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Author: Harry Holmes

Codex Serafini 'The Imprecation Of Anima' Artwork
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Review: Codex Serafini ‘The Imprecation Of Anima’

19th July 202319th July 2023 Harry Holmes Codex Serafini, Kraut, Psych, Riot Season

How to address Codex Serafini? On their own terms as trans-planetary musical ritualists from the ice moons of Saturn? Or

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Bongzilla 'Dab City' Artwork
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Review: Bongzilla ‘Dab City’

13th June 202324th July 2023 Harry Holmes Bongzilla, Doom, Heavy Psych Sounds, Sludge

When I first heard Bongzilla (likely something from Gateway) I was quickly hooked by their narky and scuzzed-out stoner sludge,

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The Machine 'Wave Cannon'
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Review: The Machine ‘Wave Cannon’

6th June 20236th June 2023 Harry Holmes Majestic Mountain Records, Psych, The Machine

The Machine put in some solid years helping establish a European heavy psych sound that continues to flourish both with

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Kanaan 'Downpour'
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Review: Kanaan ‘Downpour’

1st June 20231st June 2023 Harry Holmes Instrumental, Jansen Records, Kanaan, Psych

I was lucky enough to spend some time writing up Kanaan’s 2021 release Earthbound, which proved to be an exhilarating

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Black Helium 'Um'
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Review: Black Helium ‘Um’

21st March 202321st March 2023 Harry Holmes Black Helium, Psych, Riot Season

Back again on Riot Season, Black Helium assault our senses with another lurid slab of burned-out psych. Making a play

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Remote Viewing 'Modern Addictions'
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Review: Remote Viewing ‘Modern Addictions’

1st February 20238th March 2023 Harry Holmes Hardcore, Human Worth, Remote Viewing, Sludge

‘Is it serious?’ – in the sense of ‘not humorous’, perhaps not entirely. In the sense of ‘grievous’, ‘will I

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

23rd December 20226th February 2023 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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