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October 29, 2025

DISSENTIENCE – Kaiju [EP REVIEW]

It isn’t often I find myself surprised by what I hear and, when that does happen, I’m surprised by the fact I’m surprised at all. Face it, things have been a bit stressful and its hard to enjoy any piece of music in 2025. No matter how hard we all try, something is ready to Continue reading

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August 23, 2016

REVIEW: Swampcult – The Festival

SWAMPCULT THE FESTIVAL TRANSCENDING OBSCURITY The Festival is a multi-part take on Lovecraft\’s short-story of the same name by the wonderfully obscure SWAMPCULT. I\’ve read the original myself, as I own far more Lovecraft collections then a person should, and a lot of the details are here – albeit a lot of liberties were taken Continue reading

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