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Review: KEN mode ‘VOID’

29th September 202329th September 2023 Richard Murray Artoffact Records, KEN mode, Post-Hardcore, Post-Metal

KEN Mode are a band that has consistently exceeded all of my expectations. While it’s not right to play favorites,

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Brutus 'Unison Life'
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Review: Brutus ‘Unison Life’

11th January 20238th March 2023 Nessie Spencer Brutus, Post-Hardcore, Sargent House

Last November, I had the great pleasure of reviewing the Brutus gig in Brighton and, as a big fan of

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Laces Out 'Here At The Ashram'
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Review: Laces Out ‘Here At The Ashram’

7th December 202218th January 2023 Reza Mills Laces Out, Nefarious Industries, Post-Hardcore

I have to admit to having no idea as to the meaning behind the band’s name, if I were to

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Throwing Bricks 'The Burden'
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Review: Throwing Bricks ‘The Burden’

29th November 20223rd January 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Black Metal, Post-Hardcore, Tartarus Records, Throwing Bricks

I have talked about genre definitions and pigeonholes before, the invention of which seems mainly to aid music journalists to

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Birds In Row 'Gris Klein'
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Review: Birds In Row ‘Gris Klein’

4th November 202215th December 2022 Ian M Birds In Row, Post-Hardcore, Red Crk Recordings

French progressive hardcore troupe Birds In Row return with a new full-length Gris Klein. Their first since the switch from

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Unsane / Cassels @ Future Yard, Birkenhead, 26th October 2022

28th October 202226th December 2022 David J McLaren Birkenhead, Cassels, Future Yard, Noise-Rock, Post-Hardcore, Unsane

A Wednesday night in October, at a small venue outside of the normal city-to-city touring map… what could possibly go

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Breaths 'Though life has turned out nothing like I imagined, it is far better than I could have dreamt.'
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Review: Breaths ‘Though life has turned out nothing like I imagined, it is far better than I could have dreamt.’

24th January 20222nd March 2022 Mark Hunt-Bryden Blackgaze, Breaths, Post-Hardcore, Trepanation Recordings

‘All great art is born through suffering’. Whilst the exact origin of that quote may be lost, it is a

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Engine Kid 'Special Olympics' EP
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Review: Engine Kid ‘Special Olympics’ EP

9th December 202111th January 2022 Reza Mills Engine Kid, Post-Hardcore, Southern Lord

Engine Kid formed in 1991, quite a landmark year during which the first Gulf War took place, the Soviet Union

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So Hideous ‘None But A Pure Heart Can Sing’
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Review: So Hideous ‘None But A Pure Heart Can Sing’

7th December 202111th January 2022 Will J Black Metal, Blackgaze, Post-Hardcore, Silent Pendulum Records, So Hideous

New York post-black metal experimentalists So Hideous are back after a lengthy hiatus. Their original tenure saw them produce two

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Burial Waves ‘Holy Ground’
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Review: Burial Waves ‘Holy Ground’

12th November 202124th December 2021 Lee Beamish Burial Waves, Dark Operative, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock

Every now and then something comes out which defies any exact classification. It’s a little bit something, and a little

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KITE
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Premiere: KITE ‘Currents’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow Via Majestic Mountain Records

7th October 20218th November 2021 Lee Edwards KITE, Majestic Mountain Records, Post-Hardcore, Sludge

Followers of these hallowed pages should have read Will’s coverage of the latest album by Oslo residents KITE. Entitled Currents,

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