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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ben Beaumont-Thomas

Ragana: Desolation’s Flower review – amazing guitar tone lights up doomy incantations

Layers of distortion … Ragana.
Layers of distortion … Ragana. Photograph: Bailey Kobelin

Swapping duties on vocals, drums and guitar, Coley and Maria have been making music as beautiful and brooding as the skies above their native Olympia, Washington for more than 10 years. At their best, the songs on their sixth album – wandering between post-rock, stoner rock, doom and black metal – address life’s horrors with acute honesty and fury.

Cover art for Desolation’s Flower.
Cover art for Desolation’s Flower. Photograph: Publicity image
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