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Rolo Tomassi @ Oval Space, London 24/02/2022 - Photo by Nick Sayers
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Rolo Tomassi / Pupil Slicer / Heriot @ Oval Space, London 24th Feb 2022

8th March 20224th May 2022 Will J Heriot, Oval Space, Pupil Slicer, Rolo Tomassi

This is the ninth time I have seen Rolo Tomassi live, which is, unsurprisingly, more than I have seen any

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Wiegedood 'There’s Always Blood At The End Of The Road'
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Review: Wiegedood ‘There’s Always Blood At The End Of The Road’

18th January 20222nd March 2022 Will J Black Metal, Century Media, Wiegedood

If there’s one thing that has defined Wiegedood‘s music up to this point it is a simple word: intensity. Few

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Top Ten Of 2021: Will J

27th December 20218th February 2022 Will J Divide And Dissolve, Everson Poe, Fluisteraars, Full Of Hell, Panopticon, The Sun And The Mirror, Top Ten 2021, Turnstile, Underdark, Violet Cold, Wolves In The Throne Room

This year certainly hasn’t been as chaotic as the last, but it feels like there’s been even more music making

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So Hideous ‘None But A Pure Heart Can Sing’
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Review: So Hideous ‘None But A Pure Heart Can Sing’

7th December 202111th January 2022 Will J Black Metal, Blackgaze, Post-Hardcore, Silent Pendulum Records, So Hideous

New York post-black metal experimentalists So Hideous are back after a lengthy hiatus. Their original tenure saw them produce two

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Gaahls WYRD ‘The Humming Mountain’
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Review: Gaahls WYRD ‘The Humming Mountain’

10th November 202124th December 2021 Will J Ambient, Black Metal, Gaahls WYRD, Season Of Mist

Since the whole Gorgoroth name dispute debacle, Gaahl has gone a long way to repairing his reputation. While there are

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Scarecrow 'Scarecrow II'
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Review: Scarecrow ‘Scarecrow II’

8th November 202115th December 2021 Will J Doom Rock, Prog, Scarecrow, Wise Blood Records

The difficulty with modern bands playing in a style that is rooted in the ’70s metal revolution is that so

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Deber ‘Aspire To Affliction’
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Review: Deber ‘Aspire To Affliction’

3rd November 202115th December 2021 Will J Deber, Funeral Doom, Personal Records

There are times where you want to hear something new and fresh within a tried and tested genre, but at

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KITE ‘Currents’
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Review: KITE ‘Currents’

6th October 20218th November 2021 Will J KITE, Majestic Mountain Records, Post-Hardcore, Sludge

I’ve always had a love for Swedish metal, whether it’s the melodeath of At the Gates, the post-sludge of Cult

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Wolves In The Throne Room 'Primordial Arcana'
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Review: Wolves In The Throne Room ‘Primordial Arcana’

17th August 202124th September 2021 Will J Black Metal, Century Media, Relapse Records, Wolves In The Throne Room

In the summer of 2014, shortly after the release of the band’s fifth full-length album Celestite, the talk amongst fans

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Malossi ‘Blanke Barter’
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Review: Malossi ‘Blanke Barter’

6th August 20219th September 2021 Will J Blues Rock, Desert Rock, Malossi, Rob Mules Records

One of the most intriguing things in the progression of any genre is the way artists in different geographical regions

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King Woman ‘Celestial Blues’
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Review: King Woman ‘Celestial Blues’

27th July 20219th September 2021 Will J Doom Rock, King Woman, Relapse Records

Sometimes hype from the media can become overbearing for an artist, even if it’s something they don’t engage with or

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