Review: Lightning Born – Lightning Born
Enchanting choruses meet classic doom riffs on this addictive debut.
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A Fire Within the Splendour: Introducing the Instrumental Majesty of Mairu
Operating at an intersection between ambient music and sludge, post-metal newcomers Mairu are an enticing proposition.
Review: Uboa & Bolt Gun – The Slow Cancellation Of The Future/Exorcism Refuge
Two names from the Aussie heavy music scene come together for this new split.
Introducing the Sludgy Death’N’Roll Horror of Video Nasties
Melodeath meets sludge meets black’n’roll in the music of these Scouse oddballs
Review: Mairu – The Sacred Dissonance
Impressive debut EP from promising instrumental post-metallers.
Review: This Sun No More – In Circles
A riff laden journey through the nine circles of hell.
Review: Primitive Man – Steel Casket
Denver filthmongers Primitive Man prove they’re as effective at noise as they are sludge.
Review: The Progerians – Crush The Wise Men Who Will Not Submit
A heady and heavy mix of punk and sludge to grab you by the neck.
Ghosts of a Dead Empire: A Farewell to SubRosa
A heartfelt goodbye to one of doom’s most unique practitioners.
Review: Slomatics –Canyons
Northern Ireland’s Slomatics look to develop their sound with eight tracks of pure riff-filled heaviness.
Review: Ba’al – Reverence
Ba’al return with a new vocalist and a broad set of influences on their mesmerising new EP.
Review: Aseethe – Throes
Doom merchants Aseethe return with an urgent and impassioned album that takes aim at the far right.
The Vast Minimalism and Transcendent Catharsis of Big|Brave
Heavy, loud catharsis from Montreal’s Big|Brave.
Slow Crush’s Multi-Faceted Metal is Bringing the Shoegaze and Metal Worlds Together
A chat with Slow Crush about effects, touring the States and how refugees are misrepresented in society.
Forest Child: An Insight into the Wacky Metal and Bizarre Mythology of Troll Mother
Discussing trolls, spaceships and Britney Spears in a Lord of the Rings-themed pub.
Festival Review: Roadburn 2019
Four days of metal madness in Holland reviewed.
