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Spoke to sword 'n' sorcery doom metallers Castle Rat about their new LP and the trials, tribulations and logistical nightmares of trying to cram an entire fantasy world in the back of a tour van.

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
‘I want to ride out on a unicorn every night’: swords’n’sorcery heavy metal band Castle Rat
Wielding fantasy weapons and splashing fake blood, the New Yorkers have even learned how to make chainmail outfits – and they’re already aiming to conquer stadiums
www.theguardian.com
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Rules of Discogs no. 4757: if someone asks for photos of a record, there is no way they are genuinely going to buy that record.
November 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Loving the new album from Every Face Becomes A Skull. Punchy, desperate #emo / #hardcorepunk with what sounds like a big Torches To Rome / Rites Of Spring influence.

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Be of Good Cheer, by Every Face Becomes A Skull
10 track album
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November 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
alexdeller.bsky.social
Spoke to sword 'n' sorcery doom metallers Castle Rat about their new LP and the trials, tribulations and logistical nightmares of trying to cram an entire fantasy world in the back of a tour van.

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
‘I want to ride out on a unicorn every night’: swords’n’sorcery heavy metal band Castle Rat
Wielding fantasy weapons and splashing fake blood, the New Yorkers have even learned how to make chainmail outfits – and they’re already aiming to conquer stadiums
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:28 AM
alexdeller.bsky.social
Looking forward to him clarifying his views on the Crisis / Death In June connection in a nuanced piece for The Sun, five days after the controversy dies down.
October 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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I've long felt that the generosity of Cosey Fanni Tutti's work is overshadowed by the 'transgressive' reputation of TG, and that her art / porn actions and music have been rather siloed. It was a pleasure to try and put that straight in this profile for The Observer

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Cosey Fanni Tutti reveals all | The Observer
An exhibition in the pioneering artist's hometown sees the Throbbing Gristle co-founder celebrating 50 years of baring her soul
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October 15, 2025 at 8:08 AM
alexdeller.bsky.social
Dug into the history of post-rock / chamber music act Rachel's with Rachel Grimes, Christian Frederickson, Will Oldham and Corey Rusk.

If you only read one article referencing both Squirrel Bait and Arvo Pärt this year, make it THIS one.

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‘People seemed deeply insulted’: how cult 90s band Rachel’s took chamber music out of the classical world
The graceful ensemble prefigured the neo-classical phenomenon and found surprising success in the post-Nirvana alt-rock boom. After the deaths of two members, reissuing their debut has proven bittersw...
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September 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Band photos where no other member is holding an instrument, but the drummer INSISTS on holding their drumsticks.
September 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Did a supremely fun interview with GWAR's Blöthar the Berserker for Metal Hammer a lil while back, and it's now online.

We discussed parenting advice, cleaning tips and how they get so many world leaders to take part in their live show.

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"When people watch us, it's like somebody checks a box that says ‘anything is permissible’. We've had limbs thrown on stage, wheelchairs…" Five hilarious minutes with Gwar front-thing, Blöthar The Ber...
Blöthar on the alarming return of Gwar's adopted dinosaur, Trump props and when things have gone too far, even for them
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September 23, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Mother Nature's 'Loving, Joyful and Free' LP is such a ripper. Weird, untethered hc that mixes up the hip-stomp primitivism of Negative Approach with the snarky weirdness of early Tar Babies. Yeeha.

#punkrock #hardcorepunk

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Mother Nature – Loving, Joyful and Free – LP (2025) – Collective Zine
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August 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Debut from MOVINGDIGGINGTEETH is a solid slab of fast, blasting hardcore with hints of Floridian swampiness.

Feels like a debt is being paid to the output of 625 Thrashcore, Slap A Ham and Bovine Records.

#hardcorepunk #fastcore #powerviolence #sludge

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MOVINGDIGGINGTEETH – s/t – download (2025) – Collective Zine
music reviews since 1997
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August 1, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Split System and Les Lullies share a sweet lil slice of 7" vinyl, with both bands boshing out some pretty fantastic garage punk.

#punkrock #garagepunk #hardcorepunk #garagerock

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Split System / Les Lullies – split – 7″ (2025) – Collective Zine
Two tracks to celebrate a shared run of Euro dates. Sadly the bands didn’t make it to the UK, but to be honest I can’t say I blame them for deciding to give this rancid island a miss.
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July 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Reviewed the new Pharaoh Overlord album for @thequietus.com. It's a wonderful, hymnal slice of stoner-kosmische for fans of Om, Daniel Higgs, SUMAC and (of course) Circle. It's out now via @rocketrecordings.bsky.social.

