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Month: August 2008

Review
Album & EP Reviews G 

Gonga ‘Transmigration’ CD 2008

21st August 20083rd September 2019 Mark Burns 2008, CD, Gonga, Heavy, Heavy Rock, Invada Records, Mark Burns, Review, Transmigration

After being plagued with line up changes, this Bristol four piece Gonga have now unleashed their long awaited second album.

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A-F Interviews 

Black Pyramid Interview

20th August 20082nd September 2019 Lee Edwards Black Pyramid, Interview, Lee Edwards

Black Pyramid may be a new name to some people, but a band that really should be checked out if

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Review
Album & EP Reviews B 

Black Pyramid – 7″ 2008

20th August 20083rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2008, 7", Black Pyramid, Doom, Electric Earth, Ollie Stygall, Review, Stoner Doom, Traditional Doom

Holy shit!!! Or should that be Holy Mountain!!! Where did this little beauty come from? These 7 inches of doom

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Review
Album & EP Reviews W 

Withered ‘Folie Circulaire’ CD 2008

19th August 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Andrew Sloan, CD, Death Metal, Doom, Folie Circulaire, Prosthetic Records, Review, Sludge, Withered

All I ever hear about this band is Mastodon. So they come from Atlanta and happen to know Mastodon, but

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Review
Album & EP Reviews Q 

Queen Elephantine ‘Yatra’ CD 2008 & ‘Tartarus’ CDEP 2008

18th August 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, Ambient, Avant-Garde, CD, CDEP, Concrete Lo Fi Records, Drone, Experimental, Queen Elephantine, Review, Tartarus, Yatra

Imagine the eldritch and arcane sound of a cultish band of blind, hooded, albino acolytes, engrossed within their eerie sonic

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Album & EP Reviews E 

Esoteric ‘The Maniacal Vale’ CD 2008

18th August 20083rd September 2019 Lewis Hunter 2008, Atmospheric, CD, Doom, Esoteric, Funeral Doom, Lewis Hunter, Review, Season Of Mist, The Maniacal Vale

Well, it’s long overdue, I’ll give you that. No, not my return to reviewing albums… Esoteric’s new album, The Maniacal

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Articles 

Roots Of Sludge

16th August 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone Adam Stone, Amebix, Article, Black Sabbath, Burning Witch, Charger, Crust, Discharge, Doom, EyeHateGod, Godflesh, Grief, Hardcore, Iron Monkey, Melvins, Metal, Napalm Death, Neurosis, Punk, Roots Of Sludge, Sludge, Weedeater

Sludge is a thick mud or sediment, greasy, foul and noxious. Sounds good already. But when it comes to music,

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A Album & EP Reviews 

Aluna ‘Fall To Earth’ CDEP 2008

15th August 20083rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2008, Aluna, Alunah, Catacomb Records, CDEP, Doom, Fall To Earth, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Space Rock

If the only musical legacy the West Midlands ever left us was Black Sabbath they’d be doing pretty well in

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A-F Interviews 

Catacomb Records Interview

14th August 20082nd September 2019 Lee Edwards Catacomb Records, Interview, Lee Edwards

2007 saw the launch of the UK’s Catacomb Records and in that short time, they’ve managed to build up an

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Interview
G-Q Interviews 

Moloch Interview

13th August 20082nd September 2019 Lee Edwards Feast Of Tentacles, Interview, Lee Edwards, Moloch

Heavy, Filthy, Nasty are 3 words that immediately spring to mind when hearing the Sludge inflicted Doom of the UK’s

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Review
Album & EP Reviews S 

Sonic Lord ‘Trawling Through Sludge’ 7″ 2008

12th August 20083rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2008, 7", Catacomb Records, Doom, Ollie Stygall, Psychedelic, Review, Sludge, Sonic Lord, Stoner Doom, Trawling Through Sludge

I take it you’re all familiar with Black Sabbath. Just take a moment to reflect and think back to some

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