Author: Mark Hunt-Bryden

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Review: Lord Buffalo ‘Holus Bolus’

30th July 202430th July 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Blues Funeral Recordings, Lord Buffalo

Having been in a post-rock phase, I wanted to break things up and step out of the well-ploughed furrow, so

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Review: Oh Hiroshima ‘All Things Shining’

26th July 202426th July 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Oh Hiroshima, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock

The effects of music on the brain and why it can cause such a passionate response is a question that

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Review: Alcest ‘Les Chants De L’Aurore’

19th July 202419th July 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Alcest, Blackgaze, Nuclear Blast Records

As I sit down to write this review (later than I had intended) I find myself buoyed by a sense

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Review: King Bastard ‘From Whence They Came’

16th July 202416th July 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Doom, Independent, King Bastard, Psych, Sludge

New York four-piece King Bastard made a splash two years ago with their independently released debut album It Came From

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Review: earthtone9 ‘In Resonance Nexus’

11th July 202411th July 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Candlelight Records, earthtone9, Hardcore Metal

Recently my colleague David opened a review expressing that he largely chooses to stay clear of albums he has an

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Review: Greenleaf ‘The Head & The Habit’

7th July 20248th July 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Greenleaf, Heavy Rock, Magnetic Eye Records, Stoner Rock

As a long-time fan of Dozer, Tommi Holappa’s on/off fling with once side project, now ‘full-time love affair’ Greenleaf has

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Review: Julie Christmas ‘Ridiculous And Full Of Blood’

1st July 20241st July 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Alternative, Julie Christmas, Noise-Rock, Post-Metal, Red Crk Recordings

I first became aware of the unique talent that is Julie Christmas through her collaboration with Cult Of Luna on

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Desertfest London 2024 – Sunday

28th June 202428th June 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Ashenspire, Desertfest, Goat Major, Godflesh, London, Monolord, Ozric Tentacles, Stinking Lizaveta, Ufomammut

After another night marvelling at the ability of people to sleep through just about any disruption, take for example the

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Desertfest London 2024 – Saturday

27th June 202427th June 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Acid King, Desertfest, Duskwood, Fires In The Distance, Kal-El, London, Sergeant Thunderhoof, Suicidal Tendencies

The last time I slept in a hostel I was editor of my college newspaper what feels like two lifetimes

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Review: Hippotraktor ‘Stasis’

26th June 202426th June 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Hippotraktor, Pelagic Records, Post-Metal, Prog Metal

Having moved down to this corner of the South West I spent some time putting on gigs with a friend

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Desetfest London 2024 – Friday

24th June 202427th June 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Brant Bjork Trio, Brume, Desertfest, Frankie And The Witch Fingers, Goblinsmoker, London, Masters Of Reality, Mondo Generator, Raging Speedhorn, Sugar Horse, Voidlurker

This series of articles would probably be better off named ‘Diary of a Desertfest Virgin’… Myself and one of the

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