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11 June 2021 / Reviews

Perturbator – Lustful Sacraments

James Kent is always recording music, yet this is his first album since 2016’s The Uncanny Valley. Two EPs and two volumes of remixes/b-sides kept the fans satiated during this…

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10 June 2021 / Metal

Portal – Avow

Australian metal experimentalists, Portal, are famous for their vertiginous sound and notorious for their anonymity. This band do nothing according to convention, but it was still a surprise to learn…

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10 June 2021 / Metal

Unidad Trauma – Arte Médica Siniestra

Mexican death metal grinders, Unidad Trauma, write conceptual music about the pernicious practises of occult medicine and the unethical thirst for knowledge that puts the patient second to the interests…

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9 June 2021 / Reviews

End You – Aimless Dread

Eric Smith fronted the Virginia-based hardcore/screamo band, The Catalyst, but the chances are you’ve never heard of them if you’re a reader from outside the USA. They split in 2016,…

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9 June 2021 / Metal

Eclipser – Pages EP

Ottawa blackened death metallers, Eclipser, received a positive response to their debut 2019 album, Pathos, even if the consensus agreed that their brand of atmospheric black metal was a little…

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9 June 2021 / 3 Albums that Changed My Life

Three Albums that Changed My Life – Ted Parsons

Percussive colossus, Ted Parsons, has occupied the drum stool in some of the most influential bands of all time, whether it be Swans, Prong, Godflesh or even filling in for…

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8 June 2021 / Metal

Noctule – Wretched Abyss

Svalbard frontwoman, Serena Cherry, had every right to curse the social and economic inertia of Covid-19. Her band received rave reviews for their 2020 album and had the momentum to…

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8 June 2021 / Reviews

Sectlinefor – Kissing Strangers During an Outbreak

London duo, Sectlinefor, take pride in antagonising a live audience of metalheads and pissing off metal purists. Their cartoonish appearance, miscegenated metallic dance music and camp disco callisthenics are as…

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7 June 2021 / Metal

Alluvial – Sarcoma

Wes Hauch could be the nearest thing today’s generation has to a Dimebag Darrell guitar hero. You’ll know his angular rhythms and shred patterns from his work in The Faceless…

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6 June 2021 / Features

The SBR Guide to Prong – Part Two: 2002-Present Day

When the group called it a day in 1997 after delivering their fourth album for Sony/Epic, many thought Prong would be remembered as another major label casualty that failed to…

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