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Review: Litha ‘Litha’

6th December 20236th December 2023 Sandy Williamson Black Metal, Litha, Tartarus Records

Litha is the solo project of Andrew Black of Oregon’s, now sadly defunct, Sorceress and their self-titled record is out

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Onhou 'Monument'
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Review: Onhou ‘Monument’

13th December 20226th February 2023 Lee Beamish Doom, Lay Bare Recordings, Onhou, Sludge, Tartarus Records

Heading out of Groningen, Dutch bruisers Onhou are coming for you, and it would appear the aim is aural destruction,

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Throwing Bricks 'The Burden'
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Review: Throwing Bricks ‘The Burden’

29th November 20223rd January 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Black Metal, Post-Hardcore, Tartarus Records, Throwing Bricks

I have talked about genre definitions and pigeonholes before, the invention of which seems mainly to aid music journalists to

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Bong-Ra 'Meditations'
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Review: Bong-Ra ‘Meditations’

11th August 202223rd September 2022 Goro Riffs Bong-Ra, Drone, Jason Köhnen, Tartarus Records

Bong-Ra is a special kind of artist: A force for musical experimentation, and an unstoppable creative entity, he became established

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Farer ‘Monad’
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Review: Farer ‘Monad’

22nd September 202128th October 2021 Dave Bowes Blackened Doom, Farer, Tartarus Records

It’s always nice to hear from that band you used to love, especially when they’ve been lost in the wilderness

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Bong-Ra ‘Antediluvian’
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Review: Bong-Ra ‘Antediluvian’

27th July 20219th September 2021 Maxwell Seeman Bong-Ra, Doom, Jason Köhnen, Jazz, Tartarus Records

Doom is a genre that has, since its inception, been getting progressively heavier, more intense, and we’ve now been given

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Lung Knots ‘Golden Dirges, Molten Larynges’
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Review: Lung Knots ‘Golden Dirges, Molten Larynges’

17th June 202121st July 2021 Jamie Grimes Industrial, Lung Knots, Noise, Tartarus Records

It’s almost a cliche at this point to describe a record as sounding like the end of the world, so

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Sow Discord 'Quiet Earth'
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Review: Sow Discord ‘Quiet Earth’

1st March 20211st April 2021 Jamie Grimes David R. Coen, Experimental, Industrial, Quiet Earth, Sow Discord, Tartarus Records

The World Looks On With Pity And Scorn according to the title of the closing track on this new album

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Onhou ‘Endling’
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Review: Onhou ‘Endling’

9th December 201917th December 2019 Dave Bowes Doom, Endling, Lay Bare Recordings, Onhou, Sludge, Tartarus Records

In these dark days, the last things you’d ever want to wish on a stranger is even more misery. There’s

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Bismuth 'Unavailing'
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Bismuth ‘Unavailing’ LP/CS/DD 2015

22nd December 20151st November 2019 Angela Davey 2014, Angela Davey, Bismuth, Box Records, Cassette, De Graanrepubliek Records, Digital, Doom, Drone, Dry Cough Records, Heavy, LP, Review, Tartarus Records, Unavailing

Dry Cough Records, De Graanrepubliek Records, Box Records, Viral Age Records and Tartarus have all come together to make this

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Ggu:ll ‘Waan:Hoon’ CS 2014

3rd May 20143rd September 2019 Kevin Kentie 2014, Atmospheric, Cassette, Doom, Ggu:ll, Heavy, Kevin Kentie, Review, Sludge, Tartarus Records, Waan:Hoon

Something evil has awakened in the sewers of Tilburg. A vile monster, fed by the many years of musical warfare

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