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SEE: Soen Release Video for Track ‘Illusion’

In the wake of their fifth record, IMPERIAL, Swedish metal band Soen have released an emotionally charged video for their track ‘Illusion.’ The powerful ballad features passages of sumptuous lilting…

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SEE: Code Orange Release Animated Video for Autumn and Carbine

Code Orange have unveiled an official music video for ‘Autumn and Carbine,’ taken from last year’s critically acclaimed record ‘Underneath.’ The video sees the group dropped into a dystopian future…

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Music

NEWS: Gatecreeper Sign To Nuclear Blast Records

Photo Credit: Hayley Rippy Slamming, destructive death metal champions Gatecreeper, from Tucson, Arizona, have been appropriately accepted to the roster of one of the biggest heavy metal record labels, Nuclear Blast!…

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NEWS: Dark Tea announce new album, out April 30th on Fire Talk

FOR THOSE who don’t know the project, Dark Tea is Gary Canino’s solo project, taking advantage of a large group of collaborators in the New York scene. Spanning across mostly…

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Track: Yonaka release new single, ‘Sieze the Power’

Brighton-based rockers YONAKA have announced their brand new era with their new single ‘Seize The Power.’ The empowering and unifying single was produced by the four-piece themselves and is out…

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Album Reviews

ALBUM REVIEW: ARLO PARKS ‘Collapsed In Sunbeams’

...far from channelling the swirling rivers of turbulent backgrounds for inspiration, as many do, somehow she has created energy, power, message and depth out of still waters...

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Album Review: The Notwist – Vertigo Days

I’ve been quiet on this thing lately, and reviewing The Notwist’s new record Vertigo Days was as close to a perfect step back into the game as I could have…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Bill Jr. Jr. – Homebody

A first suprise for 2021 from a Vancouver-based indie-folk-rock project

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Album Review: Tommy Guerrero – ‘Sunshine Radio’

Tommy Guerrero’s ‘Sunshine Radio’ is the latest release in his pretty consistent turnover of albums, with the skateboarding legend turned musician averaging at least an LP every three years since…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Bolomite Jr. – ‘Cold Feet’: classical meets experimental in tectonic layering

BEN CALHOUN has been quietly working away for a while now, leading a double life as a construction worker-cum-experimental musician having begun using Digital Audio Workstations as a creative tool way…

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