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Burner 'A Vision Of The End'
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Review: Burner ‘A Vision Of The End’ EP

16th June 202227th July 2022 Tom Hanno Burner, Church Road Records, Death Metal, Grindcore, Hardcore

Is blackened-death-thrashy-grindcore even a sub-genre yet? If so, London’s Burner fits into that description quite nicely, and if not, then

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Review: Blue Heron ‘Ephemeral’

27th May 20221st July 2022 Martin Williams Blue Heron, Desert Rock, Kozmik ArtIfactz, Seeing Red Records

In the genre we call desert rock, outside of Kyuss, and the bands and artists that splintered from them, it

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Besvärjelsen 'Atlas'
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Review: Besvärjelsen ‘Atlas’

25th May 20221st July 2022 Emil Damgaard Andersen Besvärjelsen, Doom Rock, Heavy Rock, Magnetic Eye Records

While doom rock as a genre to me seems like unexplored territory, I think there’s a lot of potential and

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Black Lung 'Dark Waves'
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Review: Black Lung ‘Dark Waves’

24th May 20221st July 2022 Josh Schneider Black Lung, Doom Rock, Heavy Psych Sounds

Black Lung hails from Baltimore and started as a trio in 2014. Their heavy blues sound dabbles into the psych-doom

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Bog Body 'Cryonic Crevasse Cult'
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Review: Bog Body ‘Cryonic Crevasse Cult’

23rd May 20221st July 2022 James Bullock Blackened Sludge, Bog Body, Profound Lore Records

This is a surprisingly punishing album. For a band this young, there is an undeniable ‘Bog Body’ sound that hits

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Shallow Black 'D2E0M2O | CHAPTERS'
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Review: Shallow Black ‘D2E0M2O [CHAPTERS]’ EP

24th March 20224th May 2022 Lee Beamish Doom, Shallow Black, Sludge

In the twenty-first century, considering how bombarded we are with information, and how accessible it would appear, the whole planet

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Burial Hex 'Gauze'
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Review: Burial Hex ‘Gauze’

10th March 20224th May 2022 Goro Riffs Burial Hex, Cold Spring Records, Experimental, Industrial

Something is always lurking. Lurking where? In among the beauty, of course. Hidden within it, as it is part of

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Betty Benedeadly 'The Adventures Of Mabel & Carter'
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Review: Betty Benedeadly ‘The Adventures Of Mabel & Carter’ EP

8th February 202228th March 2022 Reza Mills Betty Benedeadly, Desert Records, Surf Rock

Hot on the heels of From The Mesa comes The Adventures Of Mabel & Carter, Betty Benedeadly’s sophomore release. The

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Tromba + Brainscanner – Split
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Review: Tromba + Brainscanner – Split

7th February 202228th March 2022 Goro Riffs Brainscanner, Doom, Stoner, The Swamp Records, Tromba

The music universe is an immense, endless maze of sounds and expressions, which no one can ever fully and completely

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Buzzard Canyon ‘Drunken Tales Of An Underachiever... The Saga Continues’
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Review: Buzzard Canyon ‘Drunken Tales Of An Underachiever… The Saga Continues’

24th January 20222nd March 2022 El Jefe Argonauta Records, Buzzard Canyon, Heavy Rock

High noon. Through the haze, a band of outlaws walk the dusty streets deep in the heart of (cue the

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Breaths 'Though life has turned out nothing like I imagined, it is far better than I could have dreamt.'
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Review: Breaths ‘Though life has turned out nothing like I imagined, it is far better than I could have dreamt.’

24th January 20222nd March 2022 Mark Hunt-Bryden Blackgaze, Breaths, Post-Hardcore, Trepanation Recordings

‘All great art is born through suffering’. Whilst the exact origin of that quote may be lost, it is a

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