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Review: Zatokrev ‘…Bring Mirrors To The Surface’

4th November 20254th November 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Pelagic Records, Post-Metal, Zatokrev

Some bands gather together collections of songs to form a long player, and some create an album that forms a

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Review: Stonebirds ‘Perpetual Wasteland’

31st October 202531st October 2025 Matthew Williams Post-Metal, Ripple Music, Stonebirds

Perpetual Wasteland is the fourth and final episode from Breton trio Stonebirds, and it’s a collection of six songs that

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Review: IAN ‘Come On Everybody, Let’s Do Nothing!’

17th October 202517th October 2025 Lee Beamish Human Worth, Ian, Noise-Rock, Post-Metal, Post-Rock

Holy fuckin’ Moly, it’s IAN!! The Band!!! This is the statement that should be on everyone’s lips when becoming aware

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Video Premiere: IAN ‘Manuel’ – Debut ‘Come On Everybody, Let’s Do Nothing!’ Drops 17th October

1st October 20251st October 2025 Lee Edwards Human Worth, Ian, Noise-Rock, Post-Metal, Post-Rock

Today marks the premiere of IAN’s new video for their single Manuel, the latest glimpse of their debut album Come

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Review: Blessings ‘Blodsträngen’

26th September 202526th September 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Blessings, Noise-Rock, Pelagic Records, Post-Metal

The good folks at Berlin’s premier independent post-metal champions, Pelagic Records, continue to mine the underground and bring attention to

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Review: Leonov ‘Shape Of Ash’ EP

10th September 202510th September 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Doomgaze, Leonov, Pelagic Records, Post-Metal

As the UK basked in the summer heat (or cowered indoors depending on your affinity with the fiery ball in

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Review: Pelican ‘Flickering Resonance’

18th August 202518th August 2025 Lee Beamish Instrumental, Pelican, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Run For Cover Records

In all my time of listening to heavy and obscure music, there have always been certain bands who I known

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Review: Kazea ‘I. Ancestral’

2nd April 20252nd April 2025 Lee Beamish Kazea, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Suicide Records

Somewhat like the phoenix rising from the ashes, back in 2023 Jonas Mattsson and Rasmus Lindbolm spewed forth from the

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Review: Telepathy ‘Transmissions’

27th March 202527th March 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Instrumental, Pelagic Records, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Telepathy

Looking back over my time with British-based post-rock quartet Telepathy, it seems more than a little surreal. The week after

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Review: K L P S ‘K L P S’

17th March 202517th March 2025 Matthew Williams K L P S, Kollapse, Post-Metal, These Hands Melt

K L P S, or KOLLAPS\E as they were previously known, are one of those bands that I’ve seen mentioned

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Review: Pothamus ‘Abur’

13th March 202513th March 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Pelagic Records, Post-Metal, Pothamus

Described in the PR blurb as ‘A maelstrom of music and metaphysics, a crushing conduit for connection, contemplation and catharsis’,

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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

30th April 202630th April 2026 Lee Edwards

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

3rd April 20263rd April 2026 Lee Edwards
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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