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Review: The Awesome Machine ‘…It’s Ugly Or Nothing – Beneath The Desert Floor: Chapter 1’

4th January 20244th January 2024 Liam Blanc Ripple Music, The Awesome Machine

I love the idea behind Beneath The Desert Floor, Ripple Music’s new series of vinyl releases, to: ‘uncover lost treasures

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Review: Cancer Christ ‘God Is Violence’

3rd January 20243rd January 2024 Reza Mills Cancer Christ, Seeing Red Records, Thrash Metal

First out the gate in 2024 are oddball LA outfit Cancer Christ, who aesthetically appear to have borrowed GWAR’s sense

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Review: Wodorost ‘From The Depths’

2nd January 20242nd January 2024 David J McLaren Desert Rock, Independent, Post-Rock, Wodorost

From the dusty plains of Poland come desert rock trio Wodorost. I’m not an expert geographer by any measure, and

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Review: San Leo ‘Aves Raras’

29th December 202329th December 2023 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Bronson Recordings, Electronic, Psych, San Leo

The Italian experimental and sonically multiform duo San Leo, whose name is inspired by a historical medieval fortress of the

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Review: Gévaudan ‘Umbra’

28th December 202328th December 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Doom, Gévaudan, Meuse Music Records

I suppose I’m old enough, or certainly of the persuasion, that I remain a child of the album format. Whilst

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Review: Boss Keloid ‘The Calming Influence Of Teeth’ [Reissue]

27th December 202327th December 2023 Matthew Williams Boss Keloid, Church Road Records

I am often sceptical about bands re-issuing certain albums from earlier in their careers, but this seems like a really

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Review: EMBR ‘EMBR’

26th December 202326th December 2023 Lee Beamish Black Doomba Records, Doom, EMBR, Sludge

It’s been a long while since I heard from EMBR last. After the success of Idolatry, the grunge covers EP,

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Review: Feral Forms ‘Premalignant’ EP

22nd December 202322nd December 2023 Matt Alexander Death Metal, Feral Forms, Filth Junkies Records, Grindcore, Night Terrors Records

‘But you can’t hear the lyrics…’ they cry! Well, who the fuck cares when the vocals sound like the Balrog

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Review: Hibushibire ‘Magical Metamorphosis Third Eye’

21st December 202321st December 2023 Sandy Williamson Hibushibire, Psych, Riot Season

When I recently told the head Shaman about my nascent interest in classic Japanese psych rock as I had just

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Review: Asteroid Witch / Greenseeker – Split

20th December 202320th December 2023 Spring ‘The Strutter’ Chase Asteroid Witch, Doom, Electric Valley Records, Greenseeker, Psych

Since the end of the Mayan calendar on December 31st, 2012 astronomical events occurred in the 21st century. Technically speaking,

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Review: Left Cross ‘Upon Desecrated Altars’

19th December 202319th December 2023 Todd Robinson Death Metal, Left Cross, Profound Lore Records

The last couple of years has seen a massive injection of life into death metal with stellar releases from established

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