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Clamfight - Photo by Dante Torrieri
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Premiere: Clamfight – Self-Titled Album Releases This Friday, 16th May

14th May 202514th May 2025 Lee Edwards Clamfight, Doom, Independent, Metal, Sludge

Clamfight‘s self-titled album crashes onto the metal scene like a storm, delivering a powerful blend of heavy sludge and doom

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Clamfight 'Clamfight' Artwork
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Review: Clamfight ‘Clamfight’

13th May 202514th May 2025 Matthew Williams Clamfight, Doom, Independent, Metal, Sludge

You are welcomed into the fourth album from New Jersey/Philadelphia band Clamfight, with a gentle and calming introduction, a beat

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The Lord Weird Slough Feg 'Traveller Supplement 1: The Ephemeral Glades' EP Artwork
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Review: The Lord Weird Slough Feg ‘Traveller Supplement 1: The Ephemeral Glades’ EP

6th May 20257th May 2025 Renzo Cruz Del Sur Music, Metal, The Lord Weird Slough Feg

The Lord Weird Slough Feg, also known as simply Slough Feg, presents a sequel to their 2003 masterpiece Traveller with

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Wasted Death - Photo by Charley Shillabeer
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Video Premiere: Wasted Death ‘Stratofortress’ – New Album ‘Season Of Evil’ Drops 15th March

31st January 202431st January 2024 Lee Edwards APF Records, Hardcore, Metal, Thrash Metal, Wasted Death

After three successful EPs, the UK’s thrash, hardcore and metal maniacs Wasted Death are gearing up to release their debut

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Lucifer 'Lucifer V' Artwork
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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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Green Lung @ Gorilla, Manchester, 23/11/2023 – Photo by Lee Edwards
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Green Lung / Boss Keloid @ Gorilla, Manchester, 23rd November 2023

27th November 202327th November 2023 Matthew Williams Boss Keloid, Doom, Gorilla, Green Lung, Manchester, Metal

It’s a Thursday night in Manchester, and the Green Lung gig at Gorilla has been sold out for a few

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Temptations Wings
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In Search Of Tone: Micah Nix & Chad Barnwell Of Temptations Wings

14th November 202314th November 2023 Josh Schneider Doom, Electric Talon Records, In Search Of Tone, Metal, Temptations Wings

Temptations Wings are a band that I first heard of through The Sleeping Shaman from a fan Aaron Ossont. I

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Mutoid Man @ The Bread Shed, Manchester, 9th September 2023 – Photo by Lee Edwards
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Through The Lens: Mutoid Man / Haggard Cat @ The Bread Shed, Manchester, 9th September 2023

8th November 20238th November 2023 Lee Edwards Haggard Cat, Heavy Rock, Metal, Mutoid Man, Sargent House, The Beauty Witch, The Bread Shed, Through The Lens

As the UK went through a heatwave, temperatures certainly soared at The Bread Shed in Manchester’s city centre as The

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Thronehammer 'Kingslayer' Artwork
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Review: Thronehammer ‘Kingslayer’

2nd November 202319th December 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Doom, Metal, Supreme Chaos Records, Thronehammer

International doomsters Thronehammer may have had a start that could have appropriately mimicked the slow crawl of the funeral doom

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Mutoid Man / Silverburn @ Exchange, Bristol, 13th September 2023
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Mutoid Man / Silverburn @ Exchange, Bristol, 13th September 2023

16th October 202316th October 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Bristol, Exchange, Hardcore, Metal, Mutoid Man, Pink Dot, Silverburn

Having fallen head over heels in love with the latest album Mutants from offbeat, genre-defying trio Mutoid Man (well not

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Baroness 'Stone' Artwork
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Review: Baroness ‘Stone’

26th September 202326th September 2023 Rob Walsh Abraxan Hymns, Baroness, Heavy Rock, Metal, Prog

The word ‘mature’ is often a means to describe where an artist finds themselves after many years on the road

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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

21st May 202521st May 2025 Lee Edwards
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

16th May 202516th May 2025 Lee Edwards
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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