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Author: Dave Bowes

envy ‘The Fallen Crimson’
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Review: envy ‘The Fallen Crimson’

22nd January 20207th February 2020 Dave Bowes envy, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock, The Fallen Crimson

For a while there, things did not look great for envy. A true workhorse of a band, the Tokyo-based troupe

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Onhou ‘Endling’
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Review: Onhou ‘Endling’

9th December 201917th December 2019 Dave Bowes Doom Metal, Endling, Lay Bare Recordings, Onhou, Sludge, Tartarus Records

In these dark days, the last things you’d ever want to wish on a stranger is even more misery. There’s

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Earth @ Classic Grand, Glasgow 12/11/2019
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Earth / Helen Money @ Classic Grand, Glasgow 12/11/2019

22nd November 201911th December 2019 Dave Bowes Classic Grand, Demelza Kingston, Earth, Glasgow, Helen Money

There are plenty of bands that have been around longer than Earth, and of those there are more than a

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Sunn O))) / Anna Von Hausswolff @ QMU, Glasgow 25/10/2019
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Sunn O))) / Anna Von Hausswolff @ QMU, Glasgow 25/10/2019

11th November 201922nd November 2019 Dave Bowes Anna von Hausswolff, Glasgow, Live Review, QMU, Sunn O)))

It probably was never meant to turn out this way. For a band who wanted nothing more than to be

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The Deathtrip ‘Demon Solar Totem'
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Review: The Deathtrip ‘Demon Solar Totem’

6th November 201918th November 2019 Dave Bowes Black Metal, Demon Solar Totem, Profound Lore Records, Svart Records, The Deathtrip

The phrase ‘It’s a small World’ always feels redundant when discussing black metal. It’s a genre practically built on musician-sharing,

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Pelican / Slow Crush @ Classic Grand, Glasgow 17/10/2019
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Pelican / Slow Crush @ Classic Grand, Glasgow 17/10/2019

29th October 201911th November 2019 Dave Bowes Classic Grand, Glasgow, Live Review, Pelican, Slow Crush

It’s telling that any time the press or those who are ‘in the know’ claim that a genre is dead,

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Lindy-Fay Hella ‘Seafarer’
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Review: Lindy-Fay Hella ‘Seafarer’

24th September 20198th October 2019 Dave Bowes Dark Pop, Experimental, Lindy-Fay Hella, Review, Seafarer, Ván Records

Originally born out of a desire to explore her own musical desires as well as the power of voice, Lindy-Fay

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Temples Festival 2015
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Temples Festival 2015 – Day 3 Review By Dave Bowes

15th July 201513th September 2019 Dave Bowes Anta, Between The Buried And Me, Bristol, Dave Bowes, Earth, Ghold, KEN mode, Krokodil, Live Review, Monarch, Motion, OHMMS, Pallbearer, Temples Festival, Temples Festival 2015, Venom Prison, Voivod, Year Of No Light

We all knew it was going to happen. Arriving at the venue to find that stage times have been pushed

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Temples Festival 2015
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Temples Festival 2015 – Day 2 Review By Dave Bowes

14th July 201513th September 2019 Dave Bowes Bölzer, Bristol, Caïna, Celeste, Dave Bowes, Goatsnake, Live Review, Mantar, Motion, Pig Destroyer, Portal, Skitsystem, Sonance, Sunn O))), Temples Festival, Temples Festival 2015, Torche, Triptykon

Breakfast is sorted, the sun’s about as out as it’s ever going to be and the local beer and cider

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Temples Festival 2015
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Temples Festival 2015 – Day 1 Review By Dave Bowes

13th July 201513th September 2019 Dave Bowes Bongzilla, Bristol, Converge, Dave Bowes, Enabler, Leng Tch'e, Live Review, Motion, Oblivionized, Pig Destroyer, Sea Bastard, Teef, Temples Festival, Temples Festival 2015, The Afternoon Gentlemen, Throats, Trap Them, Weak, Weedeater, YAITW, Young And In The Way

As far as I can tell, there are two types of festival people. There are the rare few who’ll have

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Spiritual Beggars
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Spiritual Beggars: Dave Bowes Interviews Founding Member Spice About The Imminent Reissues

8th July 20157th September 2019 Dave Bowes Ad Astra, Another Way To Shine, Band of Spice, Dave Bowes, Interview, Kayser, Mantra III, Music For Nations, On Fire, Spice, Spiritual Beggars

At the beginning of the 90s, the thought of Carcass playing good ol’ rock & roll would have been pretty

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