Wrekmeister Harmonies ‘Night Of Your Ascension’ CD/LP/DD 2015
Critics and reviews have an irritating tendency to describe artwork as ‘transcendental.’ If a book encourages the reader to think
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Author: Will Beattie
Jess And The Ancient Ones ‘Second Psychedelic Coming: The Aquarius Tapes’ CD/LP/DD 2015
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’ CD/DD 2015
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’ LP/DD 2015
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
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
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
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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Nevermind Me ‘Winter’ CD/DD 2014
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
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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Dead Fader ‘Blood Forest’ LP/DD 2014
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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Victorian Whore Dogs ‘Hobo Chic’ CD/DD 2014
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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