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Roadburn Festival 2017 – Day 3 Review By Guido Segers
10th May 2017 at 7:16 pm

By the time breakfast is done and the coffee is consumed, I realise it’s already day 3 of Roadburn. My feet hurt and my back is painful, but my mind just wants to go on and on and feels as enthusiastic about extreme music…
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Cough ‘Still They Prey’ 2016
10th May 2017 at 7:00 pm

The first thing that strikes you about the latest offering from Virginian stoner doom outfit Cough’s latest album, Still They Prey, is the production. Comparisons with producer Jus Oborn’s seminal doom-mongers Electric Wizard and their psychedelic rumbling sound are obvious – Oborn’s distinctive guitar…
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Roadburn Festival 2017 – Day 2 Review By Guido Segers
9th May 2017 at 7:02 pm

After a good night’s rest and a hearty breakfast it’s time to head down to Tilburg again for the next instalment of Roadburn 2017. As most people know, there’s an excellent side-program at the festival. Today there’s a nice panel about the state of…
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-(16)- ‘Lifespan Of A Moth’ 2016
9th May 2017 at 6:49 pm

Before beginning this review, let me admit something to my shame: I had never heard of -(16)- before listening to Lifespan of a Moth. I am very glad that my days of dreadful ignorance are over. Lifespan Of A Moth is a heavyweight addition…
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Melvins ‘Basses Loaded’ 2016
9th May 2017 at 6:31 pm

(The) Melvins are, and have been for a long, long time now, Buzz Osborne and Dale Crover. Everyone else just kind of rolls in and out from album to tour to next album in a very fluid way. Basses Loaded takes that to a…
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Roadburn Festival 2017 – Day 1 Review By Guido Segers
8th May 2017 at 7:15 pm

We meet up in the Weirdo Canyon to discuss the plans for the day. Many a bearded fellow walks aimlessly around, waiting for the doors to open. It’s Roadburn 2017, baby! Roadburn turns 18 today and can legally drink (at least in the Netherlands)….
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Bright Curse ‘Before The Shore’ 2016
8th May 2017 at 6:52 pm

Talent comes in a great many forms, musical talent at least. Quite often, it bubbles and brews over time; a band kicks a few amps into shape in someone’s garage or spare room until a decent set of songs is in place, gigs a…
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Death ‘Scream Bloody Gore’ (Reissue) 2016
8th May 2017 at 6:35 pm

After a raft of classic album re-issues has shone a spotlight on some of metals very foundations, it’s now the turn of Death’s genre defining magnum opus Scream Bloody Gore to get exhumed. The ferocious debut has been dusted down, repackaged and the kitchen…
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Weirdo Canyon Dispatch – Roadburn 2017 Daily Fanzine Sunday Issue Now Available!
23rd April 2017 at 11:58 am

Live from Weirdo Canyon in Tilburg – Sunday, which is the 4th and final issue of Weirdo Canyon Dispatch, the Roadburn Festival daily fanzine is out now! Featuring a review from yesterday’s festivities by our man on the ground José Carlos Santos, the third and final…
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Weirdo Canyon Dispatch – Roadburn 2017 Daily Fanzine Saturday Issue Now Available!
22nd April 2017 at 12:05 pm

Live from Weirdo Canyon in Tilburg – Saturday, issue #3, of Weirdo Canyon Dispatch, the Roadburn Festival daily fanzine is out now! Featuring yesterday’s review along with 10 Years 10 Highlights Of Roadburn feature by José Carlos Santos, Part II of the Kim Kelly interview with John Dyer…
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