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Mark Hebblewhite, Journalist

Mark Hebblewhite has been a contributor to The Music since its inception and has also written for Kerrang, Rolling Stone, MTV Screen, Drum Media and 3D World. 

Mark covers all things loud and obnoxious whether it be from the worlds of metal, punk/hardcore or old school hip hop (although in his old age he'll also go a bit of proggy dad rock).

Features / Music
Finishing The 'Imaginations From The Other Side' Story
"I always wondered what happened to him — did he step through the portal? What became of his life?"
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Paradise Lost - The Plague Within
"Album #14 is a tour de force of melancholic brutality complete with Holmes sounding like he did on 'Shades Of God'."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Hostile Object - Cave In
"Sounds like a knife fight between members of Mindsnare, Poison Idea and Black Flag after a particularly heavy night on the tiles"
Features / Music
The "Light And Shade" Of Doom Metal
"We didn’t directly set out to be different to the slow and heavy bands from the South but I guess we had some different influences and different ideas from them"
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Unleashed - Dawn Of The Nine
"They offered up tales of Viking lore and a clean, surgical death metal assault"
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Good Riddance - Peace In Our Times
"They’ve come roaring back with yet another superb LP"
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Napalm Death, Carcass, Extortion
"Napalm Death may be the grandfathers of grindcore but they remain the final word in extremity."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Gallows - Desolation Sounds
"Gallows have proven not only adaptable but able to grow and thrive."
Features / Music
The Kick Up The Ass They Needed
"I think it was something the band needed to do – to explore that side of our sound."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Agnostic Front - The American Dream Died
"...the Front remain true to their working-class ethos."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Soundwave Festival, Day Two
Neanderthal behaviour was present by where were the roundhouse kicks, ninjas?
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Napalm Death - Apex Predator - Easy Meat
"Barney’s bellow is as caustic as ever."
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