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Close The Hatch 'Modern Witchcraft'
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Review: Close The Hatch ‘Modern Witchcraft’

17th June 20208th July 2020 Lee Beamish Close The Hatch, Doom, Modern Witchcraft, Post-Metal, Red Moth Records

Independent of any strict classification, yet beholden to the lineage of conceptual metal, Ohio based Close The Hatch stride confidently

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Feral Light ‘Light Vapor’
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Review: Feral Light ‘Light Vapor’

8th June 20208th July 2020 Matt Alexander Black Metal, Feral Light, Hypnotic Dirge Records, Light Vapor, Post-Metal

The world is a scary fucking place at the moment, usually I start my reviews with a wise crack but

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Heron ‘Time Immemorial’
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Review: Heron ‘Time Immemorial’

12th May 20209th June 2020 Chris Wood Heron, Post-Metal, Sludgelord Records, Time Immemorial

Coming out on the well-respected Sludgelord Records, Vancouver’s Heron’s third LP is described in the accompanying press release as ‘sludge’.

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Holden ‘Ursa Minor’
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Review: Holden ‘Ursa Minor’

7th May 20205th June 2020 Rob Bryant Holden, Post-Metal, Sludge, Ursa Minor

Language profoundly influences our perceptions. Fellow Antipodeans please note: Holden the band are not named after our beloved blue-collar chariot.

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Today Is The Day ‘No Good to Anyone’
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Review: Today Is The Day ‘No Good To Anyone’

28th February 202020th March 2020 Mark Hunt-Bryden BGM, No Good To Anyone, Noise-Rock, Post-Metal, Steve Austin, Today Is The Day

Steve Austin has proven over a career spanning twenty plus years that he is one of music’s great survivors. His

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V ‘Led Into Exile’
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Review: V ‘Led Into Exile’

5th December 201911th December 2019 Sandy Williamson Led Into Exile, Post-Metal, Sludge, Suicide Records, V

Out earlier in the autumn, Sweden’s sludgey doom lords V‘s second record Led Into Exile is a forty minute journey

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Cult Of Luna ‘A Dawn To Fear’
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Review: Cult Of Luna ‘A Dawn To Fear’

8th October 201923rd October 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden A Dawn To Fear, Cult Of Luna, Metal Blade Records, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Review

In 2016 Swedish avant-garde metal titans Cult Of Luna collaborated with US underground noise siren Julie Christmas to produce one

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Terzij De Horde ‘Self’
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Terzij De Horde ‘Self’ CD/LP/DD 2015

10th November 20154th November 2019 Guido Segers 2015, Black Metal, Burning World Records, CD, Dark, Digital, Guido Segers, LP, Post-Metal, Review, Self, Terzij De Horde

And here it is, the debut album by black metal trailblazers Terzij De Horde from Utrecht, the Netherlands. The progressive

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MAKE ‘The Golden Veil’ LP/DD 2015

10th September 20153rd September 2019 Jeremy Moore 2015, Atmospheric, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Jeremy Moore, LP, Make, Post-Metal, Review, Self Released, The Golden Veil

Anyone familiar with Chapel Hill, NC’s ‘surface scene’ is probably aware of its longstanding history of American conservatism gift wrapped

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Serial Hawk ‘Searching For Light’ CD/LP/DD 2015

6th September 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, Bleeding Light Records, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Post-Metal, Review, Sandy Williamson, Searching For Light, Serial Hawk

Seattle doom newcomers Serial Hawk recently signed to Bleeding Light Records to release Searching for Light, their debut full length

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Sorxe ‘Surrounded By Shadows’ CD/DD 2014

31st August 20143rd September 2019 Glen Westall 2014, CD, Digital, Doom, Glen Westall, Heavy, Post-Metal, Review, Self Released, Sorxe, Surrounded By Shadows

Some bands, for better or worse, fall into easily outlined genre definitions. They take the conventions of an established genre

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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May
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