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Through The Lens: Liturgy / BIG|BRAVE @ The Independent, San Francisco, 28th June 2023

11th July 202311th July 2023 Tyler Johnston BIG|BRAVE, Black Metal, Doom, Liturgy, San Francisco, The Independent, Through The Lens

A few days after shooting Yob at Oakland Metro, The Shaman’s resident stateside snapper Tyler Johnston took the trip over

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Through The Lens: Yob @ Oakland Metro, 24th June 2023

5th July 202311th July 2023 Tyler Johnston Doom, Metro, Oakland, Through The Lens, Yob

California’s resident Shaman snapper Tyler Johnston recently took a trip to the Oakland Metro to witness and shoot the Live

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Portals Festival 2023 – Sunday

4th July 20234th July 2023 Lee Beamish EartH Hackney, EF, GGGOLDDD, Jambinai, Jo Quail, London, Maybeshewill, Mono, Portals Festival, Pupil Slicer, Shy Low, Svalbard, VLMV

Entering day two of Portals Festival 2023, I knew my day was going to be a hectic one. Already buzzing

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Portals Festival 2023 – Saturday

3rd July 20233rd July 2023 Lee Beamish A. A. Williams, And So I Watch You From Afar, Bo Ningen, Bossk, EartH Hackney, Human Pyramids, Hundred Year Old Man, London, Ogives Big Band, Portals Festival, The Broken Islands

Having started in 2015 as a one-day event, Portals Festival was created, with the purpose of bringing some of the

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Through The Lens: Jo Quail / Dead Space Chamber Music @ The White Hotel, Salford, 13th May 2023

23rd June 202311th July 2023 Lee Edwards Dead Space Chamber Music, Jo Quail, Neo Classical, Neo Folk, Salford, The Beauty Witch, The White Hotel, Through The Lens

Back in mid-May, I took another short trip down to The White Hotel in Salford when The Beauty Witch presented

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Through The Lens: BIG|BRAVE @ Soup, Manchester, 9th May 2023

20th June 202320th June 2023 Lee Edwards Aicher, BIG|BRAVE, Grey Lantern, Manchester, Soup, Through The Lens

Another belated Through The Lens post when Grey Lantern hosted BIG|BRAVE in Manchester last month. I was lucky enough to

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Through The Lens: Ecstatic Vision / Tero Kulero / Tim Holehouse @ The Continental, Preston, 3rd May 2023

15th June 202320th June 2023 Lee Edwards Ecstatic Vision, Preston, Tero Kulero, The Continental, Through The Lens, Tim Holehouse

Another better late-than-never post when the awesome heavy psych rock of Philadelphia’s Ecstatic Vision hit The Continental in Preston at

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Desertfest London 2023 – Sunday

12th June 202312th June 2023 Ian M BIG|BRAVE, Black Groove, Blood Ceremony, Boris, Desertfest, Jo Quail, King Buffalo, London, Mars Red Sky, Nebula, Thunder Horse

This review of Day 3 of Desertfest is brought to you by the letter B. It starts in the Black

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Desertfest London 2023 – Saturday

8th June 20238th June 2023 Ian M Church Of The Cosmic Skull, Corrosion Of Conformity, Crowbar, Desertfest, Dozer, London, Lowen, Slomatics, Weedeater, Wren

A lunchtime start for Desertfest on Saturday saw the hordes descend upon Camden again. No coronation nonsense here, just another

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Desertfest London 2023 – Friday

7th June 20237th June 2023 Ian M Church Of Misery, Dawn Ray'd, Desertfest, Earth Moves, Kurokuma, London, Sum Of R, Terror Cosmico, Vinnum Sabbathi, Wyatt E, Year Of No Light

So here we are, the annual metal pilgrimage to Camden for Desertfest, over ten years now since the first fest

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Through The Lens: GNOD / The Shits @ The White Hotel, Salford, 2nd May 2023

6th June 20236th June 2023 Lee Edwards Gnod, Salford, The Beauty Witch, The Shits, The White Hotel, Through The Lens

A bit of a home coming gig for the psych chameleons GNOD who played for The Beauty Witch at The

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