HARK ‘Machinations’ 2017
HARK’s first album swaggered in and grabbed you like an amorous first world president; it was brash, bold and in
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Progressive
Shield Your Eyes ‘Reciprocate’ LP/DD 2014
For the unaware, Shield Your Eyes have been kicking out their distinctive math-rock blues for a good few years now,
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Lazer/Wulf ‘The Beast Of Left And Right’ LP/DD 2014
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I like a good old twiddle. Now, I know this is
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Slough Feg ‘Digital Resistance’ CD/LP/DD 2014
Look, I’m going to level with you here, I’ve never been a fan of straight-up ‘Heavy Metal’. Y’know, that whole
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Men Of Fortune ‘Time Lovingly Bled’ LP 2013
Men Of Fortune – hard to pigeonhole, hard to review. They sort of sound like a lot of things, but
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Blizzard At Sea ‘Certain Structures’ DD 2013
Blizzard At Sea are a three-piece from Iowa City, USA playing chunky progressive metal with elements of gut-thumping sludge and
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Orne ‘The Conjuration By The Fire’ LP Reissue 2013
Named after the necromancer Simon Orne from HP Lovecraft’s classic novella The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward, Orne are a
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Spirits Of The Dead ‘Rumours Of A Presence’ LP/DD 2013
WoooOOOOoooo, despite the spooky name and album title, Rumours Of A Presence by Spirits Of The Dead is most assuredly
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The Albion Codex ‘Summon The Ancients’ CD/DD 2013
One of several metallic stalwart defenders of perfidious Albion currently plying their wares – Winterfylleth spring immediately to mind –
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Altar Of Plagues ‘Teethed Glory And Injury’ LP/CD/DD 2013
Since their inception with 2008’s acclaimed White Tomb, Altar Of Plagues have amassed scores of acolytes fervently proclaiming them as
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Revelation ‘Inner Harbor’ LP/DD 2012
With all the doom metal also-rans that are lining up to bore the casual listener these days, you’d think that
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