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Author: Mark Hunt-Bryden

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Review: Spider Kitten ‘The Truth Is Caustic To Love’

27th June 202527th June 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Americana, APF Records, Doom, Grunge, Noise-Rock, Spider Kitten

‘Mental illness? Check. Addiction? Check. Despair? Oh yeah, it’s there. They don’t sing about hope. They sing about what happens

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Review: Year Of No Light ‘Les Maîtres Fous’

25th June 202525th June 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Ambient, Drone, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock, Year Of No Light

French post-metal collective Year of No Light are rapidly approaching the 25th anniversary of their existence, which is no small

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Review: Hippie Death Cult ‘Live At The Star Theater’

16th June 202516th June 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Heavy Psych Sounds, Hippie Death Cult, Psych, Stoner

I was trying to explain the exhilaration I get from seeing live music recently. The majority of the time, I

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Review: Steve Von Till ‘Alone In A World Of Wounds’

11th June 202511th June 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Neo Folk, Neurot Recordings, Steve Von Till

Steve Von Till’s creative output has been fairly prolific over the last few years; in the lost times of 2020

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Review: Törzs ‘Menedék’

9th June 20259th June 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Instrumental, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock, Törzs

The angry teenage me never really had any time for instrumental music. The music that caught my attention was stories

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Desertfest London 2025 – Sunday

4th June 20254th June 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Desertfest, Dopelord, Dunbarrow, Earth, London, Mr Bison, Oldblood, Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol, Slift

After killing the morning wandering aimless around Camden, I headed up to Stoner Ally to catch up with Matthew and

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Desertfest London 2025 – Saturday

3rd June 20253rd June 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Amenra, Desertfest, Indica Blues, London, Maha Sohona, Pallbearer, Sons Of Alpha Centauri, Zeal & Ardor

This year, Saturday was THE day of Desertfest London 2025 for me for the simple reason that Kent’s Sons Of

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Desertfest London 2025 – Friday

2nd June 20252nd June 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Desertfest, Elder, Elephant Tree, Hippie Death Cult, London, Lowrider, Servo, Stoned Jesus, The Devil And The Almighty Blues

Ah, Deserfest London 2025… being the wily veteran of one whole previous visit, this year felt like the time to

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Review: Kal-El ‘Astral Voyager Vol. 1’

30th May 202530th May 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Blues Funeral Recordings, Doom, Kal-El, Majestic Mountain Records, Psych, Stoner

I started a trend a while ago of only including albums that I had reviewed as part of my best-of-year

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Review: Elan ‘Elan Vs Elan’

12th May 202512th May 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden APF Records, Elan, Hardcore, Sludge

Once again, emanating forth from the riff mines of Salford’s APF Records are yet more disturbingly brutal noises brought to

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Review: Intensive Care + The Body ‘Was I Good Enough?’

8th May 20258th May 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Closed Casket Activities, Doom, Industrial, Intensive Care, The Body

It’s been roughly a decade since I last wrote about a release from experimental Portland metal duo The Body. Back

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Video Premiere: Black Helium ‘Up On A Hill’ – New Album ‘The Animals Are Coming’ Drops Friday
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Video Premiere: Black Helium ‘Up On A Hill’ – New Album ‘The Animals Are Coming’ Drops Friday

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Step into a kaleidoscopic fever dream with the premiere of Up On A Hill, the latest mind-warping transmission from London’s

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