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Review: Remote Viewing ‘State Violence’

27th October 202630th October 2026 Harry Holmes Hardcore, Human Worth, Remote Viewing, Sludge

There’s no messing with this record’s title. Arriving with the PR foreshadowing of ‘their most direct statement yet’, it poses

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Review: Pleb ‘Grease Trap’ EP

28th August 202628th August 2026 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Hardcore, Human Worth, Pleb, Sludge

Pleb don’t ease you into Grease Trap; they hurl you straight into the meat grinder. Hailing from Leeds, UK, the

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Review: Kulk ‘Choosing To Die’

26th August 202626th August 2026 Lee Beamish Church Road Records, Kulk, Sludge

Well, well, well, what have we here… could it be… yes, it could, it’s only the brand-spanking new album Choosing

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Review: Tomb Slab ‘Tomb Slab’

5th August 20265th August 2026 Tom Hanno Road To Masochist, Sludge, Tomb Slab

The basis for what would become Tomb Slab stretches back to 2024, when The Atrocity Exhibit guitarist James Caygill and

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Review: Froglord ‘The Mystic Toad’ [Reissue]

30th July 202630th July 2026 Lee Beamish Black Throne Productions, Doom, Froglord, Sludge

If you are a gig-going member of the UK public, I have no doubt that sometime in the last few

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Review: Nxmad ‘The Second Fall’

29th July 202629th July 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden APF Records, Hardcore, Nxmad, Sludge

Once upon a time in the North of England, there was a band called Nomad. They were full of raw

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Review: Lair Of The Minotaur ‘I HAIL I’

16th June 202616th June 2026 Sandy Williamson Lair Of The Minotaur, Sludge, The Grind-House Records, Thrash Metal

The return of Chicago’s Lair Of The Minotaur has been a long time coming, having been in relative silence since

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Video Premiere: Froglord ‘Croak’ – Swamp-Soaked Sludge From ‘The Mystic Toad’ Repress

1st June 20262nd June 2026 Lee Edwards Black Throne Productions, Froglord, Sludge

Emerging once again from the Bristolian mire, the amphibious overlords known as Froglord return to deliver another dose of thick,

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Review: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol. 1, 1972 – 1984’

22nd May 202622nd May 2026 Sandy Williamson -(16)-, Heavy Psych Sounds, Sludge

A covers album can be one of two things: an easy cash-in record to fill time between studio releases or,

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Review: TONS ‘Stoned Villains’

22nd May 202622nd May 2026 Rob Walsh Heavy Psych Sounds, Sludge, Tons

A menacing laugh – most likely from the late great Vincent Price (think the end of Thriller) – opens TONS’

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Review: Radian ‘Subterfuge’

12th May 202612th May 2026 Rob Walsh Elburno Records, Radian, Sludge

What if Ancient Egypt never fell? Would we live in a world of massive modern pyramids ruling our skylines? Would

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Premiere: Bliss Mountain Vol.2 2026 – Conny Ochs, Might, Jacke Schwarz & Fire Artist Johanna Marie
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Premiere: Ensemble Tikoro ‘Tortoise’ – New Album Lands 23rd October via Jangjang Records
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Premiere: Ensemble Tikoro ‘Tortoise’ – New Album Lands 23rd October via Jangjang Records

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Premiere: Spider Kitten ‘God Don’t Sleep’ – New Album Lands This Friday, 2nd October
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