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Rotten Sound 'Mass Extinction' EP Artwork
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Review: Rotten Sound ‘Mass Extinction’ EP

19th January 202619th January 2026 Sandy Williamson Grind, Rotten Sound, Season Of Mist

Finnish grindcore veterans Rotten Sound started when their genre was at its lowest coolness factor, blasted everyone to pieces for

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Stoned Jesus 'Songs To Sun' Artwork
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Review: Stoned Jesus ‘Songs To Sun’

1st October 20251st October 2025 Lee Beamish Heavy Rock, Season Of Mist, Stoned Jesus

Back in 2023, I had the opportunity to review the newest album by one of my elite selection of bands,

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Crippled Black Phoenix 'The Wolf Changes Its Fur But Not Its Nature' + 'Horrific Honorifics Number Two(2)' Artwork
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Review: Crippled Black Phoenix ‘The Wolf Changes Its Fur But Not Its Nature’ + ‘Horrific Honorifics Number Two(2)’

6th December 20246th December 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Alternative, Crippled Black Phoenix, Prog, Season Of Mist

In the twenty years since former Iron Monkey drummer Justin Greaves founded the dark rock band Crippled Black Phoenix, encouraged

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Heilung 'LIFA Iotungard (Live At Red Rocks 2021)' Artwork
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Review: Heilung ‘LIFA Iotungard (Live At Red Rocks 2021)’

9th August 202412th August 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Folk, Heilung, Norse, Season Of Mist

Heilung are approaching the latest hot new thing, what with being featured on both the UK’s Download Festival and the

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Review: Thy Catafalque ‘Alföld’

14th July 202314th July 2023 Richard Murray Avant-Garde, Black Metal, Season Of Mist, Thy Catafalque

Thy Catafalque have been at this atmospheric black metal game since their 1999 debut Sublunary Tragedies. A few lineup changes

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The Devil's Trade 'Vidékek Vannak Idebenn' Artwork
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Review: The Devil’s Trade ‘Vidékek Vannak Idebenn’

7th July 202310th July 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Dark, Folk, Folk Doom, Season Of Mist, The Devil’s Trade

The most striking thing about the dark Hungarian doom/folk band, for me, is Dávid Makó’s voice. Over a traditional musical

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Johnny The Boy 'You' Artwork
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Review: Johnny The Boy ‘You’

7th June 20238th June 2023 Lee Beamish Black Metal, Crust, Johnny The Boy, Season Of Mist

Sometimes, something that has transpired organically can become one of the most wondrous things indeed. Whether it be music, art,

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Rotten Sound 'Apocalypse'
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Review: Rotten Sound ‘Apocalypse’

28th March 202317th January 2026 Simon Brotherton Grindcore, Rotten Sound, Season Of Mist

By their own admission, Finland’s biggest grindcore exports have been a tad tardy getting album number eight out of the

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OAK 'Disintegrate'
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Review: OAK ‘Disintegrate’

20th March 202317th January 2026 Sandy Williamson Doom, Oak, Season Of Mist

Portugal’s OAK, one of many with the same name on the Encyclopaedia Metallum, are a band whose journey began on

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Stoned Jesus 'Father Light'
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Review: Stoned Jesus ‘Father Light’

7th March 202317th January 2026 Lee Beamish Heavy Rock, Season Of Mist, Stoned Jesus

Over the last decade, one band I have become increasingly more aware of as time has passed is Stoned Jesus.

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Crippled Black Phoenix 'Banefyre'
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Review: Crippled Black Phoenix ‘Banefyre’

6th September 20229th December 2022 James Bullock Crippled Black Phoenix, Prog, Season Of Mist

Crippled Black Phoenix (CPB) are brilliant at expressing profound anger and bitterness through their music. This latest release, Banefyre, is

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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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