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NORTHLANE will introduce further experimentation in their ever-evolving sound when their next album is released in October. Evidenced by the latest single "CUT_it", Anemoia will...

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AS the latest album from Psycroptic, The Pulse of Annihilation has a lot to live up to. But as the ninth release from a...

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