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Review: Besotten/Funerelic ‘Abyssal Synodality’ Split EP

7th July 20248th July 2024 Dharma Besotten, Death Doom, Death Metal, Funerelic, Satanik Royalty Records

Split EPs have always seemed like a great idea to me since I picked up a Cough/Windhand CD at Desertfest

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Review: Rat King ‘Psychotic Reality’

29th September 202329th September 2023 Matt Alexander Death Metal, Grindcore, Rat King, Satanik Royalty Records

A mischief of rats with their tails knotted together lie deceased draped over your refuse in the shape of a

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Video Premiere: Sandrider ‘Enveletration’ – New Album Of Abrasive Noise-Rock Is Out Now

27th March 202328th March 2023 Lee Edwards Noise-Rock, Sandrider, Satanik Royalty Records

Earlier this month, Seattle’s noise-rock merchants, and Dune fanatics, Sandrider dropped their new album in the form of the mind-melting

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Review: Sandrider ‘Enveletration’

8th March 20238th March 2023 Martin Williams Noise-Rock, Sandrider, Satanik Royalty Records

The mid-to-late ‘90s post-grunge atmosphere in Seattle proved to be a very fertile time for music, as fertile, if less

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

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Step into a kaleidoscopic fever dream with the premiere of Up On A Hill, the latest mind-warping transmission from London’s

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Premiere: The Long Hunt ‘Spine Of Dusk’ – New Album ‘Natural Order’ Drops 18th July

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Video Premiere: Lower Slaughter ‘Take A Seat’ – New Album ‘Deep Living’ Releases 6th June
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Video Premiere: Lower Slaughter ‘Take A Seat’ – New Album ‘Deep Living’ Releases 6th June

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Premiere: Clamfight – Self-Titled Album Releases This Friday, 16th May
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Premiere: Clamfight – Self-Titled Album Releases This Friday, 16th May

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