Given the unofficial, romantic pet name ‘Kurokunder’, this split release sees two of the brightest sparks in the UK underground doom/sludge scene unite under the power of the riff, with each band managing to push themselves into new terrain across one track each. Right from the off it is clear that this far from your…
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Review: Dirge – Lost Empyrean
Despite a 14-year career and a regular release schedule of well-received, long-form heaviness, Dirge still fly largely under the radar of your average post metal fan, which is deeply unfair given the prowess and creativity of this band. With their seventh album, Lost Empyrean, these Frenchmen pull out all of their crushing tonal muscle, nestling…
Review: The Ocean – Phanerozoic I: Paleozoic
Continuing in the adventurous post metal vein of their sublime previous release Pelagial, as well as continuing their patented trend for scientific and hard to pronounce song/album titles (we’d be interested to see what proportion of the band’s fanbase actually understand all of the oceanic references), The Ocean collective are making an overdue return. This…
Review: Hundred Year Old Man – Rei EP
For anyone who has been paying any attention to the underground heavy music scene in the north of England recently, a new release from Hundred Year Old Man is an exciting prospect. Undeniably one of the most interesting bands doing the rounds on the live circuit, HYOM’s available recorded output up until now consists solely…
