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Author: Harry Holmes

-(16)- 'Into Dust'
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Review: -(16)- ‘Into Dust’

23rd December 202223rd December 2022 Harry Holmes 16, Metal, Relapse Records, Sludge

The band -(16)- have never quite landed squarely in my field of interest, on the face of it, they are

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KEN mode 'NULL'
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Review: KEN mode ‘NULL’

16th November 202221st December 2022 Harry Holmes Artoffact Records, KEN mode, Post-Metal

I know very little about Winnepeg, aside from the fact that yer maun from Venetian Snares apparently has a low

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TONS 'Hashension'
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Review: TONS ‘Hashension’

25th October 202217th December 2022 Harry Holmes Doom, Heavy Psych Sounds, Sludge, Tons

In a musical landscape of introspective lockdown albums and scathing indictments of injustice, sometimes you need a sticky bongful of

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Motorpsycho 'Ancient Astronauts'
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Review: Motorpsycho ‘Ancient Astronauts’

13th September 20229th December 2022 Harry Holmes Motorpsycho, Prog, Psych, Rune Grammofon, Stickman Records

Motorpsycho are back with another addition to their bewildering catalogue of releases, and another example of the kind of fruitful

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My Sleeping Karma 'Atma'
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Review: My Sleeping Karma ‘Atma’

31st August 20229th December 2022 Harry Holmes My Sleeping Karma, Napalm Records

My Sleeping Karma have long been one of those bands that other people see as central to ‘The Scene’, and

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Come To Grief 'When The World Dies'
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Review: Come To Grief ‘When The World Dies’

28th June 20225th August 2022 Harry Holmes Come To Grief, Doom, Sludge, Translation Loss Records

There are a couple of inescapable things that are going to need mentioning in trying to write about this record,

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Liquid Shit 'Untold Horrors'
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Review: Liquid Shit ‘Untold Horrors’ EP

1st June 20226th July 2022 Harry Holmes Dry Cough Records, Liquid Shit, Sludge

Grebe… was squatting in his armchair, the dun decanter already aloft. ‘Shit “huuu”?’ The philosopher enquired. ‘I won’t, thanks,’ Busner

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Domkraft/Slomatics 'Ascend/Descend'
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Review: Domkraft/Slomatics ‘Ascend/Descend’

13th May 202217th June 2022 Harry Holmes Domkraft, Doom, Majestic Mountain Records, Slomatics, Sludge

Split releases come in a range of flavours – from new or smaller bands getting material out there cheaply, to

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Sacri Monti / Dirty Nips @ The Crofters Rights, Bristol, 28th April 2022
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Sacri Monti / Dirty Nips @ The Crofters Rights, Bristol, 28th April 2022

12th May 202217th June 2022 Harry Holmes Dirty Nips, Sacri Monti, The Crofters Rights

Things are ominously quiet when I arrive at The Croft (yes, I know it hasn’t been The Croft for a

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Senyawa @ Dareshack, Bristol, 21st April 2022 - Photo by Adam Horswill
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Senyawa / Sophrosyne / Laughter Of Saints @ Dareshack, Bristol, 21st April 2022

9th May 202215th June 2022 Harry Holmes Experimental, Laughter Of Saints, Phantom Limb, Senyawa, Sophrosyne

It feels different being out and about, Bristol in April evening sunshine casting even the post-war clutter of Wine Street

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Gnod 'Hexen Valley'
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Review: Gnod ‘Hexen Valley’

4th April 202226th May 2022 Harry Holmes Gnod, Psych, Rocket Recordings

Relatively hot on the heels of their last album, GNOD come sleazing their way back with another Rocket Recordings release.

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