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Author: Alex Varley

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Argus ‘Beyond The Martyrs’ CD/LP/DD 2013

11th December 20133rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2013, Alex Varley, Argus, Beyond The Martyrs, CD, Cruz Del Sur Music, Digital, Doom, LP, Metal, Review, Traditional Doom

Even in times when Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones dominate audience figures, fantasy drenched epic doom metal

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Album & EP Reviews H 

Horisont ‘Time Warriors’ CD/LP/DD 2013

20th November 20133rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2013, Alex Varley, Blues Rock, CD, Digital, Heavy Rock, Horisont, LP, Metal Blade Records, Retro, Review, Rise Above Records, Time Warriors

Horisont are yet another shining example of just how good the modern music scene is in Sweden. Presumably Richie Blackmore

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Album & EP Reviews I 

Iron Man ‘South Of The Earth’ CD/LP/DD 2013

21st October 20133rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2013, Alex Varley, CD, Digital, Heavy, Iron Man, LP, Metal, Metal Blade Records, Review, Rise Above Records, South Of The Earth, Traditional Doom

To the uninitiated Iron Man may appear to be a new band with the arrival of their widely publicised ‘South

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Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno ‘Doobie Wonderland’ CD/DD 2013

4th September 20133rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2013, Acid Mothers Temple, Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno, Alex Varley, CD, Digital, Doobie Wonderland, Improv, Kawabata Makoto, Kraut, Parallax Sounds, Psych, Review, Space Rock

Acid Mothers Temple and its many, many offshoots have being challenging underground psychedelia for some years now. Formed in 1995

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Album & EP Reviews U 

Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats ‘Mind Control’ CD/LP/DD 2013

16th August 20133rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2013, Alex Varley, CD, Digital, Garage Rock, LP, Metal Blade Records, Mind Control, Psych Rock, Review, Rise Above Records, Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats

It’s rare that a band creates as much mystery, controversy and sensationalism as Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats. Liked and

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Album & EP Reviews R 

Royal Thunder ‘CVI:A’ Digital EP 2013

27th July 20133rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2013, Acoustic, Alex Varley, Americana, CVI:A, Digital, Folk Doom, Review, Royal Thunder, Self Released

As the amount of female fronted bands to surface in to the mainstream end of rock becomes catastrophic it has

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Coffins ‘The Fleshland’ CD/LP/DD 2013

9th July 20133rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2013, Alex Varley, CD, Coffins, DD, Death Doom, Death Metal, Doom, LP, Relapse Records, Review, The Fleshland

Spewing out a slow motion Autopsy since 1996, Coffins have gained a reputable name through a couple of thousand splits

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Blood Ceremony ‘The Eldritch Dark’ CD/LP/DD 2013

13th June 20133rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2013, Alex Varley, Blood Ceremony, CD, Digital, Doom, LP, Metal Blade Records, Occult Rock, Prog Rock, Review, Rise Above Records, The Eldritch Dark

If one movement has burst out of the underground over the past couple of years it’s the appropriately penned ‘occult

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Moss: Interview With Olly Pearson

7th June 201315th September 2019 Alex Varley Alex Varley, Interview, Moss, Olly Pearson, Rise Above Records

Since their formation in 2001, Moss have alienated, enraptured and terrified doom fans in different proportions with their unique, boundary

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Album & EP Reviews L 

Lords Of Bukkake ‘Desagravio’ CD 2013

21st May 20133rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2013, Alex Varley, CD, Desagravio, Doom, Heavy, Lords Of Bukkake, Review, Sludge, Totalrust Music

Doom, as you will be aware, is an ever expansive style made from individuals as far opposed as jumper wearing

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Samothrace @ The Star & Garter, Manchester, 07/05/2013
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Samothrace / Bell Witch / Black Magician @ The Star & Garter, Manchester, 07/05/2013

14th May 201314th September 2019 Alex Varley Alex Varley, Bell Witch, Black Magician, Lee Edwards, Live Review, Manchester, Samothrace, Star & Garter

England was experiencing its first sunny spell since something like 2005 which meant that the already sweltering pub/sweatbox known as

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