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Review: Escuela Grind ‘Dreams On Algorithms’

25th October 202425th October 2024 Tom Hanno Escuela Grind, Grind, Hardcore, MNRK Heavy

I had been on a Cattle Decapitation bender, when the YouTube algorithm brought up a video of a live show

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Review: Slomosa ‘Tundra Rock’

20th September 202420th September 2024 David J McLaren Heavy Rock, MNRK Heavy, Slomosa, Stickman Records, Stoner Rock

So far it’s been a year of follow-ups from bands I’m already invested in. Slomosa have fallen into the category

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Review: Take Offense ‘T.O.tality’

30th May 202430th May 2024 Martin Williams Crossover, MNRK Heavy, Take Offense, Thrash Metal

Despite being a thrash metal fan for forty, yes, forty years, I had only vaguely heard of Chula Vista, California’s

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Review: Mastiff ‘Deprecipice’

9th May 20249th May 2024 Matthew Williams Hardcore, Mastiff, MNRK Heavy, Sludge

Somewhere in a parallel universe, I’m sure that Mastiff are headlining huge shows across the globe as they have always

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Review: High On Fire ‘Cometh The Storm’

10th April 202413th April 2024 Martin Williams Heavy Metal, High On Fire, MNRK Heavy

A lot has happened since we last heard from High On Fire. In 2018, the band released the Grammy wining

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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: Escuela Grind ‘DDEEAATTHHMMEETTAALL’

12th January 202412th January 2024 Sandy Williamson Death Metal, Escuela Grind, Grind, MNRK Heavy

The third and final piece in the Escuela Grind tribute EPs, following 2020’s PPOOWWEERRVVIIOOLLEENNCCEE and GGRRIINNDDCCOORREE (I absolutely love this,

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Review: High On Fire ‘The Art Of Self Defense’ [Reissue]

10th August 202311th August 2023 Martin Williams Doom, High On Fire, Metal, MNRK Heavy

Way back in the summer of 2000, the much-fabled CMJ music festival came to Seattle. A music industry showcase, and

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Review: Somnuri ‘Desiderium’

28th July 202328th July 2023 Rob Walsh Hardcore, Metal, MNRK Heavy, Sludge, Somnuri

While New York’s Somnuri are described as a ‘progressive sludge’ or ‘post-sludge’ band, a term I would prefer to use

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Review: Escuela Grind ‘Memory Theater’

21st September 20229th December 2022 Goro Riffs Escuela Grind, Grindcore, MNRK Heavy

In my mind, once you hear or see their name it becomes instantly familiar. It’s very attention grabbing for someone

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Review: Crowbar ‘Zero And Below’

2nd March 20226th April 2022 Mark Hunt-Bryden Crowbar, Kirk Windstein, MNRK Heavy

Crowbar really need no introduction, New Orleans based sluggers, sludge icons captained by ‘the riff lord’ Kirk Windstein who has