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Review: Lucifer ‘Lucifer V’

24th January 202424th January 2024 El Jefe Doom, Heavy Rock, Lucifer, Metal, Nuclear Blast Records

Good, meaty heavy rock with classy femme vox is as welcome as free beer at Hacienda El Jefe. So, a

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Review: Lord Dying ‘Clandestine Transcendence’

22nd January 202422nd January 2024 Martin Williams Lord Dying, MNRK Heavy, Prog Metal

Portland, Oregon’s Lord Dying have been in my periphery for a good few years now and seeing their latest MNRK

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Review: Left Cross ‘Upon Desecrated Altars’

19th December 202319th December 2023 Todd Robinson Death Metal, Left Cross, Profound Lore Records

The last couple of years has seen a massive injection of life into death metal with stellar releases from established

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Review: Labasheeda ‘Blueprints’

14th December 202314th December 2023 Reza Mills Alternative, Labasheeda, Post-Punk, Presto Chango Records

Formed in 2004, Dutch trio Labasheeda consists of Saskia Van Der Giessen (vocals/guitar/violin/viola/piano), Arne Wolfswinkel (guitar/bass/piano) and Bas Snabilie (drums/marimba/synth/percussion).

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Review: Litha ‘Litha’

6th December 20236th December 2023 Sandy Williamson Black Metal, Litha, Tartarus Records

Litha is the solo project of Andrew Black of Oregon’s, now sadly defunct, Sorceress and their self-titled record is out

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Review: Lähdön Aika ‘Hourevuode’ EP

28th November 202328th November 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Doom, Independent, Lähdön Aika, Sludge

Towards the back end of 2021, the boss Shaman Lee, asked if I could do a quick review on ‘a

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Review: L’uomo Nero ‘Voda Alebo Oheň’ EP

4th October 20234th October 2023 Reza Mills Desert Records, Desert Rock, L’uomo Nero, Rock 'n' Roll

Following 2020’s Andiamo Nel Deserto (Let’s Go to the Desert) and 2021’s Elle, De La Mer (She, From The Sea)

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Review: Lie Heavy ‘Burn To The Moon’

18th September 202318th September 2023 Lee Beamish Heavy Rock, JM Records, Lie Heavy

In the coming few months I will be hitting the ripe old age of forty-nine, and even though there’s plenty

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Review: Lankum ‘False Lankum’

24th July 202324th July 2023 Reza Mills Drone, Folk, Lankum, Rough Trade, Soundscapes

Lankum are a Dublin four-piece whose members comprise of Ian Lynch, Daragh Lynch, Cormac Mac Diarmada and Radie Peat who

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Review: Le Scimmie ‘Adriatic Desert’

15th June 202315th June 2023 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Desert Rock, Frekete! Records, Instrumental, Le Scimmie

‘The sea is the voice of my heart, it is the voice of your heart….’ used to sing an old

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Review: Loose Sutures ‘Sado Sex For Dummies’

12th June 202312th June 2023 Martin Williams Electric Valley Records, Garage Rock, Loose Sutures

Back in 2021, which somehow seems like a long time ago at this point, when I first started writing for

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