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A Horse Called War 'Good For Glue (And Nothing Else)'
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Review: A Horse Called War ‘Good For Glue (And Nothing Else)’

24th October 20191st November 2019 Josuph Price A Horse Called War, APF Records, Good For Glue (And Nothing Else), Review, Sludge

Listening to this reminded me of The Foul Year Of Our Lord by Charger. I got thinking about UK sludge

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The Neptune Power Federation ‘Memoirs of a Rat Queen’
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Review: The Neptune Power Federation ‘Memoirs Of A Rat Queen’

23rd October 20191st November 2019 Liam Blanc Cruz Del Sur Music, Heavy Metal, Heavy Rock, Memoirs Of A Rat Queen, Review, The Neptune Power Federation

If you have a boring job that involves sitting at a computer and not talking to people, I’m sure you

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Cloud Rat ‘Pollinator’
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Review: Cloud Rat ‘Pollinator’

22nd October 201929th October 2019 Fossil Artoffact Records, Cloud Rat, Grindcore, Pollinator, Review

The words ‘savage’ and ‘brutal’ are so over-used when referring to grind (and all its variants) that, however much they

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Nightstalker ‘Great Hallucinations’
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Review: Nightstalker ‘Great Hallucinations’

21st October 201929th October 2019 Liam Blanc Great Hallucinations, Heavy Psych Sounds, Heavy Rock, Nightstalker, Review

I’m not sure if it’s because I hadn’t been paying attention, but Heavy Psych Sounds seems to have suddenly gotten

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Woodhawk ‘Violent Nature’
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Review: Woodhawk ‘Violent Nature’

18th October 201929th October 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden Review, Self Released, Violent Nature, Woodhawk

I have been reviewing albums in an Olympic like capacity (i.e. lots of hard work and no pay) since writing

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Planet Of Zeus ‘Faith In Physics’
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Review: Planet Of Zeus ‘Faith In Physics’

17th October 201923rd October 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden Faith In Physics, Heavy Psych Sounds, Planet Of Zeus, Review

Greek stoner road warriors Planet Of Zeus have been grinding away since forming in Athens back in 2000, releasing 5

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Gatecreeper 'Deserted'
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Review: Gatecreeper ‘Deserted’

14th October 201923rd October 2019 Sandy Williamson Death Metal, Deserted, Gatecreeper, Relapse Records, Review

Tucson, Arizona’s Gatecreeper are the latest band to find their way onto the mighty Relapse Records, and the three year

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Viaduct ‘Wake’
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Review: Viaduct ‘Wake’

9th October 201923rd October 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden Alternative, Post-Punk, Review, Shoegaze, Viaduct, Wake

Earlier this year, before the resurrection of The Sleeping Shaman, three renowned members of the UK post-rock scene entered Campbell

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Cult Of Luna ‘A Dawn To Fear’
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Review: Cult Of Luna ‘A Dawn To Fear’

8th October 201923rd October 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden A Dawn To Fear, Cult Of Luna, Metal Blade Records, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Review

In 2016 Swedish avant-garde metal titans Cult Of Luna collaborated with US underground noise siren Julie Christmas to produce one

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Andrew DR Abbott ‘Dead In Chellow Dean’
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Review: Andrew DR Abbott ‘Dead In Chellow Dean’

7th October 201922nd October 2019 Josuph Price Acoustic, Andrew DR Abbott, Cardinal Fuzz Records, Dead In Chellow Dean, Experimental, Feeding Tube Records, Review

Andrew DR Abbott is an artist, musician, and writer based in the UK. You may know him from weird rhythmic

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Ecstatic Vision 'For The Masses'
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Review: Ecstatic Vision ‘For The Masses’

4th October 201922nd October 2019 Rob Savela Ecstatic Vision, For The Masses, Heavy Psych Sounds, Psych, Review, Space Rock

Ecstatic Vision = That which is a lived expression of pain and passion from the heights of culture to the

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