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Review: Dead Meadow ‘Force Form Free’

5th December 20225th December 2022 Rob Walsh Blues Funeral Recordings, Dead Meadow, PostWax, Psych

Force Form Free is a rather strange title for an album by long-time psych-merchants Dead Meadow. I can’t decide whether

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Review: Sconsacrata ‘Paroxysms’

5th December 20225th December 2022 Richard Murray Black Metal, Industrial, Sconsacrata, Trepanation Recordings

This is my third consecutive review done on a band consisting of a single member. I’m still blown away by

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Estrangement: Dave Bowes Interviews JS & Ligamincer From The Funeral Doomers

2nd December 20222nd December 2022 Dave Bowes Aesthetic Death, Estrangement, Funeral Doom

It’s guaranteed that every year there will be plenty of releases that catch the ear, hit that riff-centric sweet spot

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Review: Pound Land ‘Defeated’

2nd December 20222nd December 2022 Reza Mills Cruel Nature Records, Industrial, Post-Punk, Pound Land

‘You’ve got to laugh, because if you don’t you’ll kill yourself. Or somebody else’, so goes the promo notes, and

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Review: Shallow Black ‘MALADROIT [MATTER]’

2nd December 20222nd December 2022 Lee Beamish Acoustic, Independent, Industrial, Shallow Black

Never one to sit still, and fresh off the back of THE SECOND MANUSCRIPt, Shallow Black are back before you

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Video Premiere: Sergeant Thunderhoof ‘Absolute Blue’ – From ‘This Sceptred Veil’ That’s Out Now

1st December 20221st December 2022 Lee Edwards Heavy Rock, Pale Wizard Records, Sergeant Thunderhoof

Back in June of this year, Sergeant Thunderhoof released This Sceptred Veil, an album which well and truly cemented the

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Review: Grava ‘Weight Of A God’

1st December 20221st December 2022 Mark Hunt-Bryden Aesthetic Death, Grava, Sludge

Personally, I have always found some connection with unpleasant, slow, grinding heavy music. There is something extremely cathartic when you

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Review: Slugcrust ‘Ecocide’

1st December 20221st December 2022 Goro Riffs Grindcore, Prosthetic Records, Slugcrust

Grindcore is an amazing art form. Schizophrenic drumming aimed at constant impact at a breakneck pace, interacting with atonal riffs

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Video Premiere: Pound Land ‘Carry On Screaming’ – New Album ‘Defeated’ Drops This Friday

30th November 202230th November 2022 Lee Edwards Cruel Nature Records, Industrial, Post-Punk, Pound Land

The UK’s Pound Land, primarily made up by the duo of multi-instrumentalist Nick Harris and vocalist/lyricist Adam Stone – yes,

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Review: High Command ‘Eclipse Of The Dual Moons’

30th November 202230th November 2022 James Bullock Crossover, High Command, Southern Lord, Thrash Metal

This is what Boudicca would have had on her mixtape. Of the many permutations of metal, thrash (and it’s all sub-variants

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Review: Celestial Season ‘Mysterium II’

30th November 202230th November 2022 Sandy Williamson Burning World Records, Celestial Season, Death Doom

Dutch death/doom legends Celestial Season returned to their miserable, gothic roots on Mysterium I, released earlier this year, and they

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