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Review: Staticlone ‘Better Living Through Static Vision’

20th May 202520th May 2025 Renzo Hardcore, Punk, Relapse Records, Staticlone

Punks Not Dead… Philadelphia has a strong punk and hardcore tradition, though the genre is associated with bands like Bad

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Review: Rwake ‘The Return Of Magik’

25th April 202525th April 2025 Sandy Williamson Relapse Records, Rwake, Sludge

Arkansas sludge doom legends Rwake have always been a little different from their more caustic and heavy brothers in the

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Review: Amenra ‘De Toorn’ EP

8th April 20258th April 2025 Josh Schneider Amenra, Doom, Relapse Records

Patience is something I struggle with and maybe that’s what draws me to Amenra. The band knows how to hold

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Review: Amenra ‘With Fang And Claw’ EP

7th April 20257th April 2025 Josh Schneider Amenra, Doom, Relapse Records

When the PR notes contain a quote from Amenra vocalist Colin H. Van Eeckhout suggesting the new two track EP

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Review: Mammoth Grinder ‘Undying Spectral Resonance’ EP

20th December 202420th December 2024 Sandy Williamson Death Metal, Mammoth Grinder, Relapse Records

If there was ever a band that you knew was going to be heavy as fuck just on the name

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Review: Primal Code ‘Opaque Fixation’

10th December 202410th December 2024 Sandy Williamson Death Metal, Primal Code, Relapse Records

The debut record from ferocious Chicago-ans Primal Code, Opaque Fixation, is marked as no-frills death metal, which is always a

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Review: Candy ‘It’s Inside You’

29th July 202429th July 2024 Todd Robinson Candy, Electronic, Hardcore, Relapse Records

Candy hail from Richmond, Virginia – Its Inside You marks their second release on Relapse Records, following on from their

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Review: Inter Arma ‘New Heaven’

17th May 202417th May 2024 Ben Brackin Black Metal, Doom, Inter Arma, Prog Metal, Relapse Records, Sludge

After a long five years, the five-piece out of Richmond, Virginia known as Inter Arma has returned. This is one

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Review: Techno Animal ‘The Brotherhood Of The Bomb’ [Reissue]

14th February 202414th February 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Dub, Electronic, Justin K Broadrick, Relapse Records, Techno Animal, The Bug

The amazing thing about music (or the arts in general) is that it is a medium that can serve all

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Review: Incantation ‘Unholy Deification’

8th September 20238th September 2023 Sandy Williamson Death Metal, Incantation, Relapse Records

It takes a lot these days for a band with a legend status to it retain its position amongst the

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Review: Dorthia Cottrell ‘Death Folk Country’

17th April 202317th April 2023 Lee Beamish Country, Dorthia Cottrell, Folk, Relapse Records, Windhand

It’s not very often that an album title perfectly describes its content, to the point where three little words can

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