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Album Review: Liturgy – Origin of the Alimonies

Todd DedmanNovember 26, 2020

This is how Liturgy were always destined to end up – producing a work of such complete and utter, bewildering wonderment. But nobody expected it to be this goo...

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Album Review: Luke Abbott – Translate

Todd DedmanNovember 25, 2020

Let's be clear: listening to Translate will bring great reward but also a huge sense of annoyance. The positives come from the music and the wonderful cosmic j...

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Album Review: Jesu – Terminus

Todd DedmanNovember 24, 2020

Terminus is the first Jesu LP in seven years, though in that time Justin Broadrick has been busy with resurrecting Godflesh, as well as releasing ground-judder...

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Album Review: Black To Comm – Oocyte Oil & Stolen Androgens

Todd DedmanNovember 6, 2020

The two 2019 albums from Marc Richter, aka Black To Comm, were among the best experimental noise albums in recent times. Harnessing the warped humour of Throbb...

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Album Review: Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou – May Our Chambers Be Full

Todd DedmanNovember 4, 2020

Emma Ruth Rundle has carved a niche for herself as the favourite dark-folk artist of all discerning metalheads. Her career path has included stints in slowcore...

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Album Review: Bruce Springsteen – Letter To You

Todd DedmanOctober 27, 2020

On his 20th studio album, Bruce Springsteen gets the band back together. The album was recorded in just five days with the E Street Band playing live in the st...

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Album Review: Eartheater – Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin

Todd DedmanOctober 8, 2020

Isolation is all around us, its inescapable grasp clutching us to its shard-like chest as 2020 wheezes its way to its last quarter. The year has been one of se...

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Album Review: SUMAC – May You Be Held

Todd DedmanOctober 7, 2020

Upper-case letter fans SUMAC have come a long way since The Deal, their debut album of 2015. The experimental trio were seen then as perhaps nothing more than ...

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Album Review: MJ Guider – Sour Cherry Bell

Todd DedmanSeptember 24, 2020

Sour Cherry Bell, the second album from Melissa Guion’s hard to define soundscape-shoegaze-goth-artrock project MJ Guider, is a glacial wonder of cold tones an...

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Album Review: Uniform – Shame

Todd DedmanSeptember 15, 2020

Shame, the fourth studio album from New York underground darlings Uniform, is a concept album of sorts. The record’s essence resonates with the theme of the un...

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