Album Review: Void of Sleep – Metaphora (Aural Music)
Void of Sleep will release Metaphora via Aural Music on March 27th 2020. A seven-track opus thrusting forth a cosmic amalgam of stoned out and progressive sludge rock.
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Album Review: O ZORN! – Your Killer (Seeing Red Records)
Two years on from the release of their self-titled debut, O ZORN! are in an unforgiving mood on their long-awaited follow-up, Your Killer.
Album Review: Marzuraan – Ten Years Too Late (Cruel Nature Records)
Having built a substantial UK following from 2002 – 2008, Marzuraan eventually disbanded, but they left a number of unreleased tracks in their wake. In 2019 Pete Burn from the band approached Cruel Nature with a view to releasing an album using this material. The six-track album, Ten Years Too Late will be released on March 9th 2020.
EP Review: Goblinsmoker – A Throne in Haze, A World Ablaze (Sludgelord Records)
The next part of sludgy doomers Goblinsmoker’s trilogy. ‘A Throne in Haze, A World Ablaze’ sees the Toad King and his army of goblins ride to war against his own kind, manipulated by the goblin shaman.
Music News: Monolithic Sludge Metallers Beggar Release New Video and Announce Debut Album ‘Compelled To Repeat’
Sludge metallers, Beggar, have released a new video for the song, Black Cloud alongside an announcement for the release fo their debut album, Compelled to Repeat.
Album Review: The Osedax – Meridians (Self Released)
The Osedax are named after a bone-burrowing deep sea worm and their music is similarly infectious as it worms its way into your system. Now on their third major release, Meridians, the group push their blend of atmospheric sludge/doom/post-metal to new heights. Meridians will be released on January 17th 2020.
EP Review: A Horse Called War – Good For Glue (And Nothing Else) (APF Records)
UK sludge titans A Horse Called War will release their new EP, Good For Glue (And Nothing Else) on the 22nd November 2019 via APF Records.
Album Review: The Drift – Seer (Self Released)
Seer is the 3rd album and final piece of the locally acclaimed Deluge trilogy from South African sludge heavy weights The Drift.