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Mines 'Your Ever Failing Happiness'
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Review: Mines ‘Your Ever Failing Happiness’

4th March 20224th May 2022 Sandy Williamson Mines, Post-Metal, Sludge, Trepanation Recordings

I know very little about Wales, but if the new Mines album is anything to go by, it doesn’t seem

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Premiere: Mines ‘Your Ever Failing Happiness’ – Releases This Friday via Trepanation Recordings

2nd March 20226th April 2022 Lee Edwards Mines, Post-Metal, Sludge, Trepanation Recordings

If filthy blackened sludge wrapped up in a post-metal vision is your idea of musical heaven, or should that be

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Cult Of Luna 'The Long Road North'
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Review: Cult Of Luna ‘The Long Road North’

8th February 202228th March 2022 Mark Hunt-Bryden Cult Of Luna, Metal Blade Records, Post-Metal, Red Crk Recordings

Cult Of Luna have now served twenty years in their quest to push the limitations of what they envision hardcore

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Thumos 'The Republic'
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Review: Thumos ‘The Republic’

27th January 20222nd March 2022 Tom Hanno Independent, Instrumental, Post-Metal, Thumos

There seems to have been an increase in the instrumental metal genre, and music fans either love it or they

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Mother ‘Interlude I’ EP
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Review: Mother ‘Interlude I’ EP

16th December 20218th February 2022 Richard Murray Black Metal, Consouling Sounds, Mother, Post-Metal

Mother are a post-black metal band from Oostende, Belgium who started in 2017. Aside from that nugget of information, they’re

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V - Live At Svansberget
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Video Premiere: V ‘Pathogenisis’ Part Three Of ‘Led Into The Wild – Live At Svansberget’

15th December 20218th February 2022 Lee Edwards Post-Metal, Sludge, Suicide Records, V

As far as concepts go, you have to doff your cap to Sweden’s V who undertook the enormous task of

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The Ocean 'Phanerozoic Live'
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Review: The Ocean ‘Phanerozoic Live’

29th November 202111th January 2022 Mark Hunt-Bryden Metal Blade Records, Pelagic Records, Post-Metal, The Ocean

For those unfamiliar with German progressive/post-metal band The Ocean (Collective), this unique collector’s ‘live’ edition of their double concept album

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THÅRN ‘Collisions’
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Review: THÅRN ‘Collisions’

29th November 202111th January 2022 Richard Murray Post-Metal, Surviving Sounds, Thårn, Trepanation Recordings

Some sounds just hit my ear right. I’ve gobbled up atmospheric sludge, or post-metal if you’re gonna be lame about

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NŪR ‘Negative Transfer’ EP
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Review: NŪR ‘Negative Transfer’ EP

1st November 202115th December 2021 Francisco Javier NŪR, Post-Metal, Suicide Records

Weighing in at a mere fourteen minutes this three-track EP from NŪR is a bone crushing episode of relentless atmospheric

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Brian Cook / Russian Circles - Photo by Lee Edwards
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In Search Of Tone: Brian Cook Of Russian Circles & SUMAC

8th October 202111th November 2021 Josh Schneider Brian Cook, In Search Of Tone, Post-Metal, Russian Circles, Sargent House, Sumac, Thrill Jockey Records

I first heard of Russian Circles a few years back and although I wasn’t a fan of instrumental music, they

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Nate Hall
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In Search Of Tone: Nate Hall Of US Christmas & Solo Artist

30th September 20218th November 2021 Josh Schneider In Search Of Tone, Nate Hall, Post-Metal, US Christmas

I learned of US Christmas through a friend and fellow scribe Jacob. Their sound is perfect to me, and I

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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

Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June
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Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June

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Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’

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

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