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Pelagic Records

Mono ‘Pilgrimage Of The Soul’
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Review: MONO ‘Pilgrimage Of The Soul’

16th September 202128th October 2021 Martin Williams Mono, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock

Japanese experimentalists MONO are a band that have been in my periphery for roughly two decades. I’ve heard their name,

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Year Of No Light ‘Consolamentum’
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Review: Year Of No Light ‘Consolamentum’

15th July 20219th September 2021 Ian M Pelagic Records, Post-Metal, Year Of No Light

Bordeaux’s post-metal giants Year Of No Light have returned with their fourth full length, Consolamentum. A sprawling and unruly album,

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Lustmord & Karin Park ‘Alter’
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Review: Lustmord & Karin Park ‘Alter’

23rd June 20216th August 2021 Sean Haner Experimental, Karin Park, Lustmord, Pelagic Records

Lustmord – Brian Williams is a prolific musician/composer/producer whose career hearkens back to 1980 when he first became known as

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Årabrot 'Norwegian Gothic'
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Review: Årabrot ‘Norwegian Gothic’

8th April 202113th May 2021 Mark Louth Årabrot, Noise-Rock, Norwegian Gothic, Pelagic Records, Post-Punk

I’m going to be brutally honest; until now I’ve never listened to Årabrot. Even though they have an extensive back-catalogue,

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Mono 'Beyond The Past - Live In London With The Platinum Anniversary Orchestra'
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Review: MONO ‘Beyond The Past – Live In London With The Platinum Anniversary Orchestra’

23rd March 202123rd April 2021 Sean MacRae Beyond The Past, Mono, Pelagic Records, Platinum Anniversary Orchestra, Post-Rock

Apocalypse Now. MONO‘s haunting, emotionally stark but ultimately uplifting canon could be the sound-track to the COVID-19 lockdown. It encapsulates

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Årabrot 'The World Must Be Destroyed'
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Review: Årabrot ‘The World Must Be Destroyed’ EP

12th February 202115th March 2021 Jeremy Moore Årabrot, Noise-Rock, Pelagic Records, The World Must Be Destroyed

In anticipation of their upcoming 2021 full length Norwegian Gothic, releases April 9th on Pelagic Records and available for pre-order,

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pg.lost 'Oscillate'
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Review: pg.lost ‘Oscillate’

27th November 202031st December 2020 Jamie Grimes Oscillate, Pelagic Records, pg.lost, Post-Rock

To start an album with a slow burn is a risky move. Many bands might want to grab the attention

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The Ocean ‘Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic’
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Review: The Ocean ‘Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic’

18th September 202026th October 2020 Lee Beamish Metal Blade Records, Pelagic Records, Phanerozoic II, Prog Metal, The Ocean

At the ripe old age of twenty, and now due to release their eighth studio album, prog metal meisters The

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envy ‘The Fallen Crimson’
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Review: envy ‘The Fallen Crimson’

22nd January 20207th February 2020 Dave Bowes envy, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock, The Fallen Crimson

For a while there, things did not look great for envy. A true workhorse of a band, the Tokyo-based troupe

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Cult Of Luna / The Old Wind 'Råångest'
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Cult Of Luna / The Old Wind ‘Råångest’ 12”/DD 2016

28th February 20161st November 2019 Tal Fineman 12", 2016, Amebix, Cult Of Luna, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Last Will And Testament, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock, Råångest, Tal Fineman, The Old Wind

Råångest opens with Cult Of Luna’s cover of seminal 1980s proto-thrash metal band Amebix’s Last Will And Testament. Cult Of

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MONO Share An Excerpt Of New Track Recoil, Ignite From Forthcoming Album Rays Of Darkness

17th September 2014 Lee Edwards Audio Stream, Euro Tour 2014, Mono, New Album Details, News, Pelagic Records, Rays Of Darkness, Recoil Ignite, The Last Dawn

MONO have just shared the first taste of Rays Of Darkness, the second of two albums the Japanese experimental rock

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