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Album Review: This Gift Is A Curse – Heir
Album Review: This Gift Is A Curse – Heir Reviewed by Dan Barnes Six years on from the release of their third full-length, A Throne […]
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Live Review: Suffocation – Manchester
Live Review: Suffocation – Academy 2, Manchester 2nd March 2025 Support: AngelMaker, Fuming Mouth, Mélancolia Words: Dan Barnes It’s been a little over a […]
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Album Review: The Wildhearts – The Satanic Rites of The Wildhearts
Album Review: The Wildhearts – The Satanic Rites of The Wildhearts Reviewed by Dan Barnes It’s sometimes hard being a fan of The Wildhearts; at […]
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EP Review: Uthullun – The Barbed Thread of Madness
EP Review: Uthullun – The Barbed Thread of Madness Reviewed by Dan Barnes Mysterious Illinoisians, Uthullun, have ended the five-year wait for a follow-up to […]
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Live Review: Opeth – Manchester
Live Review: Opeth – Albert Hall, Manchester 1st March 2025 Support: Grand Magus Words: Dan Barnes Photos: Rich Price There’s something wholly fitting about […]
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Album Review: Christ Dismembered – Ov Vampiricy
Album Review: Christ Dismembered – Ov Vampiricy Reviewed by Dan Barnes Perhaps not the first place you think of when considering Black Metal, but the […]
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EP Review: To Obey A Tyrant – Frigore Inferni
EP Review: To Obey A Tyrant – Frigore Inferni Reviewed by Dan Barnes Symphonic Black Metal and Deathcore do not, on the surface at least, […]
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EP Review: The Dark – The Dark
EP Review: The Dark – The Dark Reviewed by Dan Barnes The Dark (the record) is the debut release from The Dark (the band) who […]
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Album Review: Retromorphosis – Psalmus Mortis
Album Review: Retromorphosis – Psalmus Mortis Reviewed by Dan Barnes Rising from the ashes of their long-defunct technical death metal outfit, Spawn of Possession, come […]
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Live Review: Queensrÿche – Manchester
Live Review: Queensrÿche – Academy 2, Manchester 11th February 2025 Words: Dan Barnes Photos: Rich Price There was once a time when Queensrÿche went from […]