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Review: Kazea ‘I. Ancestral’

2nd April 20252nd April 2025 Lee Beamish Kazea, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Suicide Records

Somewhat like the phoenix rising from the ashes, back in 2023 Jonas Mattsson and Rasmus Lindbolm spewed forth from the

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Review: Telepathy ‘Transmissions’

27th March 202527th March 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Instrumental, Pelagic Records, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Telepathy

Looking back over my time with British-based post-rock quartet Telepathy, it seems more than a little surreal. The week after

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Review: K L P S ‘K L P S’

17th March 202517th March 2025 Matthew Williams K L P S, Kollapse, Post-Metal, These Hands Melt

K L P S, or KOLLAPS\E as they were previously known, are one of those bands that I’ve seen mentioned

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Review: Pothamus ‘Abur’

13th March 202513th March 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Pelagic Records, Post-Metal, Pothamus

Described in the PR blurb as ‘A maelstrom of music and metaphysics, a crushing conduit for connection, contemplation and catharsis’,

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Review: Harvest Of Ash ‘Castaway’

12th March 202512th March 2025 Sandy Williamson Doom, Harvest Of Ash, Independent, Post-Metal, Sludge

The second record from Utah‘s sludgy doom merchants Harvest Of Ash has been apparently quite the struggle to create. There

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Review: Dorre ‘Fortress’

24th February 202524th February 2025 Nessie Spencer Dorre, Lay Bare Recordings, Post-Metal, Prog Metal

Belgium is a fascinating country to me. They have a royal family that nobody cares about, a flat land that

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Review: Wren ‘Black Rain Falls’

18th February 202518th February 2025 Ian M Church Road Records, Post-Metal, Wren

With Black Rain Falls, their third full length, Wren marry the lustre and polish of the very best post-metal influences

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Review: Beneath A Steel Sky ‘Cleave’

24th January 202524th January 2025 Lee Beamish Beneath A Steel Sky, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Ripcord Records

There is something that feels somewhat familiar about Beneath A Steel Sky. Possibly it’s proximity to Hundred Year Old Man

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Torpor @ The Peer Hat, Manchester, 18th November 2024 – Photo by Lee Edwards
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Torpor & Host Body @ The Peer Hat, Manchester, 18th November 2024

6th January 20256th January 2025 Matthew Williams Gizeh Records, Host Body, Manchester, Post-Metal, Sludge, The Peer Hat, Torpor

With the first drops of snow forecast for mid-November, it’s a cold and dark night as I head up to

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Review: Host Body ‘Strain’ EP

27th November 202427th November 2024 Matthew Williams Host Body, Independent, Post-Metal

It’s a much altogether different experience listening to the EP on the laptop and then hearing it being played in

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Review: Hidden Mothers ‘Erosion/Avulsion’

20th November 202420th November 2024 Lee Beamish Church Road Records, Hidden Mothers, Post-Hardcore, Post-Metal

Back in May of 2024, I had the pleasure of my annual pilgrimage to the Portals Festival, in the heart

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

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