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Review: Two razor sharp cuts here from Biome which traverse the dubstep genre with great aplomb, employing lacerating drums and weighty sub bass rumbles throughout. Kicking things off with "Minus", which builds gradually with thumping drum kicks, grinding b-line and plenty of menacing SFX echoing in the darkened soundscape. This rolls along with intimidating swagger for the duration before we move on to its counterpart "Moody", all crackling noise on the intro and enormous, snapping snares and bubbling bass for the main part. Heavyweight dubstep business.

Review: History teachers reckon Persepolis is an ancient Persian metropolis circa 550-330BC. What do they know? As far as we're concerned "Persepolis" is the chilling, masterslice of moody dubstep that takes Biome to a whole new level. With icy pads and eerie cries soothing the guttural, rusty grunts of metallic bass, it's the perfect combo of screwface fodder and totally spiriting your crowd away. The mournful eastern weeps on Dcult's "Inner Peace" follow a similar suit - deep and moody but driven with more than enough bottom end power to thrill a club. The sub frequencies on show here reverberate remarkably. This won't just touch your inner peace; it'll tickle every bone in your bass-loving body.

Review: Macabre Unit stick two fingers up at dubstep's vinyl fetishists with two tracks destined to delight digital DJs only. First up is Biome's "Swirls", an atmospheric but oddly upbeat roller. While it boasts a confident swagger, the stepping beats, reverberating pads and far-sighted vocal samples suggest something much deeper. It should appeal to those who like their dubstep to come with some real emotional resonance. Biome joins forces with Versa for "Nomad", a deeper, glitchier but no less melodic trip into late night waters. While it lacks the instant impact of its precessor, the stoned atmosphere and alien electronics more than make up for that.

Review: A newie from grimey dubstep label Macabre Unit sees Catacombs drop the glacial half-step of "Dimension" - a truly sick and sparse rhythm that grips you from the off with a classic set of snares and kicks as well as softly-softly bass spikes. Demon's "Chang Caine" is just as essential, packing a little more swing thanks to added hand drum sounds but still with that killer minimal swamp the label is loved for.

Review: Catacombs & Knowledge provides us with a slab of the deepest, darkest dubstep in the Out Of Focus EP on Macabre Unit, which should satisfy even the most ardent of bass heads. The title track starts with a spaced out, sci-fi influenced intro of hissing, skittish beats and eerie, wailing vocal snippets. Bass and warping volcanic explosions send their shockwaves through the rest of the tune - it's powerful stuff. "Out Of Town" follows on in a similarly hypnotic fashion, with distant cooing, crisp, crunchy beats and a sense of despair permeating through the music with an ominous movie sample breaking the spell half way through. A top notch release - dubsteppers take note.

Review: This four-track venture on Macarbre Unit kicks off with the first of two collabs between Versa & Rowl, the first of which is entitled "Full Moon", and it's full of exotic baying sounds, oriental wailing and razor sharp beats - that is until the ominous, movie-sampled intro, falls into the main part which is an oily black soundscape with rupturing bass and smacking snares. N Dread's "Hypnotize", up next, is more experimental and eerie in tone, with its warped synths, before Versa teams up with Biome for title track "Full Moon" - another sublime, dubbed out piece. "Tesla", the second Versa & Rowl collab, rounds things off with grouchy bass-driven prowess.