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Review: Wren ‘Black Rain Falls’

18th February 202518th February 2025 Ian M Church Road Records, Post-Metal, Wren

With Black Rain Falls, their third full length, Wren marry the lustre and polish of the very best post-metal influences

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ArcTanGent Festival 2023 Preview

15th August 202316th August 2023 Ian M ArcTanGent Festival, Ashenspire, Bell Witch, Briqueville, Bristol, Brutus, Conjurer, Converge, Copse, Death Goals, Devin Townsend, Din Of Celestial Birds, Domkraft, Fernhill Farm, Grief Ritual, Heilung, Hidden Mothers, LLNN, OHHMS, Pijn, Spook The Horse, Sugar Horse, The Callous Daoboys, Wiegedood

ArcTanGent is now a staple festival in the UK music scene, starting in 2013 by James Scarlett, co-founder of 2000trees

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Desertfest London 2023 – Sunday

12th June 202323rd February 2024 Ian M BIG|BRAVE, Black Groove, Blood Ceremony, Boris, Desertfest, Jo Quail, King Buffalo, London, Mars Red Sky, Nebula, Stoner Rock, Thunder Horse

This review of Day 3 of Desertfest is brought to you by the letter B. It starts in the Black

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Desertfest London 2023 – Saturday

8th June 20238th June 2023 Ian M Church Of The Cosmic Skull, Corrosion Of Conformity, Crowbar, Desertfest, Dozer, London, Lowen, Slomatics, Weedeater, Wren

A lunchtime start for Desertfest on Saturday saw the hordes descend upon Camden again. No coronation nonsense here, just another

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Desertfest London 2023 – Friday

7th June 20237th June 2023 Ian M Church Of Misery, Dawn Ray'd, Desertfest, Earth Moves, Kurokuma, London, Sum Of R, Terror Cosmico, Vinnum Sabbathi, Wyatt E, Year Of No Light

So here we are, the annual metal pilgrimage to Camden for Desertfest, over ten years now since the first fest

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Review: Birds In Row ‘Gris Klein’

4th November 202215th December 2022 Ian M Birds In Row, Post-Hardcore, Red Crk Recordings

French progressive hardcore troupe Birds In Row return with a new full-length Gris Klein. Their first since the switch from

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Desertfest London 2022 – Sunday Review & Photos

27th May 20221st July 2022 Ian M Bongzilla, Desertfest, DVNE, Electric Wizard, EyeHateGod, Naxatras, Wallowing, Yob

Suffering somewhat on Sunday, I dragged my weary body and head up to The Devonshire Arms in time for a

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Desertfest London 2022 – Saturday Review & Photos + Hundred Year Old Man

26th May 20221st July 2022 Ian M Desertfest, Earthless, Elder, Elephant Tree, Hundred Year Old Man, My Sleeping Karma, Orange Goblin, Part Chimp, Pissed Jeans, Shellac

It’s been a good few years since the soothing tones of My Sleeping Karma’s hypnotic instrumental stoner first graced my

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Desertfest London 2022 – Friday Review & Photos

25th May 20221st July 2022 Ian M 1000mods, Coltsblood, Desertfest, Gnod, Lowrider, Petbrick, Slift, Switchblade, Witchcraft

Fresh from a triumphant weekend as Roadburn house band, French mega psych purveyors Slift kicked off The Electric Ballroom on

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Review: Naxatras ‘IV’

2nd March 20226th April 2022 Ian M Independent, Naxatras, Psych, Space Rock

I’ve kept a close eye on Thessaloniki based psych rock band Naxatras since their debut LP dropped in 2015. An

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Review: Still ‘{ }’

28th September 202129th October 2021 Ian M Post-Hardcore, Still, Trepanation Recordings

After two EPs Still, a claustrophobic post-hardcore and blackened sludge outfit return with their first full-length, the confusingly titled {

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