Review: Orme ‘No Serpents, No Saviours’ EP
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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Sludge
Barbarian Hermit / Under / Bodach / Shred Dibnah @ Rebellion, Manchester, 3rd August 2024
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’
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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Review: Berenice ‘Berenice’ EP
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’
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’
If you are into sludge metal, Gurt is one of those bands that everybody agrees on: these lads are downright
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Review: King Bastard ‘From Whence They Came’
New York four-piece King Bastard made a splash two years ago with their independently released debut album It Came From
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Review: SUMAC ‘The Healer’
SUMAC are a band that I’ve always heard good things about, but never managed to get around to listening to
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Review: Dopethrone ‘Broke Sabbath’
I’ve been a fan of Electric Wizard since their Dopethrone album came out. If truth be told I had a
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Review: Thou ‘Umbilical’
In the few weeks between the announcement of this album and its release, there has been such an abundance of
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Review: Kulk ‘It Gets Worse’
Although I’m a guitarist, I’d label myself more as a hobbyist. I have a few pedals, an amp and a
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