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Album & EP Reviews

Bong-Ra 'Meditations'
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Review: Bong-Ra ‘Meditations’

11th August 202211th August 2022 Goro Riffs Bong-Ra, Drone, Jason Köhnen, Tartarus Records

Bong-Ra is a special kind of artist: A force for musical experimentation, and an unstoppable creative entity, he became established

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All Souls & Fatso Jetson 'Live From Total Annihilation'
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Review: All Souls & Fatso Jetson ‘Live From Total Annihilation’

11th August 202211th August 2022 Francisco Javier All Souls, Alternative, Desert Rock, Fatso Jetson, Ripple Music

Somewhere in the dark depths of Los Angeles is a studio called Total Annihilation and it is there that the

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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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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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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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Grave Bathers 'Rock 'N' Roll Fetish'
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Review: Grave Bathers ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll Fetish’

4th August 20224th August 2022 Martin Williams Grave Bathers, Proto-Metal, Seeing Red Records

I had a ton of thoughts come to mind as I was attempting to absorb Rock ‘N’ Roll Fetish, the

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Premiere: Manic Abraxas ‘Red Camo Rock’ – New Album ‘Foreign Winds’ Releases 30th September
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Premiere: Manic Abraxas ‘Red Camo Rock’ – New Album ‘Foreign Winds’ Releases 30th September

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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

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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

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