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Author: Sandy Williamson

Kurokuma 'Of Amber And Sand' Artwork
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Review: Kurokuma ‘Of Amber And Sand’

11th September 202411th September 2024 Sandy Williamson Doom, Independent, Kurokuma, Sludge

A decade after Sheffield’s Kurokuma first appeared in the ever productive UK underground, their second full-length record Of Amber And

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Review: Orme ‘No Serpents, No Saviours’ EP

3rd September 20243rd September 2024 Sandy Williamson Doom, Independent, Orme, Sludge

The self-titled, double album debut from UK sludge/drone/doom trio Orme was pretty well received last year, but when it is

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Review: Trog ‘Horrors Beyond’

18th July 202418th July 2024 Sandy Williamson Death Metal, Frozen Screams Imprint, Trog

New Jersey death metallers Trog are a band I have kept a close eye on since they were Troglorot and

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Review: SUMAC ‘The Healer’

12th July 202412th July 2024 Sandy Williamson Drone, Post-Metal, Sludge, Sumac, Thrill Jockey Records

SUMAC are a band that I’ve always heard good things about, but never managed to get around to listening to

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Review: Gatecreeper ‘Dark Superstition’

4th June 20244th June 2024 Sandy Williamson Death Metal, Gatecreeper, Nuclear Blast Records

I remember really enjoying the last record from Arizona’s Gatecreeper, Deserted, and so this new offering is something that has

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Review: My Dying Bride ‘A Mortal Binding’

15th May 202415th May 2024 Sandy Williamson Death Doom, My Dying Bride, Nuclear Blast Records

Unless you’ve lived under a rock or been a metal fan that is somehow well-adjusted and happy, you know who

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Review: Septage ‘Septic Worship’

29th April 202429th April 2024 Sandy Williamson Dark Descent Records, Death Metal, Extremely Rotten Productions, Grindcore, Me Saco Un Ojo Records, Septage

Danish gurgling grind monstrosity Septage have finally birthed their debut full-length Septic Worship (Intolerant Spree Of Infesting Forms) after a

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Review: Acid Mammoth ‘Supersonic Megafauna Collision’

11th April 202411th April 2024 Sandy Williamson Acid Mammoth, Heavy Psych Sounds, Stoner Doom

First of all, there are two things that appealed to me straight away with Acid Mammoth; that name is absolute

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Review: Coaltar Of The Deepers x Boris ‘hello there’

5th April 20245th April 2024 Sandy Williamson Alternative, Boris, Coaltar Of The Deepers, Dog Knights Productions, Doom, Heavy Rock

Japanese legends Boris have played around in pretty much every genre of rock and metal you can think of, and

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Review: Blazar ‘Fatal Cosmic Wound’

3rd April 20243rd April 2024 Sandy Williamson Blazar, Carbonized Records, Funeral Doom, Sludge

Fatal Cosmic Wound is the debut full-length from Barcelona’s Blazar, a sludgy funeral doom outfit who take their name from

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Review: Peter Wolff & Jens Borgaard ‘Destroyer’

26th March 202424th November 2024 Sandy Williamson Jens Borgaard, Kai Lietzke, My Proud Mountain, Peter Wolff, Soundscapes

The third solo record from Downfall Of Gaia‘s Peter Wolff, Destroyer sees him collaborate with Dutch folk singer Jens Borgaard

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