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Author: James Bullock

Goatburner 'Fatal' Artwork
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Review: Goatburner ‘Fatal’

23rd November 202323rd November 2023 James Bullock Death Metal, Goatburner, Grindcore, Time To Kill Records

Fatal is a blistering album. Guitar and vocalist Keijo Niinimaa (Rotten Sound), aka Kaos, and drummer Jack Foreman (Ratface), aka

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Sphaèros 'Possession' Artwork
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Review: Sphaèros ‘Possession’

30th June 202330th June 2023 James Bullock Kraut, Pan European Recording, Psych, Sphaèros, Tee Pee Records

Sonically, this album is the creation of a voodoo wizard, blending the intensity of Dr John with the spontaneous energy

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Voidhaven 'Lithic' Artwork
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Review: Voidhaven ‘Lithic’

22nd June 202322nd June 2023 James Bullock Ardua Music, Death Doom, Funeral Doom, Voidhaven

While the cliché advises against judging a book by its cover, Voidhaven‘s album Lithic makes it hard not to do

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Arthur King 'Changing Landscapes (Zompopa)'
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Review: Arthur King ‘Changing Landscapes (Zompopa)’

10th May 202310th May 2023 James Bullock AKP Recordings, Ambient, Arthur King, Soundscapes

Arthur King is a pretty unique group. This is the fourth album in their Changing Landscapes series that features musique

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Liturgy ‘93696’
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Review: Liturgy ‘93696’

30th March 202330th March 2023 James Bullock Black Metal, Liturgy, Thrill Jockey Records

This album is epic in the traditional sense of the word. The first track, Daily Bread, opens with Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix‘s

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Håndgemeng 'Ultraritual'
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Review: Håndgemeng ‘Ultraritual’

15th March 202315th March 2023 James Bullock Doom, Håndgemeng, Ripple Music

From the triumphant opening guitar riff on the first track of Håndgemeng’s Ultraritural, it is clear that this is not

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Majesties 'Vast Reaches Unclaimed'
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Review: Majesties ‘Vast Reaches Unclaimed’

9th March 20239th March 2023 James Bullock 20 Buck Spin, Death Metal, Majesties

As a fairly focussed old school death metal fan, the Swedish melodic death metal scene is a genre that I

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Bruxa Maria 'Build Yourself A Shrine And Pray'
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Review: Bruxa Maria ‘Build Yourself A Shrine And Pray’

17th February 202324th March 2023 James Bullock Bruxa Maria, Noise-Rock, Riot Season

I saw Bruxa Maria at one fine Desertfest London in 2017. It was teeth rattling, to the point I had

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Dead Soul Alliance 'Spiralling To Lunacy'
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Review: Dead Soul Alliance ‘Spiralling To Lunacy’

15th February 202321st March 2023 James Bullock Cryptorium9, Dead Soul Alliance, Death Metal

Following 2021’s very well received Behind The Scenes, Dead Soul Alliance have produced another ferocious, cerebral old school death metal

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Review: Dead Sea Apes / The Band Whose Name Is A Symbol ‘Pantheon Of Fuckery’

6th February 202316th March 2023 James Bullock Cardinal Fuzz Records, Dead Sea Apes, Drone, Feeding Tube Records, Kraut, Psych, The Band Whose Name Is A Symbol

To get the main point covered: this is a really nice spacey, psychy split, with a slightly odd album title.

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Gosudar/Malignant Altar – Split
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Review: Gosudar/Malignant Altar – Split EP

21st December 20226th February 2023 James Bullock Death Metal, Gosudar, Malignant Altar, Me Saco Un Ojo Records, Rotted Life Records

The guttural, sludgy death metal of Texas’s Malignant Altar meeting the gloomy majesty of Moscow’s Gosudar seems like a meeting

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