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Month: May 2011

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Thinning The Heard ‘Oceans Rise’ CD 2011

12th May 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, CD, Doom, Heavy Rock, Oceans Rise, Ollie Stygall, Review, St Mark's Records, Thinning The Heard

It may sound superficial but I think you can always trust a band who sport beards…especially big straggly full face

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Gallow God ‘False Mystic Prose’ CD 2011

7th May 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, CD, Doom, False Mystic Prose, Gallow God, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Metal, PsycheDOOMelic Records, Review

Sometimes these days you pick up a rock magazine and it’s like reading a different language; post-this, that-core and I’m

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Roadburn Festival 2011
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Roadburn Festival 2011 – Day 3 & Afterburner

6th May 201114th September 2019 Paul Robertson 013 Venue, Afterburner, Bloodfarmers, Coffins, Live Review, Ludicra, Master Musicians Of Bukkake, Midi Theatre, Paul Robertson, Roadburn, Roadburn 2011, Spindrift, Swans, Tilburg, Voivod

Tilburg, The Netherlands 16/04/2011 & 17/04/2011 …and so, as with all good things, Roadburn has to come to an end.

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45 Rats ‘First Gear’ CDEP 2011

5th May 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, CDEP, Heavy Rock, NWOBHM, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released

With the high number of quality stoner acts emerging from Greece right now I wouldn’t be surprised if throwing a

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Roadburn Festival 2011
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Roadburn Festival 2011 – Day 2

1st May 201114th September 2019 Paul Robertson 013 Venue, Attila Csihar, Caspar Brötzmann Massaker, COC, Corrosion Of Conformity, Keiji Haino, Live Review, Midi Theatre, Paul Robertson, Roadburn, Roadburn 2011, Sunn O))), Tilburg, Trap Them, Void Ov Voices, Voivod, Winter

Tilburg, The Netherlands 15/04/2011 Second day of Roadburn and I was DEFINITELY feeling the vibe today, after a shaky start

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