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Author: Simon Brotherton

Simon Brotherton - 2022
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Top Ten Of 2022: Simon Brotherton

13th December 202213th December 2022 Simon Brotherton And So I Watch You From Afar, Black Midi, Clutch, Enablers, Envy Of None, Marillion, Porcupine Tree, Russian Circles, Top Ten 2022, Warrington Runcorn New Town Development, Wormrot

It’s fair to say 2022 has been tough. War, floods, famine, economic crisis, oh, and an ongoing pandemic. Thankfully, it’s

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Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant 'Sèances'
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Review: Trevor Dunn’s Trio-Convulsant ‘Sèances’

1st November 202212th December 2022 Simon Brotherton Jazz, Pyroclastic Records, Trevor Dunn, Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant

Eighteen years is certainly a long gap between releases and 2004’s Sister Phantom Owl Fish was the last time Trevor

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Enablers 'Some Gift'
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Review: Enablers ‘Some Gift’

25th August 202230th September 2022 Simon Brotherton Enablers, Post-Punk, Post-Rock, Spoken Word, Wrong Speed Records

As the press release accompanying this latest long-player from Enablers stresses, there’s no ‘The’ in their name, something which I

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Cryptopsy ‘None So Vile’
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Retro Review: Cryptopsy ‘None So Vile’

8th August 202223rd September 2022 Simon Brotherton Century Media, Death Metal, Displeased Records, Grindcore, Wrong Again Records

I’m the first one to hark back to those glory days of the early 90s, where Morbid Angel, Obituary, and

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Döminance And Submissiön: A Tribute to Blue Öyster Cult
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Review: Various Artists ‘Döminance And Submissiön: A Tribute to Blue Öyster Cult’

12th January 202224th February 2022 Simon Brotherton Blue Öyster Cult, Heavy Rock, Various Artists

Tribute albums are often hit-and-miss affairs and usually at their best when there’s some real heart involved. That’s certainly the

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Marxbros ‘Kortom Punk’
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Review: Marxbros ‘Kortom Punk’

10th January 202215th February 2022 Simon Brotherton Hardcore, Loner Cult, Marxbros, Punk

Uniting three hardcore punk legends from both sides of the pond, this release immediately caught my attention. I’m guilty of

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Gold Spire ‘Gold Spire’
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Review: Gold Spire ‘Gold Spire’

29th October 202127th March 2022 Simon Brotherton Chaos Records, Death Doom, Gold Spire, Jazz

Sweden will be forever celebrated in metal circles for the Stockholm scene and the Gothenburg sound. Also a country known

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Razoreater ‘Purgatory’
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Review: Razoreater ‘Purgatory’

1st October 20218th November 2021 Simon Brotherton FHED Records, Grindcore, Razoreater

There are many things I love about grindcore, not least the fact that it’s often at its best when it

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Video Premiere: Isaak ‘OBG’ – Taken From The New Album ‘Hey’ That Releases 31st March
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Video Premiere: Isaak ‘OBG’ – Taken From The New Album ‘Hey’ That Releases 31st March

2nd February 20232nd February 2023 Lee Edwards

Genoa’s hard-hitting heavy rock four-piece Isaak, a band that should be familiar having once been associated with long-running and highly

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Video Premiere: Dirge ‘Hollow’ – Taken From Their Self-Titled Album That Drops 10th March

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Premiere: TORSO ‘A Crash Course In Terror’ – Debut Album Drops This Friday via APF Records
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Premiere: TORSO ‘A Crash Course In Terror’ – Debut Album Drops This Friday via APF Records

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Video Premiere: Hands Up Who Wants To Die ‘L’inconnue’ – New Album ‘Nil All’ Drops Next Month
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Video Premiere: Hands Up Who Wants To Die ‘L’inconnue’ – New Album ‘Nil All’ Drops Next Month

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