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Imperial Triumphant ‘Spirit Of Ecstasy’
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Review: Imperial Triumphant ‘Spirit Of Ecstasy’

26th July 202228th August 2022 Richard Murray Century Media, Imperial Triumphant, Jazz, Technical Metal

Imperial Triumphant have been blurring the lines of contemporary black metal graced with the decadent and depraved glory of the

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Imbernon & Mikel Vega 'Eolian Dawn'
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Review: Imbernon & Mikel Vega ‘Eolian Dawn’

27th May 20221st July 2022 Josh Schneider Drone, Experimental, Imbernon, Mikel Vega, Sentencia Records

I’m sold. Jon Imbernon is half this album well then here’s my debit card number and keep the tab open.

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I Am The Night 'While The Gods Are Sleeping'
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Review: I Am The Night ‘While The Gods Are Sleeping’

11th May 202215th June 2022 Sandy Williamson Black Metal, I Am The Night, Svart Records

I Am the Night may be a brand new entity but their music is conjured into being by four long

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Inanna 'Void Of Unending Depths'
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Review: Inanna ‘Void Of Unending Depths’

4th May 20227th May 2024 Matt Alexander Death Metal, Inanna, Memento Mori

Don’t you just love it when you come across a record that sends you down a rabbit hole of killer

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Interesting Times Gang 'Are We OK'
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Review: Interesting Times Gang ‘Are We OK’ EP

11th April 202226th May 2022 Reza Mills Independent, Interesting Times Gang, Trip-Hop

The appropriately named Interesting Times Gang is a solo project for Ian Miller which to quote Shaman Lee in the

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In Arcadia 'Hauntology'
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Review: In Arcadia ‘Hauntology’

17th February 202228th March 2022 Reza Mills Ambient, In Arcadia, Synth, Trepanation Recordings

In Arcadia‘s (Chris Garth of Rochester, Kent post-metal/sludge/post-rock act Upcdownc) superb 2020 album Phon was an opportunity for Garth to

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Ivan Macleod ‘The Magnolia Sessions’
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Review: Ivan Macleod ‘The Magnolia Sessions’

12th July 202113th August 2021 Rob Bryant Anti-Corporate Music, Country, Folk, Ivan Macleod, The Magnolia Sessions

Last September, I embarked on a most enlightening journey when I reviewed the first in a planned series of releases

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Iceburn ‘Asclepius’
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Review: Iceburn ‘Asclepius’

22nd June 20216th August 2021 Mark Louth Iceburn, Southern Lord

Salt Lake City, Utah: a haven for Mormons, Jello-O consumption and the eclectic heavy sounds of Iceburn, or if you

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IO ‘Fire’
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Review: IO ‘Fire’

31st May 20217th July 2021 Sandy Williamson Argonauta Records, Doom, IO, Sludge

The debut record from Italy’s IO, Fire, takes much inspiration from the band’s namesake, the fiery lava ridden moon of

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Indus Valley Kings 'Indus Valley Kings'
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Review: Indus Valley Kings ‘Indus Valley Kings’

22nd April 202124th May 2021 Randolph Whateley Independent, Indus Valley Kings, Metal

The Indus Valley Civilization, according to Wikipedia, were around in the north western regions of South Asia during the Bronze

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ILSA 'Preyer'
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Review: ILSA ‘Preyer’

22nd February 202122nd March 2021 Sandy Williamson Doom, Ilsa, Preyer, Relapse Records, Sludge

Recorded just as 2020 began to close in on itself, the new record from Washington DC’s ILSA, Preyer, is clearly

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