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Review: Wolfbrigade ‘Life Knife Death’

24th September 202424th September 2024 Martin Williams Crust, Metal Blade Records, Wolfbrigade

Wolfbrigade, the long-time, Swedish flag-bearers for pummeling buzzsaw, d-beat and hardcore for almost three decades return with Life Knife Death,

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Review: Habak ‘Insania’ [Reissue]

10th September 202410th September 2024 Nessie Spencer Crust, Habak, Hardcore, Persistent Vision Records

When the Shaman-In-Chief tasked me to review the re-edition of Habak’s debut effort Insania, I thought it would be an

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Review: Berenice ‘Berenice’ EP

27th August 202427th August 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden APF Records, Berenice, Crust, Hardcore, Sludge

Freshly minted and with the musical equivalent of that new car smell, Berenice, the UK five-piece hailing from East Anglia

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Review: Slugcrust ‘Discharge(d)’ EP

19th July 202419th July 2024 George Green Crust, Grind, Slugcrust, Terminus Hate City

As is often the way with these things, Discharge(d) by Slugcrust appeared in The Shaman’s list of delectables for review

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Review: Agonista ‘Grey And Dry’

13th March 202413th March 2024 Martin Williams Agonista, Armageddon Label, Crust, Hardcore, Punk

Next up through the review portal we have Grey And Dry, the debut album from Agonista, a blazing, d-beat, crust,

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Premiere: Johnny The Boy ‘Black Aspirin’ – A Tribute To The Gone But Never Forgotten Iron Monkey

10th January 202410th January 2024 Lee Edwards Crippled Black Phoenix, Crust, Iron Monkey, Johnny The Boy, Sludge

What more can be said about Iron Monkey? The purveyors of UK sludge and a band I’ve had a long

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Review: Johnny The Boy ‘You’

7th June 20238th June 2023 Lee Beamish Black Metal, Crust, Johnny The Boy, Season Of Mist

Sometimes, something that has transpired organically can become one of the most wondrous things indeed. Whether it be music, art,

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Forcefed Horsehead 'Monoceros'
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Review: Forcefed Horsehead ‘Monoceros’

23rd March 202323rd March 2023 Reza Mills Crust, Death Metal, Forcefed Horsehead, Hardcore, Owlripper Recordings

Forcefed Horsehead (no, not a reference to the 2013 horsemeat scandal) described in the promo notes as ‘the sound of

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Napalm Death @ Club Academy, Manchester, 18th March 2023 – Photo by Lee Edwards
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Through The Lens: Napalm Death / Dropdead / Siberian Meat Grinder / Escuela Grind @ Club Academy, Manchester, 18th March 2023

21st March 202321st March 2023 Lee Edwards Club Academy, Crust, Dropdead, Escuela Grind, Grindcore, Hardcore, Manchester, Napalm Death, Siberian Meat Grinder, Through The Lens

A night of politically charged grindcore, hardcore, crust and punk was in order for a cold and wet, with threats

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Zanjeer 'Parcham Buland Ast' EP
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Review: Zanjeer ‘Parcham Buland Ast’ EP

5th October 20229th December 2022 Reza Mills Crust, Hardcore, Punk, Symphony Of Destruction, Zanjeer

Zanjeer (Chain) from Bremen, Germany’s debut EP Parcham Buland Ast (The Flag is Raised) caught my attention for a couple

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Premiere: Wolfbrigade ‘Anti-Tank Dogs’ – New EP Of Raging Hardcore Crust That Releases Friday

10th August 202223rd September 2022 Lee Edwards Agipunk, Armageddon Label, Crust, Punk, Wolfbrigade

Although you could possibly class Wolfbrigade as being part of the second wave of crust fuelled hardcore from the fertile

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Video Premiere: Black Helium ‘Up On A Hill’ – New Album ‘The Animals Are Coming’ Drops Friday
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Video Premiere: Black Helium ‘Up On A Hill’ – New Album ‘The Animals Are Coming’ Drops Friday

16th June 202516th June 2025 Lee Edwards

Step into a kaleidoscopic fever dream with the premiere of Up On A Hill, the latest mind-warping transmission from London’s

Premiere: The Long Hunt ‘Spine Of Dusk’ – New Album ‘Natural Order’ Drops 18th July
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Premiere: The Long Hunt ‘Spine Of Dusk’ – New Album ‘Natural Order’ Drops 18th July

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Video Premiere: Lower Slaughter ‘Take A Seat’ – New Album ‘Deep Living’ Releases 6th June
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Video Premiere: Lower Slaughter ‘Take A Seat’ – New Album ‘Deep Living’ Releases 6th June

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Premiere: Clamfight – Self-Titled Album Releases This Friday, 16th May
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Premiere: Clamfight – Self-Titled Album Releases This Friday, 16th May

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