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LLNN 'Unmaker'
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Review: LLNN ‘Unmaker’

23rd September 202128th October 2021 David J McLaren LLNN, Pelagic Records, Post-Metal

There was a moment in the early to mid-noughties, where post-metal (or whatever you choose to call it) grabbed the

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Karellen - Photo by Drew Scott
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Premiere: Karellen ‘Mersum’ – Debut Album Drops Friday 27th August Via Trepanation Recordings

25th August 202127th September 2021 Lee Edwards Karellen, Post-Metal, Trepanation Recordings

There seems to be a pattern occurring of late as although I’m Manchester based (well Salford if you really want

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Karellen 'Mersum'
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Review: Karellen ‘Mersum’

18th August 202127th September 2021 Maxx Karellen, Post-Metal, Trepanation Recordings

Immersing your senses in Karellen’s debut long player Mersum is a journey through doom and prog styles that the three-piece

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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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Amenra ‘De Doorn’
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Review: Amenra ‘De Doorn’

22nd June 20216th August 2021 Ian M Amenra, Post-Metal, Relapse Records

Few bands in our genre garner the level of excitement that an Amenra release creates. The combination of their emotive

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Kollapse ‘Sult’
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Review: Kollapse ‘Sult’

22nd June 20216th August 2021 Lee Beamish Dingleberry Records, Fysisk Format, Kollapse, Maniyax Records, Post-Metal, Virkelighedsfjern

To the outside world, Kollapse are somewhat of an enigma. Not so much a shiny, unopened ball of interest, as

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Déhà 'Cruel Words'
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Review: Déhà ‘Cruel Words’

26th April 20214th June 2021 Richard Murray Burning World Records, Cruel Words, Déhà, Doom, Post-Metal

I won’t speak for anyone but myself as I found a great love and appreciation for extreme metal because it’s

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Cosmic Void ‘All is lost in time’
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Review: Cosmic Void ‘All is lost in time’

14th April 202124th May 2021 Richard Murray All is lost in time, Black Metal, Cosmic Void, Independent, Post-Metal

When three riff worshipping Sabbath addicts pile on enough reverb to peal the paint off a house and record sounds

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Sarin 'You Can't Go Back'
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Review: Sarin ‘You Can’t Go Back’

5th April 20216th May 2021 Ian M Post-Metal, Prosthetic Records, Sarin, You Can't Go Back

You Can’t Go Back is the third album release from Toronto’s Sarin. Primarily focussed on the more immediate end of

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Devastating Light ‘I Have Already Failed You'
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Review: Devastating Light ‘I Have Already Failed You’ EP

25th March 202128th April 2021 Will J Devastating Light, I Have Already Failed You, Planet K Records, Post-Metal

I’m sure that I’ve said this before, although I don’t want to propagate national stereotypes too deeply, but it seems

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Plaguewielder
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Premiere: Plaguewielder ‘At Night They Roam’ – New Album Releases Next Month

12th March 202118th April 2021 Lee Edwards Black Metal, Covenant Death, Disorder Recordings, Plaguewielder, Post-Metal

The metal force of Ohio’s Plaguewielder are gearing up to unleash their third long player, Covenant Death, next month through

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