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Author: Mark Hunt-Bryden

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Review: Elder ‘Through Zero’

5th June 20265th June 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Bird’s Robe, Blues Funeral Recordings, Prog, Psych, Stickman Records

One of the highlights of Desertfest London 2025 was not only finally getting to see the Massachusetts-formed, now Berlin-based, stoner,

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Review: BEAR ‘Anhedonia’ EP

3rd June 20263rd June 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Bear, Hardcore Metal, Pelagic Records

Belgian mathcore heavyweights BEAR align more with tech-heavy acts like Hippotraktor on the post-metal roster of Pelagic Records than the

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Review: Amulets ‘Rem(a)inders’

26th May 202626th May 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Ambient, Amulets, Electronic, Pelagic Records, Soundscapes

The keen-eared talent scouts at Pelagic Records seem to have an endless resource of artists they unearth and try to

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Review: Legbiter / Norna ‘Legbiter / Norna’

20th May 202620th May 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Legbiter, Norna, Pelagic Records, Post-Metal

Pelagic Records continue their mission to bring the finest in underground music through their diverse, curated roster. Having stretched their

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Review: HIRAKI & Meejah ‘Interwoven’

8th May 20268th May 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden HIRAKI, Meejah, Pelagic Records, Post-Metal

In one of the more ambitious releases of the year from Berlin-based Pelagic Records comes a split EP from a

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Review: Benjamin Tod ‘Vengeance And Grace’

27th April 202627th April 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Benjamin Tod, Country, Folk, Thirty Tigers

An album from Lost Dog Street Band frontman Benjamin Tod wasn’t on my bingo card for 2026… Following the man

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Review: Chris Emmert ‘The Magnolia Sessions’

14th April 202614th April 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Anti-Corporate Music, Chris Emmert, Country, Folk, The Magnolia Sessions

Back in 2020, few people would have imagined that the enduring (and endearing) success of Anti-Corp Music’s The Magnolia Sessions

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Review: Ten East & SoftSun ‘Turned To Stone Chapter 10’

13th April 202613th April 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Desert Rock, Ripple Music, SoftSun, Ten East, Turned To Stone

Ripple Music’s split vinyl series Turned To Stone has become a benchmark for high-quality, heavy and thematic releases. Each chapter

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Review: The Bandit Queen Of Sorrows ‘The Magnolia Sessions’

2nd April 20262nd April 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Anti-Corporate Music, Country, Folk, The Bandit Queen Of Sorrows, The Magnolia Sessions

One of the most valuable things for the continuing health of music is for new or underground artists to get

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Review: Kal-El ‘Astral Voyager Vol. 2’

27th March 202627th March 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Blues Funeral Recordings, Kal-El, Majestic Mountain Records

I made a passing remark in my review of Kal-El’s seventh album, the stunning Astral Voyager Vol. 1, that the

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Review: Neurosis ‘An Undying Love For A Burning World’

23rd March 202623rd March 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Neurosis, Neurot Recordings, Post-Metal

I could debate the separation of the art from the artist here, but I won’t – many column inches have

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