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Translation Loss Records

Come To Grief 'When The World Dies'
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Review: Come To Grief ‘When The World Dies’

28th June 20225th August 2022 Harry Holmes Come To Grief, Doom, Sludge, Translation Loss Records

There are a couple of inescapable things that are going to need mentioning in trying to write about this record,

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Churchburn ‘Genocidal Rite’
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Review: Churchburn ‘Genocidal Rite’

10th November 202124th December 2021 Richard Murray Churchburn, Doom, Sludge, Translation Loss Records

Are you pissed off all the time? Listen to this album. Are you a fan of blasphemy? Listen to this

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Grayceon ‘Mothers Weavers Vultures’
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Review: Grayceon ‘Mothers Weavers Vultures’

14th January 202117th February 2021 Rob Bryant Grayceon, Mothers Weavers Vultures, Prog Metal, Translation Loss Records

A typical power trio? No, an atypical power trio – that’s what Grayceon’s Bandcamp page tells me, and the reason

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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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Many Blessings ‘Emanation Body’
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Review: Many Blessings ‘Emanation Body’

26th May 202023rd June 2020 Reza Mills Drone, Emanation Body, Many Blessings, Noise, Translation Loss Records

Ethan Lee McCarthy is no stranger to making extreme music, whether it’s the crushingly heavy doom/sludge of Primitive Man, the

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Total Fucking Destruction ‘…to be alive at the end of the world’
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Review: Total Fucking Destruction ‘…to be alive at the end of the world’

21st April 202022nd May 2020 Dave Bowes …to be alive at the end of the world, Grindcore, Total Fucking Destruction, Translation Loss Records

With more splits to their name than a yoga influencer’s Instagram and a general recording history that would put the

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Hex Inverter – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2015

18th June 20153rd September 2019 Jeremy Moore 2015, Ambient, CD, Digital, Experimental, Hex Inverter, Jeremy Moore, LP, Psych, Redscroll Records, Review, Self Titled, Translation Loss Records

Philadelphia five-piece Hex Inverter may be intent on maintaining a low profile but their highly evolved take on meditative psych

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Giant Squid ‘Minoans’ CD/DD 2014

14th November 20143rd September 2019 Jason Hough 2014, Atmospheric, CD, Digital, Experimental, Giant Squid, Heavy, Jason Hough, Minoans, Review, Translation Loss Records

Much like their namesake, the mysterious and somewhat elusive collective known as Giant Squid, strike from the depths once again

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Empty Flowers ‘The Air You Found’ CD 2014

8th February 20143rd September 2019 Caspian Yurisich 2014, Avant-Garde, Caspian Yurisich, CD, Dark, Dub, Empty Flowers, Experimental, Remix, Review, The Air You Found, Translation Loss Records

From what I can tell, no one really likes remixes (this isn’t going to be a hugely negative review, so

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