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Sons Of Alpha Centauri @ Desertfest London 2025 - Photo by Jessy Lotti
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Desertfest London 2025 – Saturday

3rd June 20253rd June 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Amenra, Desertfest, Indica Blues, London, Maha Sohona, Pallbearer, Sons Of Alpha Centauri, Zeal & Ardor

This year, Saturday was THE day of Desertfest London 2025 for me for the simple reason that Kent’s Sons Of

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David J McLaren - 2024
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Top Ten Of 2024: David J McLaren

24th December 202424th December 2024 David J McLaren Giant Walker, Guiltless, Heriot, High On Fire, High Vis, Huntsmen, Metz, Pallbearer, Slomosa, Thou, Top Ten 2024

So, how’s your 2024 been? Mine has been deliberately and consciously happy. Not very fashionable or interesting to be happy

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Baroness @ Amager Bio, Copenhagen, 31st October 2024 – Photo by Kasper Pasinski
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Baroness / Graveyard / Pallbearer @ Amager Bio, Copenhagen, 31st October 2024

22nd November 202422nd November 2024 Will J Amager Bio, Baroness, Copenhagen, Graveyard, Pallbearer

It’s a cold, windy Halloween night. I’m walking into an old cinema in Copenhagen. The words Pallbearer, Graveyard and Baroness

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Pallbearer 'Mind Burns Alive' Artwork
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Review: Pallbearer ‘Mind Burns Alive’

31st May 20243rd June 2024 David J McLaren Doom, Nuclear Blast Records, Pallbearer

It’s not too often that I choose to review an album by a band that I’m emotionally invested in… it

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Elder @ Chalk, Brighton, 2nd November 2022 - Photo by Nessie Spencer
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Elder / Pallbearer / Irist @ Chalk, Brighton, 2nd November 2022

15th November 202226th December 2022 Nessie Spencer Brighton, Chalk, Doom, Elder, Heavy Rock, Irist, Pallbearer, Post-Metal

The bitterly windy cold weather did not dissuade me to go to Chalk because Elder playing in my town is

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David J McLaren
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Top Ten Of 2020: David J McLaren

28th December 202027th January 2021 David J McLaren Deftones, Elder, Emma Ruth Rundle, ILS, Kirk Windstein, Pallbearer, Sepultura, Sound Of Origin, Thin Lizzy, Thou, Top Ten 2020, Yatra

2020. Unprecedented times. Made us realise what’s really important.  Our modern lives really do exist on a knife-edge. Bill Gates now controls

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Mark Hunt-Bryden
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Top Ten Of 2020: Mark Hunt-Bryden

14th December 202022nd January 2021 Mark Hunt-Bryden Desert Storm, Devil With No Name, Haken, Horseneck, Kirk Windstein, Pallbearer, Sigiriya, Sleestak, Today Is The Day, Top Ten 2020, Yawning Man

Ah, 2020… I personally spent the tail end of 2019 looking forward to New Year’s day and proclaimed (somewhat prematurely

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Roadburn Festival 2017 – Day 4
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Roadburn Festival 2017 – Day 4 Review By Guido Segers

11th May 20172nd September 2019 Guido Segers 013 Venue, ACB Of Caïna, Author & Punisher, Come To Grief, Gnod, Gong, Guido Segers, Het Patronaat, Lee Edwards, Pallbearer, Pillorian, Pontiak, Radar Men From The Moon, Roadburn, Roadburn Festival, Roadburn Festival 2017, Sumac, Temple Ov BBV, Ulver

In an interview earlier this year Walter Hoeijmakers (Mr. Roadburn himself) made it clear that Day 4 of Roadburn is

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Temples Festival 2015
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Temples Festival 2015 – Day 3 Review By Dave Bowes

15th July 201513th September 2019 Dave Bowes Anta, Between The Buried And Me, Bristol, Dave Bowes, Earth, Ghold, KEN mode, Krokodil, Live Review, Monarch, Motion, OHMMS, Pallbearer, Temples Festival, Temples Festival 2015, Venom Prison, Voivod, Year Of No Light

We all knew it was going to happen. Arriving at the venue to find that stage times have been pushed

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PALLBEARER UK Tour With BAST Kicks Off At Temples Festival Next Sunday!

24th May 201517th September 2019 Lee Edwards Bast, Fear And Fury, New Video, Pallbearer, Temples Festival, UK Tour 2015, Watcher In The Dark

PALLBEARER are in full swing of their vast world tour, taking in dates in Australia, Japan, the US, and Europe.

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Jorge Miguel’s Top 10 Albums Of 2014

2nd January 20153rd September 2019 Jorge Miguel 2014 Year Review, Article, DNMF, Godflesh, Grouper, Hexis, Jorge Miguel, Mono, Pallbearer, Swans, Today Is The Day, Wovenhand, Yob

It’s that time again, when we, music lovers, choose the best albums of the year – the ones that stood

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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

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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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