Tom Cooksey

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The Black Dahlia Murder: Abysmal

By Tom Cooksey Published

Michigan’s melodic death metal deviants hit an impasse

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Witchsorrow: There Is No Light, There Is Only Fire

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Misanthropic monotony from South-East England doom trio

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Subterranea: Kylesa

By Tom Cooksey Published

By turns psychological, shamanic and gloriously groove-laden, Kylesa’s soul-searching momentum has taken them through some of the darkest moments of their career.

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Make: The Golden Veil

By Tom Cooksey Published

Post-sludge voyagers uncover vast new territory

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Fear Factory: Genexus

By Tom Cooksey Published

Reconfigured metallers go back to the future

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C.R.O.W.N.: Natron

By Tom Cooksey Published

Industrious and indomitable French duo get with the program

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Subterranea: Jordan Reyne, Darkher, Chelsea Wolfe

By Tom Cooksey Published

Uncovering fertile realms between folk and metal, Jordan Reyne, Darkher and Chelsea Wolfe are delving into the darkest recesses of human nature.

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Subterranea: Lucifer - Guiding Light

By Tom Cooksey Published

Having risen from the ashes of The Oath, Lucifer frontwoman Johanna Sadonis is charting the next, magickal stage in her journey of self-discovery.

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Vattnet Viskar: Settler

By Tom Cooksey Published

New Hampshire’s post-black metallers polish their crystal ball

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OHHMS: Cold

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Ambitious Brits determined to play the long game

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Death Alley: Black Magick Boogieland

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Former Devil’s Blood axeman gets his fingers dirty once more

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Bong: We Were, We Are, We Will Have Been

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Mantric magic from Newcastle drone wizards

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Goatsnake: The Desert Soul

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Linking the DC hardcore scene to the vast spaces of the Mojave desert, Goatsnake were one of the most revered of stoner/doom bands. Fifteen years after their last album, the band are back.

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Iceland Metal Battle: Special Report

By Tom Cooksey Published

The land of ice and snow picks a champion for Wacken

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Hogslayer: Defacer

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Baleful sludge metallers get too methodical in their torture

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Sigh: Graveward

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Japan’s psych-metal luminaries prove a scream

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Marriages: Salome

By Tom Cooksey Published

West Coast art-rockers weave a spell of seduction

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Devin Townsend, live at the Royal Albert Hall

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Ziltoid comes to the infamous concert hall

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Heavydeath: Eternal Sleepwalker

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Morbid Swedes find fertile ground in the doom graveyards

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An Autumn For Crippled Children: The Long Goodbye

By Tom Cooksey Published

Wistful black metallers lose touch with the source

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Deathengine: Mud

By Tom Cooksey Published

Gallic noisemongers create a few thrills and lots of spills

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Shining: IX: Everyone, Everything, Everywhere, Ends

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Niklas Kvarforth finds rich channels for torment

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Anathema, live at Liverpool Cathedral

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Support: Anna Phoebe

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Momentum: The Freak Is Alive

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Iceland’s esoteric voyagers on the edge of enlightenment

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Ufomammut: Ecate

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Italy's sonic explorers encounter some interference

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