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Review: Spurv ‘Brefjære’

22nd September 202322nd September 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Pelagic Records, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Spurv

The latest release from Pelagic Records continues their drive to cement themselves as the destination label for post-rock and metal,

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Review: The Ocean ‘Holocene’

23rd May 202323rd May 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Pelagic Records, Post-Metal, Progressive, The Ocean

For twenty-three years, Germany’s progressive and post-metal act The Ocean, aka The Ocean Collective, under the steely guidance of guitarist

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Review: Herod ‘Iconoclast’

16th May 202316th May 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Herod, Pelagic Records, Post-Metal

Having spent the initial part of the year indulging in the bountiful releases that have sprung forth from the stoner

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Review: Psychonaut ‘Violate Consensus Reality’

3rd November 202210th December 2022 Richard Murray Pelagic Records, Post-Metal, Psychonaut

Psychonaut’s first album, 2018s Unfold The God Man, had a lot going for it. A cool sound gorgeous colored vinyl

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Review: Lustmord ‘The Others [Lustmord Deconstructed]’

1st April 202226th May 2022 Reza Mills Ambient, Experimental, Lustmord, Pelagic Records, Remix

Lustmord aka Brian Williams was born in North Wales and was a former member of Australian/noise group SPK. He has

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Review: SOM ‘The Shape Of Everything’

3rd February 202228th March 2022 Richard Murray Pelagic Records, Post-Rock, Shoegaze, SOM

I went through an exceptionally long period where I attempted to be intimidating in the small town I attended high

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Review: The Ocean ‘Phanerozoic Live’

29th November 202111th January 2022 Mark Hunt-Bryden Metal Blade Records, Pelagic Records, Post-Metal, The Ocean

For those unfamiliar with German progressive/post-metal band The Ocean (Collective), this unique collector’s ‘live’ edition of their double concept album

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Review: LLNN ‘Unmaker’

23rd September 202128th October 2021 David J McLaren LLNN, Pelagic Records, Post-Metal

There was a moment in the early to mid-noughties, where post-metal (or whatever you choose to call it) grabbed the

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Review: MONO ‘Pilgrimage Of The Soul’

16th September 202128th October 2021 Martin Williams Mono, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock

Japanese experimentalists MONO are a band that have been in my periphery for roughly two decades. I’ve heard their name,

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Review: Year Of No Light ‘Consolamentum’

15th July 20219th September 2021 Ian M Pelagic Records, Post-Metal, Year Of No Light

Bordeaux’s post-metal giants Year Of No Light have returned with their fourth full length, Consolamentum. A sprawling and unruly album,

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Review: Lustmord & Karin Park ‘Alter’

23rd June 20216th August 2021 Sean Haner Experimental, Karin Park, Lustmord, Pelagic Records

Lustmord – Brian Williams is a prolific musician/composer/producer whose career hearkens back to 1980 when he first became known as