Reviews Round-Up 017: A Wide Assortment of Magnificent New Releases
A wide variety of styles converge in our latest round-up.
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Review: Kurokuma – Dope Rider
Kurokuma return with a thirteen-minute ode to a trippy wild west comic strip.
Tripping Tonight? Open Your Mind and Listen to Some Death Metal You Melts
Whoever said drugs and music don’t mix?
Embracing the Absurd With Dark Buddha Rising
Talking the absurd, the occult and more with Dark Buddha Rising.
Astral Noize’s Ones To Watch In 2018
Though artists big and small will undoubtedly surprise us (for better or worse) as the year progresses, here’s a list of the bands we’re expecting big things from in 2018.
Preview: Riffmass 2017
Check out our preview of this year’s Riffmass, a day of riffs hosted by prog doomers King Goat.
Father Murphy: Guilt And The Catholic Conscience
Whilst many extreme and experimental acts of the past have challenged the polite notions of conservative Christianity through violent imagery, Father Murphy’s commentary on the religion is a unique one.
Retrospective: Electric Wizard – Supercoven
As doom giants Electric Wizard gear up for the release of their ninth album Wizard Bloody Wizard, we look back at their weirdest and most hauntingly captivating moment.
Review: Ufomammut – 8
It will come as no surprise to long-time fans of Ufomammut that their perennial mastery of the genre continues on 8.
Retrospective: Monster Magnet – Tab
With stoner rockers Monster Magnet releasing reissues of two of their early releases, today is undoubtedly a day to celebrate their back catalogue.
Review: Poseidon – Prologue
If calling their debut album Prologue isn’t an indication that Poseidon are a band with big plans, then maybe their ambitious doom metal centred around a multi-stranded sci-fi narrative is.
