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Mothertrucker ‘The Power Of Independent Trucking’ LP/DD 2013
The first time I encountered Birmingham natives Mothertrucker, I expected them to just be a silly band with a silly name and silly song titles. Two out of three assumptions ain’t bad I suppose, but I...
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A Storm Of Light ‘Nations To Flames’ LP/CD/DD 2013
Neurosis’ ex-visual artist and former Red Sparowes man Josh Graham has said that he was aiming for a challenging, heavy listen with his band A Storm Of Light’s new one, however it’s a bit debatable in...
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Year Of No Light ‘Tocsin’ CD/LP/DD 2013
As the post-metal tag slinks ignominiously back to the hole from whence it came, the bands who found themselves lumped under it have either vanished or expanded their sound in their own inimitable...
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Dying ‘Arkansas’ Digital EP 2013
After last year’s full length debut ‘Born‘ Fayetteville’s Dying are back with a new EP and a new chapter in their development. Named, one presumes, as a sort of tribute to the state they hail from,...
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Seven Hundredth Unicorn ‘Death Of Glory In The Serpent’s Eye’ Digital EP 2013
It’s a great feeling standing in a tiny pub on a cold November night with a small but dedicated bunch of strangers out to grab their fill of local underground heavy vibes when a support band hits the...
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Mountain God ‘Experimentation On The Unwilling’ CS/DD 2013
I love it when a band does something new within a template “innovating” shouldn’t necessarily mean adding a bunch of third-rate screamo into black metal, or making doom that whines exclusively about...
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Men Of Fortune ‘Time Lovingly Bled’ LP 2013
Men Of Fortune – hard to pigeonhole, hard to review. They sort of sound like a lot of things, but don’t sound like a lot of things as well – it’s not riff driven enough for metal, but it’s kinda metal,...
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Atlantis ‘Omens’ CD/LP/DD 2013
Metal fans, especially those of a more extreme persuasion, tend to be very Conservative when it comes to their music. We celebrate ‘traditional’ takes on the genre, often at the expense of some of the...
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Palefeather – S/T – CD 2014
The unexpected is a great thing. I must admit when I heard Palefeather‘s description (“Pink Floyd with a bit of post rock”) I was basically expecting bog standard post rock with a few noodles, but what...
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Rosetta ‘The Anaesthete’ CD/LP/DD 2013
OK, first off, Rosetta were a new entity to me, I had heard the name kicked around by a few people and with Debemur Morti handling the release of this record, expectations were high. On first listen...
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Dune ‘Progenitor’ DD 2013
You know what’s really nice? Pressing that play button and having what you hear instantly put a big fat grin on your big fat face. I’m not talking about knowing, “getting it” self congratulation, nor...
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Drawers – S/T – CD/DD 2014
French quintet Drawers have been listening to Mastodon. Lots of Mastodon. And Baroness. And Torche. And Isis. And Black Tusk. And Red Fang. And Kylesa. And Fight Amp. And… Oh, I‘m sure you get the idea...
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Hymn – S/T – DD 2014
Hymn hails from Norway and makes music as a two piece. So just guitar and drums is enough for this duo to make some music that hits you like a tidal wave. Their latest record only has two songs on it...
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Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra ‘Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light On...
“We live on an island called Montreal… and we make a lot of noise… because we love each other” That’s how ‘Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light On Everything‘ starts – with those words spoken by Ezra...
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Telepathy ’12 Areas’ CD/LP/DD 2014
‘12 Areas’ begins with a calm that belies what is to follow. The short intro, ‘{Hypnos}’, suggests a brooding futuristic nightmare with an ambient soundscape of flickers and glitches. This motif is...
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Ocean Districts ‘Expeditions’ CD/DD & Outwailed ‘Observant’ CD/DD 2014
Every webzine I end up reviewing for (I’m up to about number four- no, I’m not a model employee) I always end up overloaded by post-metal. I guess it’s a genre that’s easy to write up well in the press...
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Servers ‘Leave With Us’ CD 2014
Servers was a completely unknown band to me, I was offered the chance to review the album after listening to ‘Universes And Supernovas‘ the second track on the album ‘Leave With Us‘ and what feels like...
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Khuda ‘Molasses Constricts The Clinostat’ LP/DD 2014
Khuda are a guitar and drum duo, originally from Leeds, now separated by a thousand miles or so with one member (drummer Steve Myles) still in the UK and the other (guitarist Tom Brooke) living in...
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Raum Kingdom – S/T – CD/DD 2014
I don’t know the way to Raum Kingdom, but by the sounds of it, it’s not a happy place to end up at. That said, they do make some great music that reminds the listener of Neurosis, Amenra and a bit of...
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Inter Arma ‘The Cavern’ 12″/CD/DD 2014
Inter Arma produced one of last year’s most stunning metal releases in Sky Burial. Its artful mixing of sludge and post metal aesthetics, plus the addition of quality song writing, made for one of...
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