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Oathbreaker @ Temples Festival 2014
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Temples Festival 2014 – Day 3 Review By Dave Bowes

21st May 201413th September 2019 Dave Bowes Antony Roberts, Beastmilk, Black Moth, Bristol, Clutch, Dave Bowes, Doomriders, Dragged Into Sunlight, Gonga, HARK, Herder, Human Cull, Lionize, Live Review, Motion, Oathbreaker, Repulsion, Sss, Temples Festival, Temples Festival 2014, The Secret, War Wolf

After the devastation that Neurosis wrought on Saturday, the festival could have called in sick and had a lie in

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TEMPLES FESTIVAL 2014: 15 More Acts Confirmed

19th September 2013 Lee Edwards A Storm Of Light, Anaal Nathrakh, Blood Ceremony, Bristol, Conan, Doom (band), Doomriders, Dragged Into Sunlight, Moss, News, Satan’s Satyrs, Sss, Temples Festival, The Secret, Tombs, Vitamin X, Wolfbrigade

Ladies and Gentlemen, Temples Festival are ecstatic to announce an additional 15 bands for the first installment of Temples Festival

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THE SECRET Releases New Official Video; Band Confirms Fall Tour Of Japan

9th July 2013 Lee Edwards Agnus Dei, Japanese Tour 2013, May God Damn All Of Us, New Video, News, Seven Billion Graves, Southern Lord, The Secret

THE SECRET has unfurled a new video from their 2012-released Agnus Dei LP this week. Directed and edited by Rasmus

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The Secret UK/EU Tour Dates With Deafheaven During April & May 2013

22nd January 2013 Lee Edwards Agnus Dei, Deafheaven, Euro Tour 2013, News, Southern Lord, The Secret

Fresh from their tour with Converge, Touch Amore and A Storm Of Light, and proving to be quite the unstoppable

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The Secret ‘Agnus Dei’ LP/CD 2012

17th October 20123rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2012, Agnus Dei, CD, Crust, Death Metal, Grindcore, Jamie Grimes, LP, Review, Sludge, Southern Lord, The Secret

Having been on what seems like an endless tour since the release of their “Salve et Coagula” record a couple

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THE SECRET Premiere New Noise Via Brooklyn Vegan

19th September 2012 Lee Edwards Agnus Dei, Audio Stream, Brooklyn Vegan, Converge, Euro Tour 2012, New Album, News, Southern Lord, The Secret

If one ever needs a prompt that apocalypse is near, a session with Italy’s most destructive musical force will certainly

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THE SECRET To Support Kvelertak And Toxic Holocaust

17th October 2011 Lee Edwards Euro Tour 2011, Kvelertak, News, Solve Et Coagula, Southern Lord, The Secret, Toxic Holocaust

The Secret are going on a huge tour this November supporting Kvelertak and Toxic Holocaust throughout the UK and Europe.

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The Secret / Tombs Irish & UK Tour dates

27th July 2011 Lee Edwards Gigs, Irish Tour, News, The Secret, Tombs, UK Tour

The Secret kick off their Irish/UK tour next week… Here are the dates: 05/8/11 – UK London @ Borderline 06/8/11

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The Secret ‘Solve Et Coagula’ CD/LP 2010

1st September 20102nd September 2019 Pete Green 2010, Blackened Crust, CD, Death Crust, Hardcore, LP, Pete Green, Review, Solve Et Coagula, Southern Lord, The Secret

It would be a tough task to review Southern Lord’s latest sonic slab of filth without using the word ‘blackened’

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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’

3rd April 20263rd April 2026 Lee Edwards

Following Wednesday’s premiere of an excerpt built around INTERVAL 1, TESA return with a second glimpse into TESA MAN, this

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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Video Premiere: Desert Storm ‘Law Unto Myself’ – Taken From New Album That Drops 6th March
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Video Premiere: Desert Storm ‘Law Unto Myself’ – Taken From New Album That Drops 6th March

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Video Premiere: The Mon ‘Ritual Of Night Violence’ – From ‘Songs Of Embrace’ That Drops 6th March
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Video Premiere: The Mon ‘Ritual Of Night Violence’ – From ‘Songs Of Embrace’ That Drops 6th March

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