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Radien 'Unissa Palaneet'
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Review: Radien ‘Unissa Palaneet’

1st June 20231st June 2023 Richard Murray Doom, Post-Metal, Radien, Svart Records

Do you enjoy a journey so winding it’s difficult to find your way back home? Setting an immersive tone is

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Pire
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Premiere: Pire ‘The Sanctuary’ – From The Bands New Album ‘Grief World’ That Drops 15th June

24th May 202325th May 2023 Lee Edwards Independent, Instrumental, Pire, Post-Metal

Founded in 2019, post-metal instrumentalists Pire, you could say, are a fairly new band to the ‘scene’, but its time

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The Ocean 'Holocene'
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Review: The Ocean ‘Holocene’

23rd May 202323rd May 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Pelagic Records, Post-Metal, Progressive, The Ocean

For twenty-three years, Germany’s progressive and post-metal act The Ocean, aka The Ocean Collective, under the steely guidance of guitarist

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Herod ‘Iconoclast’
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Review: Herod ‘Iconoclast’

16th May 202316th May 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Herod, Pelagic Records, Post-Metal

Having spent the initial part of the year indulging in the bountiful releases that have sprung forth from the stoner

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Dirge 'Dirge'
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Review: Dirge ‘Dirge’

16th March 202317th January 2026 Goro Riffs Dirge, Immersive Sounds, Post-Metal

Formed in 2014, Dirge bring their unique blend of doom rock, metal and psychedelic sludge from the Indian underground. The

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The All New The Sleeping Shaman Spotify Playlist

8th February 202321st March 2023 Lee Edwards Death Metal, Doom, Experimental, Heavy Rock, Noise-Rock, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Sludge, Spotify

We’ve had a Spotify Playlist for the last eighteen months or so to run alongside the site and features select

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Sarattma - Photo by Lenore Romas
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Video Premiere: Sarattma ‘Sciatic Haze’ – Taken From ‘Escape Velocity’ That’s Out Now

7th February 202316th March 2023 Lee Edwards Jazz, Nefarious Industries, Post-Metal, Prog, Sarattma

I think we could call this day of our dark lord Traumatic Tuesday. Why you ask? Well after watching the

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Dirge - Photo by Ankit Virdi
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Video Premiere: Dirge ‘Hollow’ – Taken From Their Self-Titled Album That Drops 10th March

1st February 20238th March 2023 Lee Edwards Dirge, Immersive Sounds, Post-Metal

Dirge, although they’ve been around since their formation in 2014, they might be a new name to some, so let’s

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Death Engine 'Ocean'
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Review: Death Engine ‘Ocean’

22nd January 20238th March 2023 Richard Murray Death Engine, Post-Metal, Throatruiner Records

Death Engine was formed in Lorient, France in 2012 and have been climbing the ranks of the European underground post-metal

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Raum Kingdom 'Monarch'
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Review: Raum Kingdom ‘Monarch’

19th January 20238th March 2023 Rob Walsh Argonauta Records, Post-Metal, Raum Kingdom, Sludge

There was a time when I was pretty fixated on so-called ‘post-metal’ and many of the analogous scenes and genres.

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KOLLAPS\E 'Phantom Centre'
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Review: KOLLAPS\E ‘Phantom Centre’

12th January 20238th March 2023 Reza Mills Kollapse, Post-Metal, Sludge, Trepanation Recordings

The backslash in KOLLAPS\E signifies a typographical mark used in computer programming, rather than English punctuation. Are the band computer

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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

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’

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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