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22nd September 202622nd September 2026 Lee Beamish Astro Queen, Black Willows, Colour Haze, Dunes, Earl Of Hell, Froglord, Holy Stone, Khan, London, Mehiga, Mount Hush, Okay You Win, Orbiter, Red Sun Atacama, Savanah, School Disco, Sleeping Mountain, Slomatics, Stoomfest, The Garage, The Lunar Effect, Thunder Horse

Just as you thought festival season was winding down for the year, there is one last surprise lurking within the

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Top Ten Of 2023: Matthew Williams

4th January 20244th January 2024 Matthew Williams 20 Watt Tombstone, Clouds Taste Satanic, Coffin Mulch, Enforced, Fire Down Below, Green Lung, Hellripper, Thunder Horse, Top Ten 2023, Tortured Demon, Urne

One of the joys of reviewing new releases is that you get to listen to all sorts of different styles

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Review: Thunder Horse ‘After The Fall’

18th July 202318th July 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Heavy Rock, Ripple Music, Thunder Horse

By their own admission, Texas-based hard rockers have a sound that is hard to pin down, or at least put

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Desertfest London 2023 – Sunday

12th June 202323rd February 2024 Ian M BIG|BRAVE, Black Groove, Blood Ceremony, Boris, Desertfest, Jo Quail, King Buffalo, London, Mars Red Sky, Nebula, Stoner Rock, Thunder Horse

This review of Day 3 of Desertfest is brought to you by the letter B. It starts in the Black

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Top Ten Of 2021: Liam Blanc

16th December 20218th February 2022 Liam Blanc Dr. Colossus, Heavy Temple, Land Mammal, Paralyzed, Redscale, Robots Of The Ancient World, Sonic Demon, Sunnata, Thunder Horse, Top Ten 2021, Void Commander

I’m in the mood to be optimistic, so let’s all bask in 2021 having been marginally less rubbish than 2020.

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Review: Thunder Horse ‘Chosen One’

12th March 202118th April 2021 Liam Blanc Chosen One, Heavy Metal, Heavy Rock, Ripple Music, Thunder Horse

Partly to inflate my word count, but mostly out of self-indulgence, I like to begin my reviews with a paragraph

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