Review: Harvest Of Ash ‘Castaway’
The second record from Utah‘s sludgy doom merchants Harvest Of Ash has been apparently quite the struggle to create. There
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Post-Metal
Review: Dorre ‘Fortress’
Belgium is a fascinating country to me. They have a royal family that nobody cares about, a flat land that
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Review: Wren ‘Black Rain Falls’
With Black Rain Falls, their third full length, Wren marry the lustre and polish of the very best post-metal influences
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Review: Beneath A Steel Sky ‘Cleave’
There is something that feels somewhat familiar about Beneath A Steel Sky. Possibly it’s proximity to Hundred Year Old Man
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Torpor & Host Body @ The Peer Hat, Manchester, 18th November 2024
With the first drops of snow forecast for mid-November, it’s a cold and dark night as I head up to
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Review: Host Body ‘Strain’ EP
It’s a much altogether different experience listening to the EP on the laptop and then hearing it being played in
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Review: Hidden Mothers ‘Erosion/Avulsion’
Back in May of 2024, I had the pleasure of my annual pilgrimage to the Portals Festival, in the heart
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Review: Codespeaker ‘Scavenger’
In a world gone mad and at a time when what we need most is some unified clarity to calm
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Review: Sugar Horse ‘The Grand Scheme Of Things’
Like the instinct to root for your hometown team, I always keep an eye out for bands with connections to
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Author & Punisher / KEN mode / El Moono @ The Bread Shed, Manchester, 14th August 2024
The last time I entered through the doors of the wonderfully named The Bread Shed, was to see one of
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Review: Norna ‘Norna’
Named after the Norns, three Norse goddesses of fate who rule the destiny of mortals and immortals, post-hardcore power trio
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