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Trepanation Recordings

Veiled 'Artefacts'
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Review: Veiled ‘Artefacts’

14th April 202214th April 2022 Tim Keppie Ambient, Soundscapes, Trepanation Recordings, Veiled

One of the dark, ambient electronic projects of Daniel James Dolby. Six tracks on this release demonstrate his ability to

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Breaths/DIMWIND 'Seasons'
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Premiere: Breaths/DIMWIND ‘Seasons’ – Releases This Friday, 15th April, Via Trepanation Recordings

13th April 202213th April 2022 Lee Edwards Blackgaze, Breaths, DIMWIND, Post-Metal, Trepanation Recordings

If instrumental post-metal meets post-black metal and blackgaze that has its finger on the pulse at the destruction of the

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Mines 'Your Ever Failing Happiness'
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Review: Mines ‘Your Ever Failing Happiness’

4th March 20224th May 2022 Sandy Williamson Mines, Post-Metal, Sludge, Trepanation Recordings

I know very little about Wales, but if the new Mines album is anything to go by, it doesn’t seem

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Premiere: Mines ‘Your Ever Failing Happiness’ – Releases This Friday via Trepanation Recordings

2nd March 20226th April 2022 Lee Edwards Mines, Post-Metal, Sludge, Trepanation Recordings

If filthy blackened sludge wrapped up in a post-metal vision is your idea of musical heaven, or should that be

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Everson Poe 'The Night Country'
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Review: Everson Poe ‘The Night Country’

25th February 202228th March 2022 Lee Beamish Everson Poe, Trepanation Recordings

If you like your music like you like your fairground rides, and in particular rollercoasters, then The Night Country by

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In Arcadia 'Hauntology'
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Review: In Arcadia ‘Hauntology’

17th February 202228th March 2022 Reza Mills Ambient, In Arcadia, Synth, Trepanation Recordings

In Arcadia‘s (Chris Garth of Rochester, Kent post-metal/sludge/post-rock act Upcdownc) superb 2020 album Phon was an opportunity for Garth to

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Non Serviam/Gallkrist – Split EP
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Review: Non Serviam/Gallkrist – Split EP

16th February 202228th March 2022 Dave Bowes Bad Moon Rising, Dungeon Synth, Electronic, Gallkrist, Non Serviam, Trepanation Recordings

Considering the fact that 2021 was another year that seemed to stand still for many, it’s interesting to note that

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Breaths 'Though life has turned out nothing like I imagined, it is far better than I could have dreamt.'
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Review: Breaths ‘Though life has turned out nothing like I imagined, it is far better than I could have dreamt.’

24th January 20222nd March 2022 Mark Hunt-Bryden Blackgaze, Breaths, Post-Hardcore, Trepanation Recordings

‘All great art is born through suffering’. Whilst the exact origin of that quote may be lost, it is a

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Lähdön Aika 'Valonaara'
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Review: Lähdön Aika ‘Valonaara’ EP

14th December 20218th February 2022 Mark Hunt-Bryden Black Voodoo Records, Bullwhip Records, Doom, Lähdön Aika, Sludge, Trepanation Recordings

It has no doubt been a difficult time for bands these past nearly two years. Not only have the global

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Chaos Emeralds ‘Crawling From The Wreckage’
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Review: Chaos Emeralds ‘Crawling From The Wreckage’

2nd December 202111th January 2022 Lee Beamish Chaos Emeralds, Doomgaze, Soundscapes, Trepanation Recordings

As December descends in, and rounds off 2021, the second year of a worldwide epidemic, a modern day ‘plague’, it’s

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THÅRN ‘Collisions’
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Review: THÅRN ‘Collisions’

29th November 202111th January 2022 Richard Murray Post-Metal, Surviving Sounds, Thårn, Trepanation Recordings

Some sounds just hit my ear right. I’ve gobbled up atmospheric sludge, or post-metal if you’re gonna be lame about

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