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Author: Will Beattie

Wrekmeister Harmonies 'Night Of Your Ascension'
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Wrekmeister Harmonies ‘Night Of Your Ascension’ CD/LP/DD 2015

15th December 20151st November 2019 Will Beattie 2015, CD, Digital, Drone, Experimental, Heavy, JR Robinson, LP, Night Of Your Ascension, Review, Thrill Jockey Records, Will Beattie, Wrekmeister Harmonies

Critics and reviews have an irritating tendency to describe artwork as ‘transcendental.’ If a book encourages the reader to think

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Jess And The Ancient Ones 'Second Psychedelic Coming: The Aquarius Tapes'
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Jess And The Ancient Ones ‘Second Psychedelic Coming: The Aquarius Tapes’ CD/LP/DD 2015

19th November 20154th November 2019 Will Beattie 2015, CD, Classic Rock, Digital, Jess And The Ancient Ones, LP, Occult Rock, Psych, Review, Second Psychedelic Coming: The Aquarius Tapes, Svart Records, Will Beattie

The ‘occult rock’ tag has been thrown around a fair few times over the last five years; in 2015 the

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Pist 'Rhythm & Booze'
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Pist ‘Rhythm & Booze’ CD/DD 2015

15th November 20154th November 2019 Will Beattie 2015, CD, Digital, Heavy, Metal, Pist, Review, Rhythm & Booze, Sludge, When Planets Collide, Will Beattie

Ignoring the opening salvos of the excellently-named Shitstorm, the title of Pist‘s debut album, Rhythm And Booze, acts as a

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Space Fisters 'Vol. 1'
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Space Fisters ‘Vol. 1’ LP/DD 2015

15th October 20154th November 2019 Will Beattie 2015, Digital, LP, Psych, Review, Self Released, Space Fisters, Space Rock, Stoner, Vol 1, Will Beattie

From the outer reaches of the great beyond, from the whirling chaos over the event horizon, come Space Fisters. In

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BIG|BRAVE ‘Au De La’ CD/LP/DD 2015

9th October 20152nd September 2019 Will Beattie 2015, Au De La, BIG|BRAVE, CD, Digital, Drone, Experimental, LP, Review, Soundscapes, Southern Lord, Will Beattie

If a band can sound both abrasive and introspective in equal measure, then that is the sound of Montreal’s BIG|BRAVE.

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Drunk Dad ‘Ripper Killer’ LP/DD 2014

18th September 20142nd September 2019 Will Beattie 2014, Digital, Drunk Dad, Eolian Empire, Grunge, Hardcore, LP, Noise-Rock, Review, Ripper Killer, Will Beattie

How do you define Drunk Dad‘s Ripper Killer? A band with a silly name that potentially points towards a troubled

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Greenhorn ‘Doomhawk’ CD/DD 2014

13th August 20142nd September 2019 Will Beattie 2014, CD, Digital, Doom, Doomhawk, Greenhorn, Heavy, Hibernacula Records, Review, Sludge, Will Beattie

Metal should never take itself too seriously. Sure, it’s good to be ‘brutal,’ but usually behind all the heaviness is

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Review
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Nevermind Me ‘Winter’ CD/DD 2014

3rd August 20142nd September 2019 Will Beattie 2014, Alternative, Ambient, CD, Digital, Nevermind Me, Review, Rock, Self Released, Shoegaze, Will Beattie, Winter

Nevermind Me play shoegaze. Nevermind Me play dreampop. Nevermind Me play… black metal. Generic cross-pollination is commonplace nowadays, and it

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Nightfell ‘The Living Ever Mourn’ CD/LP/DD 2014

24th June 20142nd September 2019 Will Beattie 2014, Black Metal, CD, Death Metal, Digital, Doom, Hardcore, LP, Nightfell, Parasitic Records, Review, Southern Lord, The Living Ever Mourn, Will Beattie

As soon as ‘The Last Disease‘s’ first growling chord is played, its powerful enough to tear through the fabric of

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Review
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Dead Fader ‘Blood Forest’ LP/DD 2014

21st May 20142nd September 2019 Will Beattie 2014, Blood Forest, Dead Fader, Digital, Dub, Electronic, Experimental, LP, Review, Robot Elephant Records, Will Beattie

Though not the sort of thing normally seen gracing the hallowed pages of The Sleeping Shaman, Dead Fader‘s ‘Blood Forest‘

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Review
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Victorian Whore Dogs ‘Hobo Chic’ CD/DD 2014

15th April 20142nd September 2019 Will Beattie 2014, CD, Digital, Hardcore, Hibernacula Records, Metal, Review, Sludge, Victorian Whore Dogs, Will Beattie

It’s hard to know what to expect from a band with a name like Victorian Whore Dogs. Hardcore punk? Antiquarian

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