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Author: Will J

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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Underdark 'Our Bodies Burned Bright On Re-Entry'
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Review: Underdark ‘Our Bodies Burned Bright On Re-Entry’

8th July 202125th December 2021 Will J Black Metal, Post-Hardcore, Surviving Sounds, Through Love Records, Tridroid Records, Underdark

It’s interesting to note that I actually speak more about post-hardcore, emo and screamo in this review than I do

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Dawn Ray'd 'Wild Fire'
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Review: Dawn Ray’d ‘Wild Fire’ EP

21st June 202121st July 2021 Will J Black Metal, Dawn Ray'd, Folk, Prosthetic Records

It’s fair to say that Dawn Ray’d are a band who have gained prominence as much for their distinctive message

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On The Racism Problem In Black Metal
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On The Racism Problem In Black Metal

17th June 202121st July 2021 Will J Black Metal, Metal, Racism

I recently had an incident that rather disturbed me, and for the first time in my short career as a

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Monstruwacan ‘Mourn At The Grindstone’
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Review: Monstruwacan ‘Mourn At The Grindstone’

31st May 20217th July 2021 Will J Doom, Drone, Independent, Monstruwacan

For the most part drone music tends to embody certain aesthetic characteristics that make it a rather oblique and metaphysical

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Great Dismal Swamp ‘Virginia’
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Review: Great Dismal Swamp ‘Virginia’

7th May 202111th June 2021 Will J Drone, Great Dismal Swamp, Trepanation Recordings, Virginia

The name Great Dismal Swamp sounds like it might have been made up with a slight tongue-in-cheek nod to the

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Gateway 'Flesh Reborn'
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Review: Gateway ‘Flesh Reborn’ EP

30th April 20214th June 2021 Will J Chaos Records, Death Doom, Flesh Reborn, Gateway

In metalcore it’s pretty easy to divide the genre up between bands whose roots are in metal with those who

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Blue Ox ‘Holy Vore’
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Review: Blue Ox ‘Holy Vore’ EP

30th March 20216th May 2021 Will J Blue Ox, Hardcore Metal, Holy Vore, Independent

In my humble opinion, the key thing in metallic hardcore is getting the balance right of seriousness and fun. There

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Devastating Light ‘I Have Already Failed You'
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Review: Devastating Light ‘I Have Already Failed You’ EP

25th March 202128th April 2021 Will J Devastating Light, I Have Already Failed You, Planet K Records, Post-Metal

I’m sure that I’ve said this before, although I don’t want to propagate national stereotypes too deeply, but it seems

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Bog Wizard vs Dust Lord 'Four Tales Of The Strange'
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Review: Bog Wizard vs Dust Lord ‘Four Tales Of The Strange’

8th March 20219th April 2021 Will J Bog Wizard, Dust Lord, Stoner Doom, The Cosmic Peddler, The Swamp Records

In terms of sheer volume, the last couple of years have been a bumper time for new stoner doom bands

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WitchTit 'Intoxicating Lethargy'
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Review: WitchTit ‘Intoxicating Lethargy’

4th March 20217th April 2021 Will J Doom, Independent, Intoxicating Lethargy, WitchTit

Hailing from North Carolina, somewhere more known for its metalcore, WitchTit are a band whose sound is rooted in the

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