Experimental doom/punk band Surya caught my attention last year when my band shared a stage with them at Dreadfest in Leeds last year. I had
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Russian Circles – Blood Year (Sargent House, 2019)
Russian Circles have been around ever since post metal blew up in the mid-00s, sitting proudly alongside the likes of Isis, Cult of Luna and
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Staff top twenty of 2018: Tony Maher – LPs (#20 – #11)
The other day I posted up a list of my top ten 7in records and EPs of 2018. Have a look, and see if you
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Young Mountain – Lost Tree (Through Love Records / Zegema Beach Records / Miss The Stars Records / Hardcore For The Losers / Dasein Records / Pundonor Records, 2018)
So this is another of those occasions when a band has approached me out of the blue for a review of their new joint. This
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Morag Tong – Last Knell of Om (self-released, 2018)
My introduction to Morag Tong debut was on the morning of the Great Manchester Run. Walking through the city centre after a night of excessive
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Woah-woah! The gang’s all here! Introducing the writers (part 5)
It’s been a while since we’ve done one of these bad boys, but we’ve recently had an influx of new blood to the Apathy &
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