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Switchblade Jesus ‘Death Hymns’
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Review: Switchblade Jesus ‘Death Hymns’

11th June 202121st July 2021 Mark Hunt-Bryden Cursed Tongue Records, Hybrid Records, Sludge, Switchblade Jesus

Coming this year as a cassette re-issue, Death Hymns by brutal Corpus Christi trio Switchblade Jesus was released last year

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Mountain Of Smoke ‘Gods of Biomechanics V1.5’
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Review: Mountain Of Smoke ‘Gods of Biomechanics V1.5’

7th June 20217th July 2021 Mark Hunt-Bryden Industrial, Mountain Of Smoke, Seeing Red Records, Sludge

I’ll get my confession out of the way now and it’s two fold. Firstly, I’m a huge Blade Runner fan,

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Somnuri 'Nefarious Wave'
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Review: Somnuri ‘Nefarious Wave’

2nd June 20217th July 2021 Lee Beamish Blues Funeral Recordings, Prog Metal, Sludge, Somnuri

Once in a while something truly inescapable comes along, which hits you right in the face, and forces you to

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IO ‘Fire’
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Review: IO ‘Fire’

31st May 20217th July 2021 Sandy Williamson Argonauta Records, Doom, IO, Sludge

The debut record from Italy’s IO, Fire, takes much inspiration from the band’s namesake, the fiery lava ridden moon of

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Black Tar Superstar 'The Black Flame'
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Review: Black Tar Superstar ‘The Black Flame’

28th May 202130th June 2021 Reza Mills Artillery Music Group, Black Tar Superstar, Doom, Sludge

Akron, Ohio is well-known for its New Wave scene with legends such as Devo, Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders), The Bizarros

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Cult Of Occult ‘Ruin’ EP
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Review: Cult Of Occult ‘Ruin’

18th May 202122nd June 2021 Richard Murray Breathe Plastic Records, Cult of Occult, Doom, Music Fear Satan, Sludge

Cult Of Occult have been delivering the sludgy goodness since 2011’s Self-Titled debut. Truth be told they’ve always had this

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Genuflection ‘Veil’
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Review: Genuflection ‘Veil’

14th May 202118th June 2021 Sandy Williamson Death Doom, Genuflection, Independent, Sludge, Veil

Irish sludge doom crushers Genuflection‘s debut record Veil came out last March, but they have just added a vinyl release

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Gangrened 'Deadly Algorithm'
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Review: Gangrened ‘Deadly Algorithm’

12th May 202113th September 2021 Ian M Burial Records, Deadly Algorithm, Domestic System, Doom, Gangrened, Kohina Records, Noizeland Records, Odio Sonoro, Quebranta Records, Sludge, Trepanation Recordings, Violence In The Veins

Gangrened produce a varied and excellent debut album, confounding expectations with an open-minded take on the sludge genre. I found

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Aerosol Jesus
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Premiere: Aerosol Jesus ‘Survive’ – Releases This Friday, 23rd April

21st April 202124th May 2021 Lee Edwards Aerosol Jesus, Black Voodoo Records, Post-Hardcore, Sludge, Sludgelord Records

Following on from the 10,000 Years stream earlier, its now time change things up with the post-hardcore sludge from Brighton

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Body Void 'Bury Me Beneath This Rotting Earth'
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Review: Body Void ‘Bury Me Beneath This Rotting Earth’

20th April 202124th May 2021 Mark Louth Body Void, Bury Me Beneath This Rotting Earth, Doom, Prosthetic Records, Sludge

It’s always worthwhile to dwell on your own mortality. As slaves to the human condition, we spend so much of

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Aerosol Jesus 'Survive'
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Review: Aerosol Jesus ‘Survive’

19th April 202124th May 2021 Jamie Grimes Aerosol Jesus, Black Voodoo Records, Post-Hardcore, Sludge, Sludgelord Records, Survive

Please welcome into your life, if you haven’t already, possibly the most exciting metallic band to come from the UK

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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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