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Month: July 2010

Review
Album & EP Reviews M 

Mighty High ‘Drops A Deuce’ 7″ 2009

31st July 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2009, 7", Drops A Deuce, Heavy Rock, Mighty High, Mint Deluxe Tapes, Ollie Stygall, Punk, Review, Rock 'n' Roll

OK time for a quick bit of self realisation. Hands up who, for the most part, leads a fairly mundane

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Review
Album & EP Reviews S 

Sasquatch ‘III’ CD 2010

30th July 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, Blues Rock, CD, Classic Rock, Heavy Rock, III, Ollie Stygall, Review, Sasquatch, Small Stone Records, Southern Rock

Now, if the mythical Bigfoot, or Sasquatch with whom this band shares its name were to listen to music you

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Review
Album & EP Reviews G 

Gozu ‘Locust Season’ CD 2010

29th July 201023rd February 2024 Ollie Stygall 2010, CD, Desert Rock, Heavy Rock, Locust Season, Ollie Stygall, Review, Small Stone Records, Stoner Rock

Small Stone Recordings have one of the most enviable rosters in metal and a catalogue bursting with classic albums by

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Album & EP Reviews T 

The Brought Low ‘Third Record’ CD 2010

28th July 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, CD, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Small Stone Records, Southern Rock, The Brought Low, Third Record

I am a fool, a complete bloody fool!!! That The Brought Low have been on the scene and have previously

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Review
Album & EP Reviews J 

Jacknife Holiday ‘Stinkin ‘n’ Drinkin’ CDEP 2010

27th July 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, CDEP, Doom, Hardcore, Jacknife Holiday, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Stinkin 'n' Drinkin

The name says it all doesn’t it, Jacknife Holiday, the delight and recreational possibilities of pure mindless violence!!! These guys

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Review
Album & EP Reviews B 

Boris & Ian Astbury ‘BXI’ CDEP 2010

20th July 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, Boris, Boris & Ian Astbury, BXI, CDEP, Classic Rock, Heavy, Heavy Rock, Ian Astbury, Ollie Stygall, Rain, Review, Shoegaze, Southern Lord, The Cult

I was 17 when The Cult’s “Electric” album was released it kicked my arse from here to LA and 23

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Edgy 59 Interview

18th July 20103rd September 2019 Cyrill Burning Witch, Cyrill, Edgemont, Edgy 59, Interview

The following interview with Edgy 59, who most of the regular readership will know from his vocal duties in cult

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Stone Axe / Sun Gods In Exile – Split 7″ 2010

17th July 201023rd February 2024 Ollie Stygall 2010, 7", Classic Rock, Desert Rock, Heavy Rock, Hydro-Phonic Records, Ollie Stygall, Review, Rock 'n' Roll, Split 7", Stone Axe, Stoner Rock, Sun Gods In Exile, Tony Reed

In the whole history of art there are certain eras that stand out as capturing a moment such as expressionism,

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Album & EP Reviews Y 

Year Of The Flood ‘A Utopian View’ CDEP 2010

16th July 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, A Utopian View, CDEP, Crust, D-Beat, Grindcore, Ollie Stygall, Review, Witch Hunter Records, Year Of The Flood

NOISY BASTARDS!!!!! Year of the Flood, featuring former members of Jesus of Spazzereth, Bumsnogger, Blood Divided and Dead on Arrival

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Album & EP Reviews O 

Ommadon ‘Part I’ CD 2010

15th July 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, Atmospheric, CD, Doom, Heavy, Ommadon, Part I, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Released, Snowblood

Rising from the ashes of the dearly departed Snowblood, Ommadon strip back the post-metal finery of their previous band to

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Review
Album & EP Reviews F 

Fen ‘Trails Out Of Gloom’ CD 2010

11th July 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, Blues Rock, CD, Classic Rock, Fen, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Prog Rock, Review, Ripple Music, Trails Out Of Gloom

Hmm, when something is described as prog in this day and age I immediately raise an eyebrow and suspicions are

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