Author: Mark Hunt-Bryden

G-Q Interviews 

Queen Beast Interview

12th September 20092nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden Interview, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Queen Beast

They were born from a band called ‘Pile of Dead Woman’, they play ‘ADD-driven, southern, psychedelic, experimental, filth-core’ and think

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Mourning Dawn ‘For The Fallen’ CD 2009

21st August 20092nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2009, Blackened Doom, CD, Doom, For The Fallen, Heavy, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Mournful, Mourning Dawn, Review, Totalrust Music

One of the virtues of heavy music being so relatively young a genre is that it can still be bent

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Hyadningar ‘The Weak Creation’ CD 2009

20th August 20092nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2009, Atmospheric, Blackened Doom, CD, Doom, Heavy, Hyadningar, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, The Weak Creation, Totalrust Music

Black Metal can often be a genre that is derided from the outside, I mean how best to prepare myself

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Album & EP Reviews Q 

Queen Beast – S/T – CD 2009

28th July 20092nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2009, CD, Doom, Hardcore, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Metal, Queen Beast, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Switchblade Records

In an age of plagiarists and clones it is often difficult to find something truly original. Queen Beast are here

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Album & EP Reviews Y 

Yawning Sons ‘Ceremony To The Sunset’ CD 2009

3rd July 200911th December 2021 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2009, CD, Ceremony To The Sunset, Collaboration, Dessert Rock, Experimental, Gary Arce, Lexicon Devil Records, Mario Lalli, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Scott Reeder, Sons Of Alpha Centauri, Wendy Rae Fowler, Yawning Man, Yawning Sons

Some times collaborative efforts can be spectacularly hit and miss – the Judgement Night soundtrack for example pulled together luminaries

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Album & EP Reviews K 

Kongh ‘Shadows of The Shapeless’ CD 2009

15th May 20092nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2009, Atmospheric, CD, Doom, Heavy, Kongh, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Post-Rock, Review, Shadows of The Shapeless, Stoner Doom, Trust No One Recordings

Just the name Kongh evokes an imagine of some kind of primitive or mythical beast, even on the back of

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Album & EP Reviews K 

Khuda ‘Ahura Mazdah’ CDEP 2008

1st May 20092nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2008, Ahura Mazdah, Atmospheric, CDEP, Guitar & Drums, Heavy, Instrumental, Khuda, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Norrland Recordings, Post-Rock, Review, Self Released, Two Piece

Anyone keeping an eye on these hallowed webpages will have seen that an interview was conducted with this Leeds based

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Album & EP Reviews T 

The Under ‘Mercurial’ CD 2009

22nd April 20092nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2009, CD, Experimental, Heavy Rock, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Metal, Prog Rock, Review, Self Released, The Under

Progressive Metal… The name itself can strike fear into even the most open minded of rock fans, conjuring images of

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Album & EP Reviews R 

Rise Of The Simians ‘The Cursed Law Of Thelema’ CDEP 2009

22nd February 20092nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2009, CDEP, Doom, Heavy, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Rise of the Simians, Self Released, Sludge, The Cursed Law Of Thelema

I was always taught that using a cliché showed a lack of original thought and an example of an over

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Album & EP Reviews T 

Taint ‘Secrets And Lies’ CD/LP 2008

28th January 20092nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2008, CD, Heavy, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Noise-Rock, Review, Rise Above Records, Secrets And Lies, Taint

Some albums come out of Left-field and leave you breathless. For me Taint’s debut ‘The Ruin Of Nova Roma’ was

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Album & EP Reviews S 

SerpentCult ‘Weight Of Light’ CD/LP 2008

22nd January 20092nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2008, CD, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Rise Above Records, SerpentCult, Sludge, Stoner Doom, Weight Of Light

Doom or Sludge? The band favour Doom where as most reviewers put them under Sludge. Whatever genre you put them

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