Review: Cult Of Luna ‘A Dawn To Fear’
In 2016 Swedish avant-garde metal titans Cult Of Luna collaborated with US underground noise siren Julie Christmas to produce one
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Review: Russian Circles ‘Blood Year’
If you’re reading this, then it’s quite likely you already know who Russian Circles are…maybe even listened to their earlier
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Sumac ‘What One Becomes’ CD/LP/DD 2016
Promotional snippets for Sumac’s latest full-length What One Becomes summarise the records’ tone and content more succinctly than should be
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Spider Kitten ‘Ark Of Octofelis’ CD/LP/DD/CS 2016
Another month and seemingly another release from prolific Newport collective Spider Kitten. Having made critical waves following the release of
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Mars Red Sky ‘Apex III (A Praise For The Burning Soul)’ CD/LP/DD 2016
French trio Mars Red Sky (Julian Pras-vocals/guitar, Jimmy Kinast-bass/vocals, Matieu Gazeau-drums) has emerged as one of the more unique heavy
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Torpor / Sonance – Split 12”/DD 2016
Torpor and Sonance have shared a stage so many times that a split between the two was inevitable and, given
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Cult Of Luna / The Old Wind ‘Råångest’ 12”/DD 2016
Råångest opens with Cult Of Luna’s cover of seminal 1980s proto-thrash metal band Amebix’s Last Will And Testament. Cult Of
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Crippled Black Phoenix ‘New Dark Age Tour EP’ CD/LP/DD 2015
Justin Greaves will be a familiar name for many, as sticksman for both sludge legends Iron Monkey and Doom icons
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The Fifth Alliance ‘Death Poems’ CD/LP/CS/DD 2015
It has taken The Fifth Alliance about 2 1/2 years to deliver a follow up to their highly acclaimed record
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Dreadnought ‘Bridging Realms’ CD/LP/DD 2015
Some bands fail to stand out, while others immediately seem to have something special. As you can probably tell if
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Kowloon Walled City ‘Grievances’ CD/LP/DD 2015
Chicago’s Kowloon Walled City have been plying their sludge tinged, post metal trade since 2007, but three albums and a
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