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Author: Mark Louth

Cyborg A.D. '2037'
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Review: Cyborg A.D. ‘2037’

28th December 20218th February 2022 Mark Louth Cyborg A.D., Donor Records, Hardcore, Synth

Like an intergalactic spectre emerging from the frozen vacuum of space to be warmed by the sun, comes the music

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72% 'How's This Going To Make It Any Better'
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Review: 72% ‘How’s This Going To Make It Any Better’

24th November 202124th December 2021 Mark Louth 72%, Human Worth, Noise-Rock, Squirrelled Away Records

It’s rare that you get a noise-rock band that you can just simply define as ‘noise’. The only use of

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Lurcher ‘Coma’
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Review: Lurcher ‘Coma’ EP

1st September 202111th October 2021 Mark Louth Grunge, Lurcher, Stoner, Trepanation Recordings

UK based heavy experimental’s Trepanation Recordings have been busy in the Plague Year, almost exclusively specialising in the nastier, angrier

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Iceburn ‘Asclepius’
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Review: Iceburn ‘Asclepius’

22nd June 20216th August 2021 Mark Louth Iceburn, Southern Lord

Salt Lake City, Utah: a haven for Mormons, Jello-O consumption and the eclectic heavy sounds of Iceburn, or if you

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Body Void 'Bury Me Beneath This Rotting Earth'
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Review: Body Void ‘Bury Me Beneath This Rotting Earth’

20th April 202124th May 2021 Mark Louth Body Void, Bury Me Beneath This Rotting Earth, Doom, Prosthetic Records, Sludge

It’s always worthwhile to dwell on your own mortality. As slaves to the human condition, we spend so much of

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Årabrot 'Norwegian Gothic'
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Review: Årabrot ‘Norwegian Gothic’

8th April 202113th May 2021 Mark Louth Årabrot, Noise-Rock, Norwegian Gothic, Pelagic Records, Post-Punk

I’m going to be brutally honest; until now I’ve never listened to Årabrot. Even though they have an extensive back-catalogue,

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Concrete Ships ‘In Observance’
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Review: Concrete Ships ‘In Observance’

10th March 202113th April 2021 Mark Louth Concrete Ships, In Observance, Noise-Rock, Trepanation Recordings

Hailing from the ancient Roman fortress of Lindum Colonia (Lincoln, Lincolnshire), Concrete Ships dropped an EP in November 2018 and

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Dead Mammals 'Dead Mammals'
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Review: Dead Mammals ‘Dead Mammals’

24th February 202125th March 2021 Mark Louth Dead Mammals, Forbidden Place Records, Noise-Rock, Trepanation Recordings

Rochester, Kent angriest sons Dead Mammals return to the ever experimental Trepanation Recordings with a fondly written love letter to

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Grief Eater 'Grief Eater'
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Review: Grief Eater ‘Grief Eater’

15th February 202116th March 2021 Mark Louth Distro-y Records, Doom, Grief Eater, Sludge

Grief Eater come trudging forth, as ex-members of Dublin’s Obstacle and Belfast’s Unyielding Love collide with former Bacchus and Only

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