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Review: Night Child ‘Darkened Grid’ EP

10th April 202610th April 2026 Martin Williams Hardcore Metal, Night Child, What's Left Records

Growing up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, I would find myself frustrated whenever I traveled. I’d continuously have to explain to

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Review: Corrosion Of Conformity ‘Good God/Baad Man’

2nd April 20262nd April 2026 Martin Williams Corrosion Of Conformity, Heavy Rock, Nuclear Blast Records, Southern Rock

Before getting into the fundamentals of Corrosion Of Conformity’s new double album, Good God/Baad Man, their first since 2018’s No

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Review: Aurelia Anne Cohen ‘The Magnolia Sessions’

31st March 202631st March 2026 Martin Williams Americana, Anti-Corporate Music, Aurelia Anne Cohen, Folk, The Magnolia Sessions

While I personally have not yet covered any of Anti-Corp Music’s mainman, Dan Emery’s fabled The Magnolia Sessions, I’ve been

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Review: The Mon ‘Songs Of Embrace’

20th March 202620th March 2026 Martin Williams Ambient, Electronic, Supernatural Cat, The Mon

The Mon, the one-man, experimental, psychedelic project of Urlo, one of the primary engineers of legendary Italian universe destroyers, Ufomammut,

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Review: Hey Colossus ‘Heaven Was Wild’

18th March 202618th March 2026 Martin Williams Hey Colossus, Learning Curve Records, Noise-Rock, Post-Punk, Wrong Speed Records

Hey Colossus, the long-running, prolific, UK heavy noise-rockers return with album number fifteen, Heaven Was Wild, which, in the crazy

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Review: Suplecs ‘Hymns Under A Blood Moon Sky’

10th March 202610th March 2026 Martin Williams Ripple Music, Stoner, Suplecs

When I first began really digging into stoner rock around the turn of the millennium, one of the first bands

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Review: Rocky & The Sweden ‘Punks Pot Head’

25th February 202625th February 2026 Martin Williams Hardcore, Punk, Relapse Records, Rocky & The Sweden

Despite considering myself to be knowledgeable about both punk rock, as well as Japanese music and culture in general, I

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Review: Lord Elephant ‘Ultra Soul’

16th February 202616th February 2026 Martin Williams Heavy Psych Sounds, Instrumental, Lord Elephant, Stoner

Florence, Italy’s chasm-opening, instrumental, cosmic doom trio, Lord Elephant, return with their second full-length, released once again through Heavy Psych

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Review: Dark Sky Burial ‘The Sacred Neurotic’

3rd February 20263rd February 2026 Martin Williams Consouling Sounds, Dark Sky Burial, Extrinsic Recordings

Dark Sky Burial, the prolific, one-man, dark, ambient and experimental project of extreme metal legend Shane Embury. The longtime bassist

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Review: The Mon ‘Songs Of Abandon’

26th January 202626th January 2026 Martin Williams Acoustic, Folk, Psych, Supernatural Cat, The Mon

The Mon, the acoustic, psych-folk, solo project from Urlo, the primary architect behind Italian heavy, portal-openers Ufomammut, had been floating

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Review: Bell Witch & Aerial Ruin ‘Stygian Bough: Volume II’

14th January 202614th January 2026 Martin Williams Aerial Ruin, Bell Witch, Doom, Profound Lore Records

After five years, the Pacific Northwest doom ensemble Stygian Bough has returned with the follow-up to their 2020 debut, Volume

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Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’

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Following Wednesday’s premiere of an excerpt built around INTERVAL 1, TESA return with a second glimpse into TESA MAN, this

Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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