#stonerrock #drone #krautrock #heavymetal

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Pharaoh Overlord – Louhi | The Quietus
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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July 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Another damn fine slice of melodic punk from Moving Targets - heartily recommended if you dig Hüsker Dü, Wipers, Arcwelder, Sugar and all that good stuff.

#punkrock #hardcorepunk #postpunk

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Moving Targets – Red Eyes – LP (2025) – Collective Zine
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July 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Meatwound's 'Macho' LP is a thoroughly enjoyable chunk of gnarliness that mixes up #hardcorepunk, #sludge and #noiserock. Recommended for folks who dig Unsane, Condominium, Rabbits and all that good stuff.

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Meatwound – Macho – download (2025) – Collective Zine
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July 24, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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One cool track apiece from two UK acts.

Every Face Becomes A Skull are a bit revolution summer, a bit Sarah Kirsch and a bit spiky 90s US indie.

Fuzzy Heart have a Sebadoh / Pixies thing going on, which I can also get behind.

#punk #emo #posthardcore

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Tour Split, by Every Face Becomes A Skill & Fuzzy Heart
2 track album
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July 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Earlier this year The Coming Strife put the Four Winds Away demo out on vinyl. It's a grand slab of turn-of-the-century metalcore, admirably skirting between brutality, melody and overblown pomp.

#metalcore #emo #hardcorepunk #angelcore

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Four Winds Away – s/t – 12″ (2025) – Collective Zine
music reviews since 1997
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July 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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The Coffin Mulch / Mick Harris collab is brilliantly weird: works for fans of The Body, Sightless Dog etc. but also makes me think of that colourful patch that gave us acts like Scorn, GOD, Blood From The Soul etc.

#deathmetal #industrial #noise #grindcore

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Coffin Mulch & Mick Harris – In Dub – 12″ (2025) – Collective Zine
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July 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Book telling the history of Laughing Hyenas?

Yeah, I'm here for it.

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Laughing Hyenas — J-Card Press
The Laughing Hyenas were the last true American rock and roll band, and they have a story. This is it.
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July 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Jenn D’Eugenio is frickin' cool, and I love this interview that @spinal-bap.bsky.social did for Discogs about her ongoing obsession with Black Sabbath's 'Master Of Reality'.

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Vinylogue: Jenn D’Eugenio’s Black Sabbath Collection
Jenn D’Eugenio’s massive Black Sabbath collection spans bootlegs, international editions, and a lifetime of heavy music love.
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July 7, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Spoke to two of the minds behind BBC2's Moviedrome, which was less a film show than an initiation into a weird, wonderful secret society. Here began my love for films like The Terminator, Q – The Winged Serpent or Le Samouraï

#cultfilm #horror #scifi #filmnoir

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How a cult BBC film strand changed the way Britain watched movies
Made to feel like recommendations shared with you by a mate down the pub, ‘Moviedrome’ – which broadcast cinema’s wildest, strangest films – left late-night BBC Two audiences spellbound on Sunday nigh...
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July 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Lovely news that there's a Policy of 3 vinyl discography on the way.

#emo #posthardcore #punkrock

stonehengerecords.bandcamp.com/album/s-t-15
s/t, by POLICY OF 3
17 track album
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July 1, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Belated review of the Underdark CDEP, which is a thoroughly decent slice of turn-of-the-century screamo. FFO Level Plane, Hand Held Heart, Blood Of The Young and suchlike.

#emo #screamo #punk #hardcorepunk #skramz #posthardcore

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Undermark – s/t – CDEP (2024) – Collective Zine
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July 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Wrote about the debut album from Osmium for @thequietus.com, which features Oscar-winning composer Hildur Guðnadóttir, sound designer Sam Slater and chaps from Emptyset and Senyawa. It is honestly quite a thing.

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#drone #industrial #noise #doommetal #experimental
Osmium – Osmium | The Quietus
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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June 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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A lil while back I interviewed Kuunatic for Metal Hammer: a band whose music encompasses psych, folk, drone and traditional Japanese instrumentation. It's up online now.

#psych #folk #drone #experimentalmusic #psychedelia #kuunatic

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"My mom was a shaman." Japan's Kuunatic mix doom, psychedelia and folk with sci-fi concepts - and are one of the most brilliant bands you'll hear this year
Drawing on Shinto, sci-fi and traditional Japanese folk, Kuunatic are one of metal's most fascinating new bands
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June 25, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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New Class Tourists EP is a real rager: sneering, scrappy, political hardcore that reminds me of Blitz, Toxic Reasons and Articles Of Faith. |

#punk #hardcorepunk #postpunk

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Class Tourists – Blunt-Forced Trauma – 7″ (2025) – Collective Zine
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June 25, 2025 at 9:10 AM