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Wolfbrigade
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Premiere: Wolfbrigade ‘Anti-Tank Dogs’ – New EP Of Raging Hardcore Crust That Releases Friday

10th August 202210th August 2022 Lee Edwards Agipunk, Armageddon Label, Crust, Punk, Wolfbrigade

Although you could possibly class Wolfbrigade as being part of the second wave of crust fuelled hardcore from the fertile

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Opium Lord/Under - Split
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Review: Opium Lord/Under – Split

10th August 202210th August 2022 Mark Hunt-Bryden APF Records, Noise-Rock, Opium Lord, Sludge, Under

The latest release from one of the hardest working labels around, Salford’s APF Records, sees them curate a collision of

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Early Moods 'Early Moods'
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Review: Early Moods ‘Early Moods’

10th August 202210th August 2022 Martin Williams Doom, Early Moods, Proto-Metal, RidingEasy Records

Unlike say thirty or so years ago, when bands playing ‘70s, Black Sabbath-inspired, riff-rock was relatively uncommon, these days, one

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Opium Lord/Under - Split
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Premiere: Opium Lord & Under – Split – Releases Tomorrow, 10th August, via APF Records

9th August 20229th August 2022 Lee Edwards APF Records, Noise-Rock, Opium Lord, Sludge, Under

Two of the finest UK heavyweights have teamed up after a chance challenge to a 5 a-side game of football,

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Mantar 'Pain Is Forever And This Is The End'
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Review: Mantar ‘Pain Is Forever And This Is The End’

9th August 20229th August 2022 David J McLaren Mantar, Metal Blade Records, Sludge

Sometimes the way we engage with a particular band or artist over time makes no sense whatsoever… I bought Mantar’s

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Problem With Dragons 'Accelerationist'
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Review: Problem With Dragons ‘Accelerationist’

9th August 20229th August 2022 Mark Hunt-Bryden Doom, Independent, Metal, Problem With Dragons, Prog

In their own words, Massachusetts based rockers Problem With Dragons third and latest album Accelerationist has been crafted with the

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Cryptopsy ‘None So Vile’
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Retro Review: Cryptopsy ‘None So Vile’

8th August 20228th August 2022 Simon Brotherton Century Media, Death Metal, Displeased Records, Grindcore, Wrong Again Records

I’m the first one to hark back to those glory days of the early 90s, where Morbid Angel, Obituary, and

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BlackLab 'In A Bizarre Dream'
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Review: BlackLab ‘In A Bizarre Dream’

8th August 20228th August 2022 Lee Beamish BlackLab, Doom, New Heavy Sounds, Sludge

Every once in a while a band comes along, with such intensity, and with an ‘all guns blazing’ ferociousness about

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Jake Lindsay / Book Of Wyrms - Bass & Amp Rig
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In Search Of Tone: Jake Lindsey Of Book Of Wyrms

5th August 20225th August 2022 Josh Schneider Book Of Wyrms, Desert Records, Doom, In Search Of Tone, Stoner

There are always tangents in my interviews and in this case Jay ‘Jake’ Lindsey of Book Of Wyrms I started

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Sarattma 'Escape Velocity'
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Review: Sarattma ‘Escape Velocity’

5th August 20228th August 2022 James Bullock Jazz, Nefarious Industries, Post-Metal, Prog, Sarattma

You might want to sit down for this one, or just stop the pretence and lie down. Post-metal duo Sarattma’s

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Chat Pile 'God's Country'
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Review: Chat Pile ‘God’s Country’

5th August 20225th August 2022 Jamie Grimes Chat Pile, Noise-Rock, The Flenser

If you’ve been following the brief but fascinating rise of Chat Pile, you’ll know there’s no one else quite like

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Premiere: Wolfbrigade ‘Anti-Tank Dogs’ – New EP Of Raging Hardcore Crust That Releases Friday
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Premiere: Wolfbrigade ‘Anti-Tank Dogs’ – New EP Of Raging Hardcore Crust That Releases Friday

10th August 202210th August 2022 Lee Edwards

Although you could possibly class Wolfbrigade as being part of the second wave of crust fuelled hardcore from the fertile

Premiere: Opium Lord & Under – Split – Releases Tomorrow, 10th August, via APF Records
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Premiere: Opium Lord & Under – Split – Releases Tomorrow, 10th August, via APF Records

9th August 20229th August 2022 Lee Edwards
Premiere: Gridfailure & Megalophobe ‘Burn Pits’ – Taken From New Album ‘Harbinger Winds’
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Premiere: Gridfailure & Megalophobe ‘Burn Pits’ – Taken From New Album ‘Harbinger Winds’

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Premiere: Psychlona ‘Rainbird’ – Taken From Their New Album ‘Palo Verde’ That Drops 19th August
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Premiere: Psychlona ‘Rainbird’ – Taken From Their New Album ‘Palo Verde’ That Drops 19th August

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