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Review: Excel ‘Seeking Refuge’ [Reissue]

2nd August 20242nd August 2024 Reza Mills Excel, Grunge, Southern Lord, Thrash Metal

Formed in 1985, Venice, LA outfit Excel emerged from the ashes of Chaotic Noise and were part of the Suicidal

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Review: Sect ‘Plagues Upon Plagues’

24th June 202424th June 2024 Reza Mills Hardcore, Sect, Southern Lord

I chose to review Plagues Upon Plagues for two reasons; one was because they are on Southern Lord, a label

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Review: The Lord ‘Worship: Bernard Herrmann Tribute’

20th May 202420th May 2024 Reza Mills Drone, Soundscapes, Southern Lord, The Lord

Bernard Herrmann shouldn’t need an introduction as an Academy Award-winning composer best known for some of the most prominent soundtracks

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Review: Toadliquor ‘Back In The Hole’

11th March 202411th March 2024 Harry Holmes Sludge, Southern Lord, Toadliquor

What has brought Toadliquor crawling back out of the woodwork after being dormant for so long? Indeed, who are these

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Review: Power Trip ‘Live In Seattle’

29th June 202329th June 2023 Martin Williams Crossover, Power Trip, Southern Lord, Thrash Metal

Of all the horrible things that happened in 2020, right near the top if you’re a metal fan, was the

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Review: High Command ‘Eclipse Of The Dual Moons’

30th November 20223rd January 2023 James Bullock Crossover, High Command, Southern Lord, Thrash Metal

This is what Boudicca would have had on her mixtape. Of the many permutations of metal, thrash (and it’s all sub-variants

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Review: The Lord & Petra Haden ‘Devotional’

20th October 202217th December 2022 Reza Mills Drone, Experimental, Petra Haden, Southern Lord, The Lord

Following up The Lord‘s (aka Greg Anderson) debut full-length Forest Nocturne comes this collaborative effort with Petra Haden; daughter of

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Review: The Lord ‘Forest Nocturne’

28th July 20222nd September 2022 Reza Mills Drone, Soundscapes, Southern Lord, The Lord

Greg Anderson, a name you may know well, has been creating music since the late ‘80s first as a member

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Review: The Catatonics ‘Hunted Down’ Reissue

9th May 202215th June 2022 Reza Mills Hardcore, Southern Lord, The Catatonics

Southern Lord has an extensive array of classic hardcore releases in its catalogue from Neon Christ (which I reviewed last

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Review: Thurston Moore ‘Screen Time’

22nd February 202228th March 2022 Tim Keppie Experimental, Southern Lord, Thurston Moore

Thurston Moore needs little introduction, best known as the extremely inventive and experimental guitarist/singer with Sonic Youth, also as an