June 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Ambient, i Häxa, Neo Folk, Pelagic Records

Back in March Rebecca Need-Menear (one part of alt-rock combo Anavae) and Peter Miles (Architects, Dodie, Fizz) released the first

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Review: Thot ‘Delta’

28th May 202428th May 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Industrial, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock, Thot

Belgium’s enigmatic, industrial post-rock collective Thot are as sonically hard to define as their evolving line-up. Founded by the ‘group

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Review: Glassing ‘From the Other Side Of The Mirror’

10th May 202410th May 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Blackgaze, Glassing, Pelagic Records, Post-Metal

The notion of liminal space is certainly a fitting metaphor for the disenfranchisement that rock music has tapped into as

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Review: Love Sex Machine ‘Trve’

16th April 202416th April 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Love Sex Machine, Pelagic Records, Post-Metal, Sludge

French four-piece Love Sex Machine tap into the vibration of the world with molasses-slow sensations, undulating with raw, primitive power

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Review: i Häxa ‘Part One’ EP

18th March 202418th March 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Ambient, i Häxa, Neo Folk, Pelagic Records

Another week and another release from the relentless machine that is Pelagic Records. This time it’s in the form of

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Review: Lustmord ‘Much Unseen Is Also Here’

15th March 202415th March 2024 Reza Mills Ambient, Lustmord, Pelagic Records, Soundscapes

Lustmord aka Brian Williams, has been making music for over forty years and seeing as I gave a synopsis of

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Review: Arms And Sleepers ‘What Tomorrow Brings’

4th March 20244th March 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Arms And Sleepers, Electronic, Experimental, Pelagic Records, Trip-Hop

The sheer volume of available music in the modern age is simply staggering. We have certainly experienced the uptick in

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Review: A Burial At Sea ‘Close To Home’

26th February 202426th February 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden A Burial At Sea, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock

I have experienced (purely subjectively) the joy of working remotely these last few years and felt the benefits immensely as

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Review: LLNN / Sugar Horse ‘The Horror / Sleep Paralysis Demon’ Split EP

2nd February 202410th September 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Industrial, LLNN, Pelagic Records, Post-Metal, Sludge, Sugar Horse

Ahhhh, split single EPs, something of an anachronism these days maybe, but after separating from my first wife and selling

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Review: Bipolar Architecture ‘Metaphysicize’

31st January 202431st January 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Bipolar Architecture, Pelagic Records, Post-Metal

Pelagic Records are no strangers to rooting out bands that are consumed by the notion of pushing the boundaries of

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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

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