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Author Angela Brown

If you've hazy memory of a short skinny girl with a mane of dreadlocks either scowling at you or spilling a pint on you at a gig, that was probably me, and I can only apologise. My preferred genres of music are doom and black metal; I frequent the London gig circuits for both. I have 10 years of writing experience under my belt and I am currently a content editor for Ghost Cult Magazine, as well as a scribe for both Terrorizer and Soundshock. My dreams and aspirations involve becoming editor of either my own publication or a pre-existing one (power is power, after all) and to bring the underground music scene the recognition and praise that it so rightfully deserves. I collect cats, patches and band shirts. Mine's an ale, if you're buying.

Mizmor – Prosaic (Profound Lore)

There has been a foreshadowing of what’s to come from ‘Prosaic’ since the release of Mizmor’s collaborative album ‘Myopia’ with Thou last year. The one man blackened drone doom project has been around for over a decade, despite this ‘Prosiac’… Continue Reading →

Dawn Ray’d – To Know the Light (Prosthetic Records)

“If you aren’t angry, you aren’t paying attention” – this saying never rings truer than on ‘To Know the Light’. Pulling inspiration from the recent strikes, riots and boycotts that have swept through society, the third offering from Liverpool’s Dawn… Continue Reading →

Elder – Innate Passage (Stickman Records)

Two years on from 2020’s ‘Omens’, Berlin based quartet, Elder, return with latest album ‘Innate Passage’. Straddling the line between psychedelic stoner metal and prog rock, Elder are a band lacking in neither ambition nor technicality. Their ability to tour… Continue Reading →

King Dude – Death (Ván Records)

TJ Cowgill has made no secret of the fact that King Dude would eventually come to an end. With a career spanning more than a decade, and a discography that boasts two releases for every year of that, he has… Continue Reading →

Bastard Noise & Merzbow – Retribution by All Other Creatures (Relapse)

Bastard Noise and Merzbow have both made a welcome return to their former record label, Relapse, for their second collaboration, Retribution by All Other Creatures. Merzbow released his seminal album ‘Venereology’ via Relapse Records back in the mid-90s, while Bastard… Continue Reading →

Bong-Ra – Meditations (Tartarus Records)

The first 20 years of Bong-Ra’s existence were spent as a breakcore electronic music project. In recent years, founder Jason Köhnen (Celestial Season, The Answer Lies in the Black Void) has switched gears towards a more doom metal inspired sound…. Continue Reading →

Grave Lines – Communion (New Heavy Sounds)

Now on their third album, London’s Grave Lines do away with the idea that a band have to pin themselves to a particular sound. Having built their popularity on the eclectic pool of influences they draw from as a collective,… Continue Reading →

Igorrr, Otto Von Schirach – London Electric Brixton 16/04/22

The pandemic made it feel as though this performance was not meant to be, and unfortunately for support act Drumcorps that is exactly the case. They are forced to drop from the line-up, meaning the evening is carried by Igorrr… Continue Reading →

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