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Review: Quasars Of Destiny ‘Music To Listen To While Eating Planets’

28th March 202528th March 2025 Martin Williams Independent, Prog, Psych, Quasars Of Destiny

With a band name like Quasars Of Destiny and an album title like Music To Listen To While Eating Planets,

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Mars Red Sky & Queen Of The Meadow
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Review: Mars Red Sky & Queen Of The Meadow EP

10th May 202310th May 2023 Lee Beamish Folk Rock, Mars Red Sky, Mrs Red Sound, Psych, Queen Of The Meadow

Having formed in 2007, and now with almost half a dozen releases under their belt, you would have thought that

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Qstaw 'Project 86'
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Review: Qstaw ‘Project 86’

24th March 20224th May 2022 Josh Schneider Clouded Mind Records, Drone, Qstaw, Soundscapes

Learning of a new band to obsess over is always fun and playing the songs on repeat without ever getting

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Qrixkuor ‘Poison Palinopsia’
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Review: Qrixkuor ‘Poison Palinopsia’

10th August 202115th September 2021 Jamie Grimes Dark Descent Records, Death Metal, Invictus Productions, Quixkuor

The musician known publicly as simply ‘S’ has endured various obstacles over the last five years to bring this first

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Quarantine ‘The Perception Of Pain’
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Review: Quarantine ‘The Perception Of Pain’

28th June 20216th August 2021 Spencer Reid Doom, Industrial, Quarantine, Trepanation Recordings

During the overwhelming isolation of lockdowns, I imagine many people to have baked cakes. And if I was going to

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Queen Elephantine ‘Scarab’ 2013 CD/LP/DD 2013

4th October 20133rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2013, Atmospheric, CD, Cosmic Eye Records, Digital, Doom, Drone, Heart & Crossbone Records, LP, Queen Elephantine, Review, Scarab, Tom McKibbin

“I became, and the becoming became. I became by becoming the form of Khepra, god of transformations, who came into

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Queen Elephantine ‘Garland Of Skulls’ CD 2011

22nd August 20112nd September 2019 Pete Green 2011, Ambient, Billy Anderson, CD, Concrete Lo Fi Records, Doom, Garland Of Skulls, Pete Green, Psychedelic, Queen Elephantine, Review, Tribal

There comes a point when listening to a record becomes more of a religious experience than a musical one. Queen

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Queen Beast – S/T – CD 2009

28th July 20092nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2009, CD, Doom, Hardcore, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Metal, Queen Beast, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Switchblade Records

In an age of plagiarists and clones it is often difficult to find something truly original. Queen Beast are here

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Queen Elephantine ‘Kailash’ CD 2008

7th March 20093rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, Ambient, Avant-Garde, Concrete Lo Fi Records, Download, Drone, Experimental, Kailash, Queen Elephantine, Review

Stoner droner mystics Queen Elephantine, the oft travelling Lords of (sonic) Lethargy, have produced yet another striking opus of snaking

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Queen Elephantine ‘Surya’ CD 2008

7th September 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone Adam Stone, Ambient, Avant-Garde, Concrete Lo Fi Records, Drone, Experimental, Queen Elephantine, Review, Surya

It is dusk upon the river Ganges. Your gap year has prematurely come to an end because you are sooooooo

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Queen Elephantine ‘Yatra’ CD 2008 & ‘Tartarus’ CDEP 2008

18th August 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, Ambient, Avant-Garde, CD, CDEP, Concrete Lo Fi Records, Drone, Experimental, Queen Elephantine, Review, Tartarus, Yatra

Imagine the eldritch and arcane sound of a cultish band of blind, hooded, albino acolytes, engrossed within their eerie sonic

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