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Author: David J McLaren

Draken 'Book Of Black'
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Review: Draken ‘Book Of Black’

27th January 202327th January 2023 David J McLaren Draken, Heavy Metal, Majestic Mountain Records

In the wonderful world of all things heavy we joyfully argue over such topics as ‘which subgenre Master of Reality

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David J McLaren - 2022
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Top Ten Of 2022: David J McLaren

27th December 202227th December 2022 David J McLaren Cave In, Chrome Ghost, Hath, Hot Water Music, Messa, Pyrithe, Sator, The Afghan Whigs, Top Ten 2022, Ufomammut, Yob

What a great year for music – it’s been so difficult to keep up with all the brilliant releases –

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Chrome Ghost 'House Of Falling Ash'
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Review: Chrome Ghost ‘House Of Falling Ash’

2nd November 202210th December 2022 David J McLaren Chrome Ghost, Post-Metal, Seeing Red Records

Chrome Ghost’s 2019 album, The Diving Bell, was pretty much my favourite and most played record of that year. I

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Unsane / Cassels @ Future Yard, Birkenhead, 26th October 2022

28th October 202226th December 2022 David J McLaren Birkenhead, Cassels, Future Yard, Noise-Rock, Post-Hardcore, Unsane

A Wednesday night in October, at a small venue outside of the normal city-to-city touring map… what could possibly go

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The Sombre 'Monuments Of Grief'
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Review: The Sombre ‘Monuments Of Grief’

7th October 20229th December 2022 David J McLaren Chaos Records, Death Doom, The Sombre

It’s not often that you can describe someone as ‘a one-man musical movement’, but Maurice de Jong is about as

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Mantar 'Pain Is Forever And This Is The End'
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Review: Mantar ‘Pain Is Forever And This Is The End’

9th August 202223rd September 2022 David J McLaren Mantar, Metal Blade Records, Sludge

Sometimes the way we engage with a particular band or artist over time makes no sense whatsoever… I bought Mantar’s

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Yatra 'Born Into Chaos'
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Review: Yatra ‘Born Into Chaos’

5th July 20228th August 2022 David J McLaren Death Metal, Prosthetic Records, Yatra

Brace yourself… my name is David, and I am NOT a big Death Metal fan. I’ll be honest – I

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Trouble 'Plastic Green Head' & 'Simple Mind Condition'
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Review: Trouble ‘Plastic Green Head’ & ‘Simple Mind Condition’ Reissues

31st May 20221st July 2022 David J McLaren Doom, Hammerheart Records, Metal, Trouble

Trouble is a band that I grew up with – one of the few constants that have never fallen into

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Sator 'Cleansing Ritual'
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Review: Sator ‘Cleansing Ritual’

18th May 202224th December 2022 David J McLaren Argonauta Records, Doom, Sator, Sludge

Sator hail from Genoa, Italy, and with this their third album they are clearly making confident strides towards being spoken

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Messa 'Close'
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Review: Messa ‘Close’

14th March 20224th May 2022 David J McLaren Doom Rock, Messa, Svart Records

At the time of the release of their debut album Belfry, it was easy to describe Messa as an Italian

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Eaters Of The Soil 'II'
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Review: Eaters Of The Soil ‘II’ EP

8th March 20224th May 2022 David J McLaren Doom, Eaters Of The Soil, Forbidden Place Records, Jazz

Eaters Of The Soil from Utrecht, Netherlands, play music as dirty and earthy as you might expect from their image-inspiring

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