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Zombi ‘Liquid Crystal’
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Review: Zombi ‘Liquid Crystal’ EP

5th May 20217th June 2021 Reza Mills Liquid Crystal, Prog, Relapse Records, Synth, Zombi

For those new to the Zombi world, they’re a duo made up of Steve Moore on bass/synthesizers, A.E. Paterra on

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Zouo ‘Agony憎悪Remains’
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Review: Zouo ‘Agony憎悪Remains’

5th May 20217th June 2021 Jamie Grimes Agony Remains, Crust, Punk, Relapse Records, Zouo

Surprising as it was to see Relapse Records reissue GISM’s Detestation recently – perhaps the most infamous and legendary of

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Genghis Tron ‘Dream Weapon’
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Review: Genghis Tron ‘Dream Weapon’

28th April 20214th June 2021 David J McLaren Dream Weapon, Electronic, Genghis Tron, Relapse Records

For the moment there, around a dozen years ago, there were many people pointing at Genghis Tron as being the

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ILSA 'Preyer'
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Review: ILSA ‘Preyer’

22nd February 202122nd March 2021 Sandy Williamson Doom, Ilsa, Preyer, Relapse Records, Sludge

Recorded just as 2020 began to close in on itself, the new record from Washington DC’s ILSA, Preyer, is clearly

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Boris With Merzbow '2R0I2P0'
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Review: Boris With Merzbow ‘2R0I2P0’

8th February 20219th March 2021 Will J 2R0I2P0, Boris, Doom, Drone, Merzbow, Noise, Relapse Records

Boris and Merzbow have worked together so often that Boris With Merzbow might as well be classed as an act

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Thomas V. Jäger
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In Search Of Tone: Thomas V. Jäger Of Monolord

1st February 20213rd March 2021 Josh Schneider Acoustic, In Search Of Tone, Monolord, Relapse Records, RidingEasy Records, Stoner Doom, Thomas V. Jäger

The opening riff of their debut album Empress Rising is all it took for me to become a Monolord fan.

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Ceremony ‘In The Spirit World Now (Synthetic Remixes)’
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Review: Ceremony ‘In The Spirit World Now (Synthetic Remixes)’

5th November 20204th December 2020 Will J Ceremony, In The Spirit World Now (Synthetic Remixes), Relapse Records, Synth

I’m going to get this out of the way first… I LOVE Ceremony, and in my opinion they’re one of

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Realize ‘Machine Violence’
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Review: Realize ‘Machine Violence’

24th September 202026th October 2020 Lee Beamish Industrial, Machine Violence, Metal, Realize, Relapse Records

It’s been a long time since any industrial metal release has made any impact in my life, and I still

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Incantation ‘Sect Of Vile Divinities’
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Review: Incantation ‘Sect Of Vile Divinities’

14th August 202016th September 2020 Sandy Williamson Death Metal, Incantation, Relapse Records, Sect Of Vile Divinities

As a good friend of mine once said, there’s death metal and then there’s Incantation. As a band who are

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Primitive Man ‘Immersion’
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Review: Primitive Man ‘Immersion’

13th August 202016th September 2020 Matt Alexander Doom, Immersion, Primitive Man, Relapse Records, Sludge

Bleak, merciless, cruel and monstrously fucking heavy are just a few ways of describing the sound of who I have

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Inter Arma 'Garbers Days Revisited'
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Review: Inter Arma ‘Garbers Days Revisited’

30th July 202014th September 2020 Sandy Williamson Garbers Days Revisited, Inter Arma, Prog Metal, Relapse Records

When I initially took this review on, I didn’t even notice that it was a covers record. Basically ever since

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