Page 112 - Metal Hammer Issue 334 - UK (May 2020)

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NAPALM DEATH Dream Theater aren’t
EYEHATEGOD/MISERY INDEX known for putting on
bare bones performances
TRAMSHED, CARDIFF
Hot on the heels of Storm Dennis, Napalm
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MISERY INDEX take to the stage, the
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through material from their latest release,
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set, and it makes sludge metallers

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SERENA CHERRY

POLYPHIA
TIDES OF MAN/UNPROCESSED
TRINITY, BRISTOL
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than disappointing, their instrumental
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is here for POLYPHIA, though, and the
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