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Month: October 2010

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Stone Axe / Mighty High – Split 7″ 2010

31st October 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, 7", Classic Rock, Heavy Rock, Mighty High, Ollie Stygall, Punk Rock, Retro, Review, Ripple Music, Rock 'n' Roll, Split 7", Stone Axe, Tony Reed

So you’ve heard the proverbial saying about the unlucky loser who falls into a barrel of tits and comes out

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Author & Punisher Interview

30th October 20102nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden Audio Interview, Author & Punisher, Interview, Mark Hunt-Bryden

This year saw the release of the excellent ‘Drone Machines’ album by Author & Punisher, being not only a fantastically

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Review
Album & EP Reviews D 

Del Rey ‘Immemorial’ CD/LP 2010

27th October 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, Ambient, CD, Del Rey, Experimental, Golden Antenna Records, Immemorial, LP, Paul Robertson, Post-Rock, Review

Del Rey. The name makes me think of 50s throwback greaser bands for some reason. No idea why. Probably because

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Review
Album & EP Reviews H 

Heirs ‘Fowl’ CD/LP 2010

25th October 20102nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, CD, Denovali Records, Doom, Fowl, Heavy, Heirs, Industrial, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock, Review

The age old adage is to never judge a book by its cover, I mean what if it’s a hardback

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Review
Album & EP Reviews R 

Rose Kemp ‘Golden Shroud’ CD 2010

22nd October 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 12 Year Stretch Records, 2010, Atmospheric, CD, Dark, Folk Doom, Golden Shroud, Heavy, Ollie Stygall, Review, Rose Kemp

One listen to Rose Kemp’s new album and you get the distinct impression that she isn’t like other women. At

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Review
Album & EP Reviews M 

MONEÂ¥I$GOD ‘M.A.R.K.Z’ CD 2010

21st October 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, Avant-Garde, CD, Heart & Crossbones, Industrial, MONEÂ¥I$GOD, Noise, Paul Robertson, Review

There’s something about Japanese music, a sense of ‘otherness’ that sets it apart from western music, whether it’s in their

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Review
Album & EP Reviews D 

Dopefight ‘Buds’ CD 2010

19th October 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, Buds, CD, Doom, Dopefight, Hardcore, Heavy, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released, Sludge

Three things you need to know about Dopefight 1) They’re a 3 piece stoner sludge outfit from Brighton 2) They

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Album & EP Reviews G 

Gospel Of The Future ‘The Eclipse’ CD 2010

18th October 20102nd September 2019 Pete Green 2010, CD, Epidemie Records, Gospel Of The Future, Groove Thrash, Heavy, Pete Green, Post-Hardcore, Review, The Eclipse

This record had me worried to begin with. Worried that the fractured, sinister and mysterious droning feedback of opener ‘The

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Album & EP Reviews O 

Obiat ‘Eye Tree Pi’ CD 2009

16th October 201023rd February 2024 Paul Robertson 2009, CD, Desert Rock, Eye Tree Pi, Heavy Rock, Obiat, Paul Robertson, Review, Small Stone Records, Stoner Rock

I freely admit, before getting into the meat of this review, that I had previously written Obiat off as one

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Review
Album & EP Reviews J 

Jackal-Headed Guard Of The Dead ‘The Sky Has Been Riven And Our Flesh Has Been Rent’ CDEP 2010

13th October 20103rd September 2019 Pete Worth 2010, CDEP, Crust, Doom, Jackal-Headed Guard Of The Dead, Pete Worth, Review, Sludge, The Sky Has Been Riven And Our Flesh Has Been Rent

Edinburgh’s wickedly monikered Jackal-Headed Guard of The Dead play instrumental sludge/doom that’s heavily inspired by H.P Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos. Admiration

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Review
Album & EP Reviews Y 

Year Of The Flood ‘Redefine The Natural Order’ CDEP 2010

12th October 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, CDEP, Crust, D-Beat, Grindcore, Ollie Stygall, Redefine The Natural Order, Review, Witch Hunter Records, Year Of The Flood

Year of the Flood’s debut EP, “A Utopian View” was a vicious slice of brutal, scything riffs and throat shredding

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