Top Ten Of 2022: Simon Brotherton
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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Author: Simon Brotherton
Review: Trevor Dunn’s Trio-Convulsant ‘Sèances’
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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Review: Enablers ‘Some Gift’
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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Retro Review: Cryptopsy ‘None So Vile’
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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Review: Various Artists ‘Döminance And Submissiön: A Tribute to Blue Öyster Cult’
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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Review: Marxbros ‘Kortom 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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Review: Gold Spire ‘Gold Spire’
Sweden will be forever celebrated in metal circles for the Stockholm scene and the Gothenburg sound. Also a country known
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Review: Razoreater ‘Purgatory’
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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