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Wiht – The Harrowing of the North
Though they've now officially split up, singerless Leeds trio Wiht have finally unleashed this physical version of their first (and sadly last) offering, ... Read more »| Updated about 11 years ago -
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The Metal Column – January 2012
If you're reading this, you made it. Looks like those Mayans were wrong, eh, droogs? Well, what did you expect? Those losers didn't even have the power of th... Read more »| Updated over 11 years ago -
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The Metal Column – February 2013
Now you've beaten those stinking January blues, it's time to get back in the circle-pit and lose your mind, droogs. For a kick off, you could either hit up ... Read more »| Updated about 11 years ago -
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Godsticks – The Envisage Conundrum
The windy-yet-catchy songs laid to tape by Godsticks on their second full-length brings to mind like-minded outfits like Oceansize or Porcupine Tree, but s... Read more »| Updated about 11 years ago -
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The Bronx – The Bronx IV
L.A. punks The Bronx lay their mariachi band alter-ego to one side after a two record stint, returning to a more traditional rock-based sound on their four... Read more »| Updated over 11 years ago -
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Tales from the Cryptic: Phoenix frontman Thomas Mars in interview
Phoenix are not your typical success story. Formed almost fifteen years ago in Versailles, the French quartet released album after album with efficiency and ... Read more »| Updated almost 11 years ago -
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Church of Noise – June 2013
As the solstice approaches, any of you tree-huggin' types out there might want to start the month with a bit of pagan folk-inspired post-metal from Edinburgh... Read more »| Updated almost 11 years ago -
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UK Decay – New Hope for the Dead
Post-punk originators UK Decay are presenting listeners with a new, politically charged effort over thirty years after the release of their first LP. Surpris... Read more »| Updated almost 11 years ago -
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Xiu Xiu + Eugene S. Robinson – Sal Mineo
The free-noise assaults of Oxbow and the discomforting balladry of Xiu Xiu merge, evolve and mutate beyond recognition in this collaborative work by the main... Read more »| Updated about 11 years ago -
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Closer to the Light: Justin K. Broadrick reprises Jesu
It isn't easy to put the work of Justin K. Broadrick into context. As a teenager, the Birmingham-born polymath was already making dark, atmospheric sounds wi... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
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Baroness @ The Cathouse, 20 October
It's difficult to ignore the looming shadow of last year's horrific bus crash near Bath when talking about Baroness in 2013. The band's membership suffered v... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
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BONG – Stoner Rock
BONG have always considered themselves a separate entity from the so-called "stoner rock" scene; their sonic manifesto is less aggressive and direct than mos... Read more »| Updated about 10 years ago -
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Weathered Hands – A Warm Life in the Cold
Weathered Hands make urgent, post-hardcore infused rock which strives for the anthemic status of early 2000s bands like Funeral for a Friend and A Day to Rem... Read more »| Updated about 10 years ago -
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"Is It Christian? Is It Satanic?" ††† embrace the ambiguous
Chino Moreno's longstanding side project Team Sleep might have fallen by the wayside in recent years, but that's not to say the Deftones frontman hasn't been... Read more »| Updated about 10 years ago -
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The Fire and I – Double Kamikaze
Two-piece rock bands are something of a current trend, but The Fire and I's riff-charged marriage of crunchy leads and frighteningly precise drumming pays of... Read more »| Updated about 10 years ago -
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Bastard Mountain – Farewell, Bastard Mountain
Meadow Ghosts instantly paints a lush-yet-disturbing atmosphere which permeates throughout Bastard Mountain's debut; solemn strings decorate the aural landsc... Read more »| Updated almost 10 years ago -
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Inventions – Inventions
Inventions is the first collaboration between Explosions in the Sky guitarist Mark Smith and ambient aficionado Matthew Cooper, more commonly known as Eluviu... Read more »| Updated almost 10 years ago -
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Gauntlet Hair – Gauntlet Hair
Denver duo Gauntlet Hair garnered quite a bit of attention in the blogosphere last year with their accessible blend of echoey noise-pop, and now they're back... Read more »| Updated over 12 years ago -
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Siskiyou – Keep Away The Dead
This second LP from indie-folk band Siskiyou finds a balance between soft reflective folk songs and angst-ridden stomp-alongs. Recorded mostly in the tiny to... Read more »| Updated over 12 years ago -
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Wolves in the Throne Room @ Stereo, 23 October
Eco-spiritualist brothers-in-arms Nathan and Aaron Weaver cast a dark spell over Glasgow this evening with their meditative, trance-inducing brand of black m... Read more »| Updated over 12 years ago -
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Conquering Animal Sound / Sleepingdog / FareWell Poetry @ CCA, 15 November
An arts centre is surely a fitting stage for the roster of Gizeh Records, as the first date of the label's Silent Bells Tour soon proves. Opening a... Read more »| Updated over 12 years ago -
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Pusha T – Fear of God II: Let Us Pray
Pusha T, the younger half of seminal Virginia hip-hop duo Clipse, has been making a conscious move towards the mainstream arena in his own right, as even a c... Read more »| Updated over 12 years ago -
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Soulfly – Enslaved
Anyone even vaguely familiar with Soulfly will probably know the drill by this point in the band's career, and indeed, those who have been following along ov... Read more »| Updated about 12 years ago -
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Swans – The Seer
With a running time of two hours, Swans' second album since the project's reactivation in 2010 is something of an endurance test. Yet, given band leader M... Read more »| Updated over 11 years ago -
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The Metal Column – November 2012
Oh yes, there's an abundance of catastrophic live acts to be savoured in the flesh this November. First up are Anti-Nowhere League – don't miss them kn... Read more »| Updated over 11 years ago -
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P.O.S. – We Don't Even Live Here
Doomtree co-founder P.O.S. brings another sonically dense alt-rap assault with his fourth LP, and although the synth-heavy palette he's working with this tim... Read more »| Updated over 11 years ago -
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Torche / The Cosmic Dead @ O2 ABC2, 15 September
Our very own psych-kraut wizards The Cosmic Dead open with a free-form improvisational set. They're only three members strong tonight, but the combination ... Read more »| Updated over 11 years ago -
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Gallows: "It's time for us to come back and come back hard"
It's been over two years since Watford hardcore crew Gallows dropped Grey Britain, a viciously nihilistic, sonically ambitious document which saw original vo... Read more »| Updated over 11 years ago -
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Drcarlsonalbion – La Strega And The Cunning Man In The Smoke
Dylan Carlson's growing obsession with British folkloristics is notably evident in his recent work with Earth, but it's deconstructed to an even greater exte... Read more »| Updated over 11 years ago -
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Church of Noise – March 2013
Norway's Kvelertak take a rare approach to their riffage in that they're technically impressive, but – more importantly – they're just great fun ... Read more »| Updated about 11 years ago