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Author: Sandy Williamson

Spiritus Mortis 'The Great Seal'
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Review: Spiritus Mortis ‘The Great Seal’

6th September 20229th December 2022 Sandy Williamson Doom, Metal, Spiritus Mortis, Svart Records

Classic Finnish doom legends Spiritus Mortis have been churning out mighty hymns to heavy metal since 1988, but The Great

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Boris 'Heavy Rocks 2022'
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Review: Boris ‘Heavy Rocks 2022’

15th August 202223rd September 2022 Sandy Williamson Boris, Heavy Rock, Relapse Records

The simple idea that Heavy Rocks is so true and so potent that Japanese legends BORIS (and this is the

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Monasterium 'Cold Are The Graves'
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Review: Monasterium ‘Cold Are The Graves’

21st July 202228th August 2022 Sandy Williamson Doom, Monasterium, Nine Records

I know that Poland’s history with metal isn’t exactly empty, but I feel like the last two years have been

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Ataraxy 'The Last Mirror'
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Review: Ataraxy ‘The Last Mirror’

13th June 202215th July 2022 Sandy Williamson Ataraxy, Dark Descent Records, Death Doom, Me Saco Un Ojo Records

I’ve followed Spanish underground legend death metallers Ataraxy for a number of years now, since I heard their Revelations Of

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Wardruna 'Kvitravn - First Flight Of The White Raven'
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Review: Wardruna ‘Kvitravn – First Flight Of The White Raven’

7th June 202215th July 2022 Sandy Williamson Folk, Music For Nations, Wardruna

Remember when a yearning for being a Viking was only for metalheads and medieval reenactors, instead of wildly misinformed racists

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I Am The Night 'While The Gods Are Sleeping'
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Review: I Am The Night ‘While The Gods Are Sleeping’

11th May 202215th June 2022 Sandy Williamson Black Metal, I Am The Night, Svart Records

I Am the Night may be a brand new entity but their music is conjured into being by four long

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Golgothan 'Leech'
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Review: Golgothan ‘Leech’

21st March 20224th May 2022 Sandy Williamson Death Metal, Golgothan, Lacerated Enemy Records

Today I learned what Golgothan actually meant, and I’m not sure I was ready for it… Lousiana’s Golgothan named themselves

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Mines 'Your Ever Failing Happiness'
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Review: Mines ‘Your Ever Failing Happiness’

4th March 20224th May 2022 Sandy Williamson Mines, Post-Metal, Sludge, Trepanation Recordings

I know very little about Wales, but if the new Mines album is anything to go by, it doesn’t seem

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Stargo 'Dammbruch'
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Review: Stargo ‘Dammbruch’

21st February 202228th March 2022 Sandy Williamson Independent, Instrumental, Stargo, Stoner

Stargo have been churning out psychedelic stoner doom since 2008, and their combination of raw power and hazy, cosmic freakouts

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Penny Coffin 'ΤΕΦΡΑ / ΣΚΕΛΕΤΙΚΟ ΣΚΟΤΑΔΙ'
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Review: Penny Coffin ‘ΤΕΦΡΑ / ΣΚΕΛΕΤΙΚΟ ΣΚΟΤΑΔΙ’

15th February 202228th March 2022 Sandy Williamson Death Doom, Dry Cough Records, Penny Coffin

Scottish/Greek death metal four-piece Penny Coffin have been given the honour of Dry Cough Records‘ first release of 2022; a

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Nullification 'Kingdoms To Hovel'
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Review: Nullification ‘Kingdoms To Hovel’

9th February 202228th March 2022 Sandy Williamson Death Metal, Nullification, Personal Records

Filipino death metallers Nullification were spawned from the filth of 2021, and quickly put their debut record together in June

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