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Obituary 'Dying Of Everything'
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Review: Obituary ‘Dying Of Everything’

3rd January 20233rd January 2023 Sandy Williamson Death Metal, Obituary, Relapse Records

Obituary. Godfathers of death metal. A band who have stubbornly refused to change an iconic sound for thirty plus years

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-(16)- 'Into Dust'
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Review: -(16)- ‘Into Dust’

23rd December 202223rd December 2022 Harry Holmes 16, Metal, Relapse Records, Sludge

The band -(16)- have never quite landed squarely in my field of interest, on the face of it, they are

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Hoaxed 'Two Shadows'
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Review: Hoaxed ‘Two Shadows’

21st December 202221st December 2022 El Jefe Doom Rock, Hoaxed, Relapse Records

So in this day and time, the world has been hit with a plethora of duos. Some are good and

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Exhumed 'To The Dead'
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Review: Exhumed ‘To The Dead’

28th November 202229th December 2022 Sandy Williamson Death Metal, Exhumed, Relapse Records

You’d think after 32 years that Exhumed would have run out of steam, or macabre shit to write about. But

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Bastard Noise & Merzbow 'Retribution By All Other Creatures'
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Review: Bastard Noise & Merzbow ‘Retribution By All Other Creatures’

14th September 20229th December 2022 Jamie Grimes Bastard Noise, Merzbow, Noise, Power Electronics, Relapse Records

Two absolute fucking titans of the underground meet to create an album together. Neither Bastard Noise nor Merzbow should need

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Boris 'Heavy Rocks 2022'
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Review: Boris ‘Heavy Rocks 2022’

15th August 202223rd September 2022 Sandy Williamson Boris, Heavy Rock, Relapse Records

The simple idea that Heavy Rocks is so true and so potent that Japanese legends BORIS (and this is the

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Zombi 'Zombi & Friends, Volume 1'
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Review: Zombi ‘Zombi & Friends, Volume 1’

13th June 202215th July 2022 Rob Walsh Pinkish Black, Pop, Relapse Records, Rock, The Sword, Trans Am, Zombi

It was the summer of 2007 that I saw Zombi open for Isis at the Knitting Factory in Los Angeles.

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Cave In 'Heavy Pendulum'
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Review: Cave In ‘Heavy Pendulum’

31st May 20226th July 2022 Mark Hunt-Bryden Cave In, Heavy Rock, Post-Rock, Relapse Records

If I’m honest it took me a long time to ‘get’ Cave In. I have been enough of a student

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Cloakroom 'Dissolution Wave'
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Review: Cloakroom ‘Dissolution Wave’

16th February 202228th March 2022 Richard Murray Cloakroom, Post-Rock, Relapse Records, Shoegaze

For years Cloakroom have always sat just under my radar. Friends would recommend them, but I never listened to them

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Author & Punisher 'Krüller'
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Review: Author & Punisher ‘Krüller’

7th February 202228th March 2022 Mark Hunt-Bryden Author & Punisher, Doom, Electronic, Industrial, Relapse Records, Tristan Shone

It can be quite fascinating to chart an artist’s long-term musical evolution and I have had the privilege of observing

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Monolord 'Your Time To Shine'
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Review: Monolord ‘Your Time To Shine’

25th October 20218th December 2021 Martin Williams Doom, Monolord, Relapse Records, Stoner

Monolord’s ascension to the forefront of the global stoner/doom consciousness has been as swift as it has been deserved. The

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Video Premiere: Isaak ‘OBG’ – Taken From The New Album ‘Hey’ That Releases 31st March
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Video Premiere: Isaak ‘OBG’ – Taken From The New Album ‘Hey’ That Releases 31st March

2nd February 20232nd February 2023 Lee Edwards

Genoa’s hard-hitting heavy rock four-piece Isaak, a band that should be familiar having once been associated with long-running and highly

Video Premiere: Dirge ‘Hollow’ – Taken From Their Self-Titled Album That Drops 10th March
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Video Premiere: Dirge ‘Hollow’ – Taken From Their Self-Titled Album That Drops 10th March

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Premiere: TORSO ‘A Crash Course In Terror’ – Debut Album Drops This Friday via APF Records
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Premiere: TORSO ‘A Crash Course In Terror’ – Debut Album Drops This Friday via APF Records

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Video Premiere: Hands Up Who Wants To Die ‘L’inconnue’ – New Album ‘Nil All’ Drops Next Month
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Video Premiere: Hands Up Who Wants To Die ‘L’inconnue’ – New Album ‘Nil All’ Drops Next Month

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