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Kulk - Earth House
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Premiere: Kulk ‘Live At The Earth House’

30th January 202530th January 2025 Lee Edwards Doom, Earth House, Human Worth, Kulk, Noise-Rock, Sludge

Get ready, dear readers as today, we’ve got something truly special to enchant your senses, both visual and auditory. The

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Torpor @ The Peer Hat, Manchester, 18th November 2024 – Photo by Lee Edwards
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Torpor & Host Body @ The Peer Hat, Manchester, 18th November 2024

6th January 20256th January 2025 Matthew Williams Gizeh Records, Host Body, Manchester, Post-Metal, Sludge, The Peer Hat, Torpor

With the first drops of snow forecast for mid-November, it’s a cold and dark night as I head up to

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Review: Witchpit ‘Forever Spoken’

14th November 202414th November 2024 Matthew Williams Doom, Heavy Psych Sounds, Sludge, Witchpit

I remember when I first listened to South Carolina’s mighty sludge masters Witchpit as it was a time when I

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Review: Swamp Coffin ‘Drowning Glory’

27th September 202415th December 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden APF Records, Sludge, Swamp Coffin

Rothertham’s Swamp Coffin began life in 2016 with vocalist/guitarist Jon Rhodes and drummer David Winstow looking for a way ‘of

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Review: Kurokuma ‘Of Amber And Sand’

11th September 202411th September 2024 Sandy Williamson Doom, Independent, Kurokuma, Sludge

A decade after Sheffield’s Kurokuma first appeared in the ever productive UK underground, their second full-length record Of Amber And

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Review: Orme ‘No Serpents, No Saviours’ EP

3rd September 20243rd September 2024 Sandy Williamson Doom, Independent, Orme, Sludge

The self-titled, double album debut from UK sludge/drone/doom trio Orme was pretty well received last year, but when it is

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Barbarian Hermit @ Rebellion, Manchester, 3rd August 2024 – Photo by Lee Edwards
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Barbarian Hermit / Under / Bodach / Shred Dibnah @ Rebellion, Manchester, 3rd August 2024

2nd September 20242nd September 2024 Matthew Williams APF Records, Barbarian Hermit, Bodach, Doom, Heavy Rock, Manchester, Rebellion, Shred Dibnah, Sludge, Stoner, Under

After a relative gig drought, for me at least, of some twenty-three days, I was finally back watching some live

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Review: Dionize ‘Lighthouse’

28th August 202428th August 2024 Rob Walsh Argonauta Records, Dionize, Sludge, Stoner

I’ve always been in awe of the one-person musical act. Whether it was the work of Boston’s Tom Scholz and

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Berenice 'Berenice' EP Artwork
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Review: Berenice ‘Berenice’ EP

27th August 202427th August 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden APF Records, Berenice, Crust, Hardcore, Sludge

Freshly minted and with the musical equivalent of that new car smell, Berenice, the UK five-piece hailing from East Anglia

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Review: Barbarian Hermit ‘Mean Sugar’

1st August 20241st August 2024 Matthew Williams APF Records, Barbarian Hermit, Doom, Heavy Metal, Sludge, Stoner

I live about an hour south of Manchester, and I like to think that I keep my ear to the

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Review: Gurt ‘Satan Etc’

24th July 202424th July 2024 Nessie Spencer Gurt, Sludge, When Planets Collide

If you are into sludge metal, Gurt is one of those bands that everybody agrees on: these lads are downright

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

1st June 20262nd June 2026 Lee Edwards

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

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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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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