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Review: Slomatics ‘Strontium Fields’

5th September 20235th September 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Black Bow Records, Doom, Heavy Rock, Prog, Slomatics

I hear the word Strontium and think of the long-running British comic series Strontium Dogs, a concept based around the

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Kungens Män @ The White Hotel, Salford, 1st August 2023 – Photo by Lee Edwards
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Through The Lens: Kungens Män / Dead Sea Apes / Crooked Head @ The White Hotel, Salford, 1st August 2023

18th August 202319th August 2023 Lee Edwards Crooked Head, Dead Sea Apes, Kungens Män, Prog, Psych, Salford, The Beauty Witch, The White Hotel, Through The Lens

Another trip to The White Hotel in Salford, which seems to be the venue of choice for Manchester-based promoter The

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Wolf Prayer - Photo by Kevin Sutter
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Video Premiere: Wolf Prayer ‘Oblivion’ – New Album ‘Spell Of The Crimson Eye’ Drops 6th October

17th August 202317th August 2023 Lee Edwards Barhill Records, Prog, Wolf Prayer

Wolf Prayer, a three-piece hailing from the Rhineland-Palatinate region of Germany are a band who seamlessly walk the fine line

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Review: Darsombra ‘Dumesday Book’

7th August 20238th August 2023 Reza Mills Darsombra, Pnictogen Records, Prog, Psych

Formed in 2005, Darsombra are Baltimore duo Brian Daniloski (guitar, bass, vocals and sound design) and Ann Everton (synth, vocals,

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Review: Bees Made Honey In The Vein Tree ‘Aion’

3rd August 20233rd August 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Bees Made Honey In The Vein Tree, Doom, Magnetic Eye Records, Prog, Psych

As some high-profile bands openly discuss the idea of the album format being dead and pondering only releasing EPs in

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Darsombra
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Video Premiere: Darsombra ‘Gibbet Lore’ – From New Double Album ‘Dumesday Book’

1st August 20231st August 2023 Lee Edwards Darsombra, Pnictogen Records, Prog, Psych

How would you describe a band like Darsombra? Psych, kraut, prog, post-rock, post-metal, doom, drone or even good old rock

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Review: Weite ‘Assemblage’

21st July 202321st July 2023 Spring ‘The Strutter’ Chase Prog, Psych, Space Rock, Stickman Records, Weite

To ascertain if this album is just another jam band, I will have to do a few rituals before listening.

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Review: Klidas ‘No Harmony’

21st June 202321st June 2023 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Bird's Robe Records, Jazz, Klidas, Prog, Psych

Klidas (a Czech word which translates to ‘Giant of Silence’), the amazing five-piece experimental post-rock band from Macerata, Marche, Italy,

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Review: Yakuza ‘Sutra’

9th June 20239th June 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Jazz, Metal, Prog, Svart Records, Yakuza

As someone who has read (and written) a lot of column inches about heavy music, one of the phrases that

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Review: Saint Karloff ‘Paleolithic War Crimes’

8th June 20238th June 2023 Liam Blanc Doom, Majestic Mountain Records, Prog, Saint Karloff

It feels like a long since I reviewed Saint Karloff’s second album Interstellar Voodoo back in 2019. In those heady

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Trevor's Head 'A View From Below'
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Review: Trevor’s Head ‘A View From Below’

11th May 202311th May 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden APF Records, Heavy Rock, Prog, Punk, Trevor's Head

There are in reality few truly innovative acts left in music that manage to wow the audience beyond the point

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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’

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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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