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Review: Narrow Head – 12th House Rock

25/08/202018/08/2020 Chris Nee

When Narrow Head released their debut album the USA and the UK were both on the cusp of insanity now fully realised. The world was shrinking until it wasn’t and political attitudes on both sides of the Atlantic have gone the other way.

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Review: Statiqbloom – Beneath The Whelm

08/07/202030/06/2020 Chris Nee

With their 2019 album barely cold in the ground, Brooklyn post-industrial duo Statiqbloom are back with a follow-up just halfway through 2020.

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Review: Trivium – What The Dead Men Say

23/04/202023/04/2020 Chris Nee

Metal needs Trivium. For all the hybrids and subgenres that keep our scene vibrant and progressive, it’s imperative that the bands who walk a more traditional path do so with quality.

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Review: Milk Teeth – Milk Teeth

30/03/2020 Chris Nee

Milk Teeth have become an important band for me for reasons musical and otherwise. So I’m always inclined to root for them and never more so than on the release of their second album.

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Review: Code Orange – Underneath

14/03/2020 Chris Nee

In February 2018 Code Orange released a single as part of a series put together by Adult Swim.

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Review: Haggard Cat – Common Sense Holiday

11/03/2020 Dave Musson

Haggard Cat. You like them, don’t you? Sure you do. If you’re browsing these pages through choice then of course you like Haggard Cat.

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Review: Then Comes Silence – Machine

10/03/2020 Chris Nee

In some ways the original gothic rock scene couldn’t have happened anywhere other than right here in the United Kingdom.

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Review: Loathe – I Let It In And It Took Everything

09/02/202009/02/2020 Chris Nee

“Someone’s been listening to Deftones!” Yes, someone has. Someone’s been listening to Gore in particular.

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Review: Spanish Love Songs – Brave Faces Everyone

07/02/202005/02/2020 Dave Musson

If ever you wanted a case study for how the internet has changed how we discover cult bands in 2020, Spanish Love Songs could well be it.

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Review: Procédures Mystiques by Fox Medicine

05/11/2019 Chris Nee

“Black Sabbath with J-Pop vocals.” These are the words of Toshi Kasai, the producer of the new album by Portland two-piece Fox Medicine.

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Review: Opium Lord – Vore

10/10/2019 Chris Nee

Bands from Birmingham and the surrounding areas have at their disposal the great promotional privilege of touting themselves as originating from the home of heavy metal.

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Review: Tool – Fear Inoculum

03/10/2019 Chris Nee

There’s something about Tool that sets them apart. Maybe it’s creativity. Maybe it’s mystery. Maybe it’s aloofness, or production, or sheer musical proficiency.

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