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Crippled Black Phoenix @ Rebellion, Manchester, 9th Sept 2022 - Photo by Lee Edwards
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Through The Lens: Crippled Black Phoenix / MØL / Impure Wilhelmina @ Rebellion, Manchester, 9th September 2022

16th September 20229th December 2022 Lee Edwards Black Metal, Crippled Black Phoenix, Impure Wilhelmina, MØL, Post-Metal, Prog, Rebellion, Through The Lens

I took a trip to the Rebellion venue in Manchester last Friday to photograph the triple header of prog overlords

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Abest 'Molten Husk'
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Review: Abest ‘Molten Husk’

26th August 202230th September 2022 Richard Murray Abest, Moment Of Collapse Records, Post-Metal

Hailing from Göttingen, Germany, and forming in late 2011, Abest take great pride in culling together atmospheric post-metal and death

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AEIR ‘Vol I: A Frith Befouled’
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Review: AEIR ‘Vol I: A Frith Befouled’

17th August 202223rd September 2022 Richard Murray AEIR, Moment Of Collapse Records, Post-Metal

AEIR are a band who take abundant pride in their storytelling. Being a UK and US based act and featuring

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Sarattma 'Escape Velocity'
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Review: Sarattma ‘Escape Velocity’

5th August 202223rd September 2022 James Bullock Jazz, Nefarious Industries, Post-Metal, Prog, Sarattma

You might want to sit down for this one, or just stop the pretence and lie down. Post-metal duo Sarattma’s

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Sleestak 'Harbinger'
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Review: Sleestak ‘Harbinger’

28th July 202228th August 2022 Mark Hunt-Bryden Altrusian Grace Media, Post-Metal, Prog, Sleestak

Somebody told me once that time is a flat circle… OK, so that is a lie. It is a quote

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Final Light 'Final Light'
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Review: Final Light ‘Final Light’

26th July 202228th August 2022 Mark Hunt-Bryden Cult Of Luna, Final Light, James Kent, Johannes Persson, Perturbator, Post-Metal, Red Crk Recordings, Synth

Originally billed as a one-time project (although happily recent interviews may suggest that if the planets align correctly this could

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Hush
Streams 

Premiere: Hush ‘I Am Without Heaven And A Law Unto Myself’ – New Album Drops 24th June

16th June 202227th July 2022 Lee Edwards Hush, Independent, Post-Metal, Sludge, Sludgelord Records

Where do we start with a band like Hush? They first hit the scene back in 2014, but in 2022,

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Gozer 'An Endless Static'
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Review: Gozer ‘An Endless Static’

10th June 202219th December 2023 Richard Murray Gozer, Post-Metal, Trepanation Recordings

Atmospheric sludge just does this thing to me where my heart can flourish, my thoughts melt into oblivion, and I

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Breaths/DIMWIND 'Seasons'
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Premiere: Breaths/DIMWIND ‘Seasons’ – Releases This Friday, 15th April, Via Trepanation Recordings

13th April 202226th May 2022 Lee Edwards Blackgaze, Breaths, DIMWIND, Post-Metal, Trepanation Recordings

If instrumental post-metal meets post-black metal and blackgaze that has its finger on the pulse at the destruction of the

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Absent In Body 'Plague God'
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Review: Absent In Body ‘Plague God’

25th March 20224th May 2022 Josh Schneider Absent In Body, Doom, Post-Metal

Steve Von Till has been busy with his solo albums, and I’ve been soaking in everything he has released. Scott

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Johannes Persson
G-Q Interviews 

In Search Of Tone: Johannes Persson Of Cult Of Luna

7th March 20224th May 2022 Josh Schneider Cult Of Luna, In Search Of Tone, Johannes Persson, Metal Blade Records, Post-Metal, Red Crk Recordings

Do I even need to write a paragraph or two about Cult of Luna? It’s a metal band from Sweden,

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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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