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Firebird - Newcastle-under-Lyme 22/01/09
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Firebird / Charger / Space Witch – Newcastle-under-Lyme 22/01/09

24th January 200914th September 2019 Adam Stone Adam Stone, Charger, Firebird, Lee Edwards, Live Review, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Space Witch, The Rigger

The Rigger, Newcastle-under-Lyme 22/01/09 Pulling into the car park, I was greeted by the heartening sight of the ever amiable

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Mills Of God ‘Call Of The Eastern Moon’ CD/LP 2008

10th January 20093rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, Call Of The Eastern Moon, CD, Crust, Doom, LP, Mills Of God, Modus Operandi Records, Review, Sludge

Krautdoom herbmongers Mills Of God are three men who love their heavy riffs like William Burroughs loved junk and not

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Outlaw Order ‘Dragging Down The Enforcer’ CD 2008

17th December 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, CD, Doom, Dragging Down The Enforcer, EyeHateGod, Hardcore, Outlaw Order, Review, Season Of Mist, Sludge

This is a hard punch in the face that drops you like a sack of shit and makes you wise

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Salome – S/T – CD/LP 2008

16th December 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, CD, Crust, Doom, Heavy, LP, Nasty, Review, Salome, Sludge, Vendetta Records

AAAArrrrghhh. This is ace. Salome are a thrilling three piece from Virginia, USA that sound like a super evil psychotic

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Total Fucking Destruction ‘Peace, Love and Total Fucking Destruction’ CD 2008

15th December 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, Bones Brigade Records, Brutal Truth, CD, Crust, Grindcore, Hardcore, Peace Love and Total Fucking Destruction, Review, Richard Hoak, Total Fucking Destruction

A mad smear of visionary post-grindcore conceptualised and executed by Brutal Truth drummer Richard Hoak. Robot rhythm machine Hoak (drums

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Ufomammut - Manchester 25/11/08
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Ufomammut / Lento / Rise To Thunder – Manchester 25/11/08

2nd December 200814th September 2019 Adam Stone Adam Stone, Future Noise, Lee Edwards, Lento, Live Review, Manchester, Rise To Thunder, Star & Garter, Ufomammut

The Star & Garter, Manchester 25/11/08 Off to the fabled Star & Garter, rising out of the Victorian filth of

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Rise To Thunder ‘Slagnoramus’ CD 2008

29th November 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, CD, Instrumental, Negatropolis Records, Psychedelic, Review, Rise To Thunder, Slagnoramus, Space Rock, Stoner Doom

Psychedelic Warlords Rise To Thunder ride across a deep purple sky the colour of an inflamed bell end, on great

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Sourvein ‘Imperial Bastard’ CDEP 2008

19th November 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, Candlelight Records, CDEP, Doom, Hardcore, Heavy, Imperial Bastard, Review, Sludge, Sourvein

‘Splice the main brace!’ I believe that’s a nautical reference. Maybe that should be ‘splice the membrane’. These hirsute Southern

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Moloch – S/T – CD 2008

1st November 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, CD, Choking Hazard Records, Doom, Hardcore, Moloch, Review, Sludge

Moloch sound like an industrial accident. A very slow one…and a very painful one. Probably involving a lathe. And a

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The Endless Blockade ‘Primitive’ CD/LP 2008

27th October 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone 20 Buck Spin, 2008, Adam Stone, CD, Grindcore, Hardcore, LP, Noise, Power Violence, Primitive, Review, The Endless Blockade

Ah, the cleansing purity of noise. Like standing in the shower and feeling the shit wash away – itself a

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Buried At Sea ‘Ghost’ CD 2007

23rd October 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2007, Adam Stone, Buried At Sea, CD, Doom, Ghost, Heavy, Neurot Recordings, Review, Sanford Parker, Sludge

A distant drum beat, like a faint pulse locked deep inside my aching pineal gland…gradually rising in volume, then sharp

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Today, The Shaman is pleased to premiere La Pucelle, the new video from Birmingham heavy rockers Alunah. Taken from their

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