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Intensive Care + The Body 'Was I Good Enough?' Artwork
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Review: Intensive Care + The Body ‘Was I Good Enough?’

8th May 20258th May 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Closed Casket Activities, Doom, Industrial, Intensive Care, The Body

It’s been roughly a decade since I last wrote about a release from experimental Portland metal duo The Body. Back

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The Body 'The Crying Out Of Things' Artwork
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Review: The Body ‘The Crying Out Of Things’

12th November 202412th November 2024 Matthew Williams Doom, Industrial, Power Electronics, The Body, Thrill Jockey Records

Having recently witnessed The Body live in Salford on the back of their Orchards Of A Futile Heaven release with

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The Body & Dis Fig @ Supersonic Festival 2024 – Photo by Nessie Spencer
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Supersonic Festival 2024 – Saturday

7th November 20247th November 2024 Nessie Spencer Agriculture, Birmingham, Dis Fig, Emma Ruth Rundle, Senyawa, Smote, Supersonic Festival, The Body

Saturday and day two of Supersonic Festival was always going to be the main event of this three-day extravaganza as

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The Body & Dis Fig @ The White Hotel, Salford, 28th August 2024 – Photo by Lee Edwards
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The Body & Dis Fig / She The Throne @ The White Hotel, Salford, 28th August 2024

25th September 202425th September 2024 Matthew Williams Dis Fig, Electronic, Experimental, Grey Lantern, Salford, She The Throne, The Beauty Witch, The Body, The White Hotel

Another evening out and a chance to visit another new venue, to watch two bands that were relatively new to

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The Body & Dis Fig 'Orchards Of A Futile Heaven' Artwork
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Review: The Body & Dis Fig ‘Orchards Of A Futile Heaven’

19th February 202419th February 2024 Lee Beamish Dis Fig, Doom, Experimental, The Body, Thrill Jockey Records

Back in October of 2021 I had the absolute honour of reviewing the The Body and BIG|BRAVE collaborative album Leaving

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The Body & Big | Brave ‘Leaving None But Small Birds’
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Review: The Body And BIG|BRAVE ‘Leaving None But Small Birds’

20th September 202128th October 2021 Lee Beamish Americana, BIG|BRAVE, Folk, The Body, Thrill Jockey Records

BIG|BRAVE is a band I’m relatively new to the table on. This last year they arrived on my radar, mostly

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The Body 'I've Seen All I Need To See'
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Review: The Body ‘I’ve Seen All I Need To See’

28th January 20211st March 2021 Reza Mills I've Seen All I Need To See, The Body, Thrill Jockey Records

Providence, Rhode Island is to 2nd generation noise-rock what Seattle is to grunge and features the likes of Hella, Lightning

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The Body & Full Of Hell 'One Day You Will Ache Like I Ache'
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The Body & Full Of Hell ‘One Day You Will Ache Like I Ache’ CD/DD 2016

26th March 201613th September 2019 Angela Davey 2016, Angela Davey, CD, Digital, Experimental, Full Of Hell, Hardcore, Heavy, Neurot Recordings, One Day You Will Ache Like I Ache, Review, The Body

Traditionally, The Body’s collaborations (to date they’ve paired up with The Haxan Cloak, Krieg, Thou and Vampilla) have allowed them

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The Body 'No One Deserves Happiness'
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The Body ‘No One Deserves Happiness’ CD/LP/DD 2016

23rd February 20161st November 2019 Angela Davey 2016, Angela Davey, Avant-Garde, Heavy, Industrial, No One Deserves Happiness, Review, The Body, Thrill Jockey Records

With an ever growing list of side projects and collaborations, it was beginning to look like The Body were never

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The Body & Krieg
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The Body & Krieg – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2015

16th November 20154th November 2019 Angela Davey 2015, Angela Davey, At A Loss Recordings, Black Metal, CD, Digital, Experimental, Heavy, Industrial, Krieg, LP, Review, Self Titled, The Body

Noise-doom aficionados, The Body, are well renowned for their creative collaborations with some of metal’s finest, producing some absolutely terrifying

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Wrekmeister Harmonies
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WREKMEISTER HARMONIES: New Album ‘Night Of Your Ascension’ Released 13th Nov; Video Trailer Now Available

18th September 201515th September 2019 Lee Edwards Bruce Lamont, Chip King, J.R. Robinson, Lee Buford, New Album Details, Night Of Your Ascension, Run Priest Run, Sanford Parker, The Body, Thrill Jockey Records, Video Trailer, Wrekmeister Harmonies

Nearly a year in the making and including a cast of 30 musicians, J.R. Robinson delivers his towering third album

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