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Author: Simon Brotherton

Dave Lombardo 'Rites of Percussion'
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Review: Dave Lombardo ‘Rites Of Percussion’

12th May 202312th May 2023 Simon Brotherton Dave Lombardo, Experimental, Ipecac Recordings

Good things being borne out of the COVID lockdown has been a bit of a recurring theme in some of

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Rotten Sound 'Apocalypse'
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Review: Rotten Sound ‘Apocalypse’

28th March 202328th March 2023 Simon Brotherton Grindcore, Rotten Sound, Season Of Mist

By their own admission, Finland’s biggest grindcore exports have been a tad tardy getting album number eight out of the

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Full Of Hell & Primitive Man 'Suffocating Hallucination'
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Review: Full Of Hell & Primitive Man ‘Suffocating Hallucination’

2nd March 20232nd March 2023 Simon Brotherton Closed Casket Activities, Full Of Hell, Primitive Man, Sludge

I’d never refer to myself as a massive sludge or noise fan, so you may be wondering why I picked

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Venomous Concept 'The Good Ship Lollipop'
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Review: Venomous Concept ‘The Good Ship Lollipop’

16th February 202321st March 2023 Simon Brotherton Extrinsic Recordings, Venomous Concept

There’s a saying that’s something about triumph coming out of adversity, which is clearly the case as far as The

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Simon Brotherton - 2022
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Top Ten Of 2022: Simon Brotherton

13th December 20226th February 2023 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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Video Premiere: Omnibadger ‘F I X’ – From The Duo’s New Album ‘Famous Guitar Licks Vol. III’
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Video Premiere: Omnibadger ‘F I X’ – From The Duo’s New Album ‘Famous Guitar Licks Vol. III’

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