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Pharaoh Overlord

Louhi

Go loud or go home – the blistering Finnish rock band are back. Get ready for some weaponised phlegm and stoner-kosmische
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Osmium

Osmium

Members of Senyawa and Emptyset join forces with Sam Slater and Oscar-winning composer Hildur Guðnadóttir for an exploration of machine learning that sounds thrillingly alien
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Haress

Skylarks

On their third album, the Shropshire band do folk horror shorn of the Wicker Man clichés, finds Alex Deller
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Red Mar

Our Low Cell

Impressive debut from UK post-rock quintet throws everything at the wall, then smashes the wall into little bits and throws that, too
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Earth Ball

Actual Earth Music – Volume 1 & 2

Pulling recordings from a Wolf Eyes support slot and a recent Cafe Oto resident, Earth Ball's latest tests the rule that live rock albums suck
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Sex Swing

Golden Triangle

Triumphant return for noise rock sextet – perhaps their fleshiest record so far, finds Alex Deller
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Endon

Fall Of Spring

Tokyo noiseniks now slimmed down to a trio augmented by programmed beats and tortured electronics, still just as abrasive, finds Alex Deller
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Uniform

American Standard

Wading into a new Uniform album is rarely easy, and it is never pleasant, finds Alex Deller 
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Scarcity

The Promise Of Rain

Conductor of the Glenn Branca Ensemble channels black metal riggs and post-hardcore dissonance into a fierce emotional gut-punch, finds Alex Deller
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Objections

Optimistic Sizing

Leeds trio come out of the gates swinging with an album of megaphone vocals and pudding-y blarts
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Thou

Umbilical 

Raw sludge from Baton Rouge condensed into toxic nuggets of nobbly riffs and deliciously tricksy drum patterns
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Couch Slut

You Could Do It Tonight

Prepare to get bludgeoned…
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Thee Alcoholics

Feedback

There is something deeply unsettling about Thee Alcoholics peculiar blend of wrong rock, finds Alex Deller
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SabaSaba

Unknown City

Inspired by the work of socialist science fiction author China Miéville, the Italian duo paint a grimy, anomic city in greyscale synths and dislocated voices, finds Alex Deller
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All Structures Align

Cut The Engines

Uk quintet offer up a slowcore-flavoured post-rock record that nevertheless brims over with art, purpose and meaning, finds Alex Deller
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Gold Dime

No More Blue Skies

The third album from NY art punks Gold Dime sees the band achieve an enviable feat: staying true to a distinct, established sound while pushing outward and expanding their sonic palette
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BIG|BRAVE

nature morte

Canadian trio tear downt heir fortress of solitude in a mighty cathartic howl, finds Alex Deller
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City Of Caterpillar

Mystic Sisters

Twenty years after their debut, the Richmond, Virgina, group return angrier and hungrier than ever, finds Alex Deller
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KEN mode

Null

The Winnipeg quartet take no prisoners on an album so brutal it feels like a punch in the face from the Trellick Tower
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Nina Nastasia

Riderless Horse

Nina Nastasia's first album in twelve years is a difficult listen at times, itself testimony to difficult experiences. It is all the more vital for it, finds Alex Deller
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Mat Ball

Amplified Guitar

BIG | BRAVE guitarist's solo project has less raw whumph, more spidery skeins of plucked steel strings
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FINAL

It Comes To Us All

Justin Broadrick resurrects his FINAL project for an album of woozy, crackly murk
Album of the Week

The Brutish Invasion: Hexen Valley By Gnod

Hebden Village’s happy psychedelic family Gnod with an album by turns utterly singular and deeply rooted in a peculiarly British tradition, finds Alex Deller
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Eight Bells

Legacy Of Ruin

The new Eight Bells record may not exactly be cheery, but it's a strange and powerful beast, finds Alex Deller
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The Body & OAA

Enemy Of Love

A new collaboration with producer OAA sees The Body sounding distinctly other, finds Alex Deller
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Earthless

Night Parade Of One Hundred Demons

Fifth studio album from veteran metallers Earthless is a testament to the chemistry between the group's players, finds Alex Deller
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Extreme Healing: W By Boris

In a dramatic shift of gear from their last album, Tokyo trio Boris dip into pastel shades and gauzey textures
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Eli Keszler

The Scary of Sixty-First OST

Percussion virtuoso provides an unsettling score to a disturbing movie
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Hidden Treasures: Hawthonn’s Earth Mirror

For their latest album, Leeds duo Hawthonn have woven another magpie’s nest of influences and inferences, condensing a vastness of thought, knowledge, and lived experience into something both future-gazing and compellingly elemental
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Sunless

Ylem

Minneapolis metal trio get beefy, still nightmarish
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Bummer

Dead Horse

Kansas City sludge rockers living very much up to their name
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Birds Of Maya

Valdez

Philadelphia's Birds of Maya show a brutality bordering on the sublime, finds Alex Deller

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