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Author: James Bullock

Sarattma 'Escape Velocity'
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Review: Sarattma ‘Escape Velocity’

5th August 20228th August 2022 James Bullock Jazz, Nefarious Industries, Post-Metal, Prog, Sarattma

You might want to sit down for this one, or just stop the pretence and lie down. Post-metal duo Sarattma’s

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Acid Rooster 'Ad Astra'
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Review: Acid Rooster ‘Ad Astra’

20th July 202220th July 2022 James Bullock Acid Rooster, Cardinal Fuzz Records, Little Cloud Records, Sunhair Records

Disclaimer: I don’t like the term krautrock, despite many of the genre’s practitioners using the word. I use it here

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Radian 'Discordian'
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Review: Radian ‘Discordian’

30th June 20225th August 2022 James Bullock Doom, Elburno Records, Radian, Sludge

This album drops right in. Recently there has been a mild return of the lengthy, corny, skippable, faux-atmospheric intro tracks,

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Paganizer 'Beyond The Macabre'
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Review: Paganizer ‘Beyond The Macabre’

27th June 202227th July 2022 James Bullock Death Metal, Paganizer, Transcending Obscurity Records

Beyond The Macabre is Paganizer’s twelfth studio album and another instalment of ferocious swe-death metal, which also features Bolt Thrower/Memoriam’s

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Somnus Throne 'Nemesis Lately'
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Review: Somnus Throne ‘Nemesis Lately’

3rd June 20227th July 2022 James Bullock Doom, Heavy Psych Sounds, Psych, Somnus Throne

Often you need a riff that just hits the spot. A bit like Pantera’s ethos of just hitting the money

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Christian Death 'Evil Becomes Rule'
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Review: Christian Death ‘Evil Becomes Rule’

25th May 20221st July 2022 James Bullock Christian Death, Death Rock, Goth, Season Of Mist

The conventions of goth or death rock can sometimes be a little repetitive. The available tool kit is well developed

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Bog Body 'Cryonic Crevasse Cult'
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Review: Bog Body ‘Cryonic Crevasse Cult’

23rd May 20221st July 2022 James Bullock Blackened Sludge, Bog Body, Profound Lore Records

This is a surprisingly punishing album. For a band this young, there is an undeniable ‘Bog Body’ sound that hits

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Telluric Effluvium 'Voyage Of Sentient Decay'
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Review: Telluric Effluvium ‘Voyage Of Sentient Decay’

12th April 202226th May 2022 James Bullock Funeral Doom, Telluric Effluvium, Transylvanian Recordings

Let’s just understand what Telluric Effluvium means roughly. ‘Telluric’, broadly means related to Earth/the Earth’s crust. And ‘effluvium’ are the

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Konvent 'Call Down The Sun'
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Review: Konvent ‘Call Down The Sun’

11th April 202226th May 2022 James Bullock Death Doom, Konvent, Napalm Records

One thing worth clarifying is Konvent, translated from Danish to English means ‘convention’ rather than ‘convent’, as in a community

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Astral Tomb 'Soul Gazer'
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Review: Astral Tomb ‘Soul Gazer’

5th April 202226th May 2022 James Bullock Astral Tomb, Blood Harvest Records, Death Metal

Something continues to go down in Denver. If this is your first time with Astral Tomb; they’re a cavernous, three-piece,

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