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Review: Under ‘Training Resource #5’ EP

16th November 202016th November 2020 Jamie Grimes APF Records, Noise-Rock, Training Resource #5, Under

A short, sharp stab to the ears with a rusted penknife, it appears this four track EP from Stockport’s Under

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Review: Undeath ‘Lesions Of A Different Kind’

16th October 202019th November 2020 Sandy Williamson Death Metal, Lesions Of A Different Kind, Prosthetic Records, Undeath

The debut full length from rabid death metallers Undeath is an event I have looked forward to since their 2019

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Review: Upcdownc ‘Score’

2nd October 20203rd November 2020 Francisco Javier Post-Rock, Score, Trepanation Recordings, Upcdownc

Instrumental post rock… instrumental post metal… instrumental sludge… It’s really hard to define Upcdownc as they have traversed almost every

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Review: Ulver ‘Flowers Of Evil’

23rd September 202026th October 2020 Daniel Pietersen Flowers Of Evil, House Of Mythology, Synth, Ulver

I have a problem with Ulver. I simply cannot get enough of them. This may, at first glance, seem like

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Review: Unruly ‘Unruly’

22nd July 202028th August 2020 Liam Blanc Doom, Sludge, Sludgelord Records, Unruly

It’s been a long time since I really listened to any sludge, so long in fact that I almost certainly

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Unearthly Trance ‘Stalking The Ghost’ 2017

15th May 201716th September 2019 John Reppion 2017, Blackened Doom, Doom, Heavy, John Reppion, Relapse Records, Review, Stalking The Ghost, Unearthly Trance

I first heard Unearthly Trance on their 2009 split 10” with Swedish doomers Suma, but the New York trio have

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Ulver ‘ATGCLVLSSCAP’ CD/LP/DD 2016

8th February 20161st November 2019 Guido Segers 2016, Ambient, ATGCLVLSSCAP, CD, Digital, Experimental, Guido Segers, House Of Mythology, LP, Review, Soundscapes, Ulver

Ulver returns triumphantly with another masterpiece, at least that’s my modest opinion after listening to ATGCLVLSSCAP. Though it has been

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Un ‘The Tomb Of All Things’ CD/DD 2015

23rd January 20161st November 2019 Jon Weatherill 2015, Black Bow Records, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Jon Weatherill, Review, Sludge, The Tomb Of All Things, Un

There’s something rotten in the state of doom. In a scene mired with copycat bands, it now takes some serious

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Ufomammut ‘Ecate’ CD/LP/DD 2015

30th July 20153rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2015, CD, Digital, Doom, Ecate, Heavy, LP, Neurot Recordings, Psychedelic, Review, Tom McKibbin, Ufomammut

As the sun returned to our isles and I sat in my back garden, with blue skies overhead, the sun’s

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Undersmile ‘Anhedonia’ CD/LP/DD 2015

15th May 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, Anhedonia, Atmospheric, Black Bow Records, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Review, Sandy Williamson, Self Released, Undersmile

Undersmile are one of the UK’s brightest hopes in the doom scene. Having bulldozed everyone with their stunning debut, Narwhal,

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Unearthly Trance ‘Ouroboros’ CD 2014

1st February 20153rd September 2019 Jeremy Moore 2014, CD, Compilation, Death Doom, Doom, Heavy, Jeremy Moore, Ouroboros, Review, Throne Records, Unearthly Trance

Ouroboros is a fitting title for the latest and final release by Brooklyn, NY’s Unearthly Trance – the term centers

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