Review: Xibalba ‘Años En Infierno’
Xibalba, or The Place Of Fear, is the underworld from Maya mythology, home to the Maya death gods who have
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Southern Lord
Review: Okkultokrati ‘La Ilden Lyse’
Black thrash has a long rich history, arguably starting with British legends Venom as the ‘proto’ band of the genre
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Review: The Wraith ‘Gloom Ballet’
The Wraith are the latest addition to Southern Lord’s ever-expanding roster and it’s abundantly clear that label owners Stephen O’Malley
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Review: Sunn O))) ‘Pyroclasts’
My ears always prick up when I hear of a new Sunn O))) recording emerging into the light. Sadly, they
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Review: Wolfbrigade ‘The Enemy: Reality’
The roots of Wolfbrigade can be traced back to the early 80’s and a band called Anti-Cimex who were Sweden’s
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Review: Circle ‘Terminal’ 2017
The Finnish collective that makes up Circle are one of those bands that have gathered a small dictionary of words
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Sunn O))) ‘Kannon’ CD/LP/DD 2015
Sunn O))) have made a career out of taking their ‘signature’ sound, huge walls of reverberating guitars that punch holes
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BIG|BRAVE ‘Au De La’ CD/LP/DD 2015
If a band can sound both abrasive and introspective in equal measure, then that is the sound of Montreal’s BIG|BRAVE.
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Black Breath ‘Slaves Beyond Death’ CD/LP/DD 2015
Hmmmm. You know that feeling you get when you can see entirely where a band are journeying to and you
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Goatsnake ‘Black Age Blues’ CD/LP/DD 2015
The gentle patter of rain on a tin roof, a harmonica chiming in the night, the imposing calm of a
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Pelican ‘The Cliff’ 12″/DD 2015
Illinois post-rock veterans Pelican may not have reached the same level of popularity as a number of their peers (but
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