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Author: Dave Bowes

TenHornedBeast 'The Lamp Of No Light'
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Review: TenHornedBeast ‘The Lamp Of No Light’

28th April 202227th May 2022 Dave Bowes Cold Spring Records, Drone, Soundscapes, TenHornedBeast

The Doom Stone. Just how metal a name is that? A relic from the 12th century, it currently resides in

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Lili Refrain 'Mana'
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Review: Lili Refrain ‘Mana’

8th April 202226th May 2022 Dave Bowes Experimental, Lili Refrain, Subsound Records

It’s been almost a decade since Lili Refrain last put out a full-length, the criminally underrated Kawax. A tangled, ritualistic

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Non Serviam/Gallkrist – Split EP
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Review: Non Serviam/Gallkrist – Split EP

16th February 202228th March 2022 Dave Bowes Bad Moon Rising, Dungeon Synth, Electronic, Gallkrist, Non Serviam, Trepanation Recordings

Considering the fact that 2021 was another year that seemed to stand still for many, it’s interesting to note that

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Lindy-Fay Hella & Dei Farne ‘Hildring’
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Review: Lindy-Fay Hella & Dei Farne ‘Hildring’

30th November 202111th January 2022 Dave Bowes By Norse Music, Dei Farne, Electronic, Folk, Lindy-Fay Hella, Pop Rock

If Lindy-Fay Hella hasn’t been the face of the Norse musical revival that has been bubbling away for the past

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Farer ‘Monad’
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Review: Farer ‘Monad’

22nd September 202128th October 2021 Dave Bowes Blackened Doom, Farer, Tartarus Records

It’s always nice to hear from that band you used to love, especially when they’ve been lost in the wilderness

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Boris 'NO'
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Review: Boris ‘NO’, ‘Phenomenons Drive’ & Z.O.A Collaboration ‘Refrain’

3rd July 202021st August 2020 Dave Bowes Boris, Dog Knight Productions, Doom, Drone, Independent, No, Phenomenons Drive, Refrain, Z.O.A.

It’s not the first time in Boris’ long and impressive history that fans have been treated to a bumper serving

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Acid Mothers Temple Feat: Geoff Leigh ‘Chosen Star Child’s Confession’
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Review: Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. Feat: Geoff Leigh ‘Chosen Star Child’s Confession’

19th May 202017th June 2020 Dave Bowes Acid Mothers Temple, Chosen Star Child’s Confession, Experimental, Geoff Leigh, Psych, Riot Season

For a band, who by their very nature, have never had a concrete line-up, instead operating as an amorphous collective

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BlackLab 'Abyss'
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Review: BlackLab ‘Abyss’

18th May 202017th June 2020 Dave Bowes Abyss, BlackLab, Doom, New Heavy Sounds, Sludge

Although BlackLab, Osaka’s ‘dark witch doom’ duo (their words, not mine) made quite the impression with Under The Strawberry Moon

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Gnaw Their Tongues ‘I Speak The Truth, Yet With Every Word Uttered, Thousands Die’
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Review: Gnaw Their Tongues ‘I Speak The Truth, Yet With Every Word Uttered, Thousands Die’

11th May 20209th June 2020 Dave Bowes Consouling Sounds, Experimental, Gnaw Their Tongues, I Speak The Truth Yet With Every Word Uttered Thousands Die, Maurice De Jong, Noise

There’s a little part of the brain that wonders if now is the right time for Gnaw Their Tongues. It’s

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Total Fucking Destruction ‘…to be alive at the end of the world’
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Review: Total Fucking Destruction ‘…to be alive at the end of the world’

21st April 202022nd May 2020 Dave Bowes …to be alive at the end of the world, Grindcore, Total Fucking Destruction, Translation Loss Records

With more splits to their name than a yoga influencer’s Instagram and a general recording history that would put the

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BlackLab
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BlackLab Interview With Yuko & Chia

17th April 202022nd May 2020 Dave Bowes Abyss, BlackLab, Doom, New Heavy Sounds

When you hear the phrase ‘dark witch doom’, it’s hard to shake off thoughts of Hammer Horror clichés and the

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