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Mono @ Electric Ballroom, London 16th Sept 2022 - Photo by Gemma Shaw
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Mono / Svalbard @ Electric Ballroom, London 16th September 2022

20th September 20229th December 2022 Lee Beamish Electric Ballroom, Mono, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Shoegaze, Svalbard

Throughout my time of attending gigs, I have witnessed some truly remarkable bands and events. I remember once seeing Nine

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Top Ten Of 2020: Lee Beamish

17th December 202027th January 2021 Lee Beamish Aleah, Ancient River, Crystal Spiders, EMBR, Melt, OHHMS, Old Blood, Realize, Svalbard, The Ocean, Top Ten 2020

Well, what a year it’s been. It started so promisingly, and then swiftly descended in to a complete shit show,

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Svalbard 'When I Die, Will I Get Better?'
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Review: Svalbard ‘When I Die, Will I Get Better?’

22nd September 202026th October 2020 Lee Beamish Church Road Records, Hardcore, Shoegaze, Svalbard, Tokyo Jupiter Records, Translation Loss Records

Picture the scene, its two thousand and eleven, and the music gods breathe their first breaths into Bristol quartet Svalbard.

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Angela Davey’s Top 10 Albums Of 2015

21st December 20153rd September 2019 Angela Davey 2015 Year Review, Acid King, Angela Davey, Anopheli, Article, Bell Witch, Chelsea Wolfe, Dark Buddha Rising, King Dude, Pombagira, Svalbard, Undersmile

10. Svalbard ‘One Day All This Will End’ My first experience with this band was seeing them support Celeste at

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Sargeist @ Incubate Festival 2014
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Incubate Festival 2014 – Friday Review By Guido Segers

23rd September 201413th September 2019 Guido Segers 65daysofstatic, Azaghal, Baptism, Exivious, Guido Segers, Incubate Festival, Incubate Festival 2014, Live Review, Napszyklat, Paul Verhagen, Sargeist, Staer, Svalbard, This Will Destroy You, Tilburg, Torn Hawk, True Black Dawn

Incubate has landed once more and this tenth edition the Shaman is represented in the weekend for some intriguing and

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Amenra @ Temples Festival 2014
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Temples Festival 2014 – Day 2 Review By Dave Bowes

20th May 201413th September 2019 Dave Bowes A Storm Of Light, Amenra, Antony Roberts, Bossk, Bristol, Dave Bowes, Doom (band), Live Review, MGR, Mob Rules, Motion, Neurosis, Sonance, Svalbard, Temples Festival, Temples Festival 2014, Throne, Tombs, True Valiance, Wolfbrigade

If there’s one day that would have guaranteed my attendance at this festival, it was always going to be today.

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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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Dirge, although they’ve been around since their formation in 2014, they might be a new name to some, so let’s

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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Premiere: Betty Benedeadly & Braden Guess ‘Dust Storm Dance’ – New Album ‘At The Institute Of Mentalphysics’, Pre-Sales Start Today
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Premiere: Betty Benedeadly & Braden Guess ‘Dust Storm Dance’ – New Album ‘At The Institute Of Mentalphysics’, Pre-Sales Start Today

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