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KITE
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Premiere: KITE ‘Currents’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow Via Majestic Mountain Records

7th October 20218th November 2021 Lee Edwards KITE, Majestic Mountain Records, Post-Hardcore, Sludge

Followers of these hallowed pages should have read Will’s coverage of the latest album by Oslo residents KITE. Entitled Currents,

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KITE ‘Currents’
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Review: KITE ‘Currents’

6th October 20218th November 2021 Will J KITE, Majestic Mountain Records, Post-Hardcore, Sludge

I’ve always had a love for Swedish metal, whether it’s the melodeath of At the Gates, the post-sludge of Cult

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Wallowing / Vixen Maw / Slabdragger / Thin - 4-Way Split - UK
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Review: Wallowing/Vixen Maw/Slabdragger/Thin – 4 Way Split

30th September 20218th November 2021 Richard Murray Black Voodoo Records, Doom, Grindcore, Slabdragger, Sludge, Sludgelord Records, Vixen Maw, Wallowing

I can’t focus. And I don’t think I want to either. Everything is a let-down. Everything is canceled. So let’s

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Toom ‘Behold The Basilisk’
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Review: Toom ‘Behold The Basilisk’ EP

28th September 20218th November 2021 Mark Hunt-Bryden APF Records, Doom, Sludge, Toom

Music is an ever-evolving art form that changes with time and cultural trends, feeding off and reacting to events around

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Dizygote 'Fathoms'
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Review: Dizygote ‘Fathoms’ EP

27th September 202129th October 2021 Josh Schneider Desert Records, Dizygote, Hardcore, Sludge

Way down south where the humidity and temperature remain the same 98 fahrenheit all year round and dinosaurs still walk

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The Sleeping Shaman Spotify Playlist
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The Sleeping Shaman Spotify Playlist

17th September 202128th October 2021 Lee Edwards Doom, Experimental, Noise-Rock, Post-Rock, Psych, Sludge, Spotify

Shaman scribe Maxx recently created a Spotify Playlist, the aim is to add tracks that coincide with recent reviews, interviews

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Jon Imberton / Gangrened - Guitar & Pedalboard
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In Search Of Tone: Jon Imbernon Of Gangrened

13th September 202111th November 2021 Josh Schneider Doom, Gangrened, In Search Of Tone, Sludge

Jon Imbernon of the outstanding band Gangrened was kind enough to run through his massive pedalboard for us. That in

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Mastiff ‘Leave Me The Ashes Of The Earth’
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Review: Mastiff ‘Leave Me The Ashes Of The Earth’

7th September 202111th October 2021 Mark Hunt-Bryden eOne Heavy, Grindcore, Mastiff, Sludge

Emerging from the murky scene of Yorkshire in the UK in 2014, twisted five-piece Mastiff have been smashing grindcore and

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Seum 'Winterized'
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Review: Seum ‘Winterized’

3rd September 202111th October 2021 Reza Mills Independent, Seum, Sludge

It seems impossible to imagine any doom/stoner band without a guitarist to help deliver those crushing Tony Iommi style guitar

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Voidgazer ‘Dance of the Undesirables’
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Review: Voidgazer ‘Dance of the Undesirables’

27th August 202127th September 2021 Mark Hunt-Bryden Independent, Metal, Sludge, Voidgazer

Hailing from St Louis, Missouri brutal sludge metal act Voidgazer have the statement on their Facebook page that reads, ‘We

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Age Of The Wolf/Tel ‘Vigils’
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Review: Age Of The Wolf/Tel ‘Vigils’

26th August 202127th September 2021 Sandy Williamson Age Of The Wolf, Doom, Electric Talon Records, Sludge, Tel

Vigils is a split between bands from very different parts of the world with Costa Rican sludge doomers Age Of

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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

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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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