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Author: Alex Varley

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Mantas ‘Death By Metal’ CD/LP/Digital 2012

11th July 20123rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2012, Alex Varley, CD, Chuck Schuldiner, Death, Death By Metal, Death Metal, Digital, LP, Mantas, Metal, Relapse Records, Review, Thrash Metal

Chuck Schuldiner is one of the greatest metal musicians of all time. This isn’t opinion, it’s fact and Relapse Records

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SardoniS ‘II’ CD/LP/Digital 2012

27th June 20123rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2012, Alex Varley, CD, Digital, Doom, Guitar & Drums, Hammerheart Records, Heavy, II, Instrumental, LP, Review, SardoniS, Sludge, Two Piece

Good instrumental metal is hard to come by and so the arrival of the second SardoniS album is a welcome

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Stoneburner ‘Sickness Will Pass’ CD 2012

4th June 20123rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2012, Alex Varley, CD, Doom, Heavy, Post-Hardcore, Review, Seventh Rule Recordings, Sickness Will Pass, Sludge, Stoneburner

Stoneburner are a band that are always going to have unneeded pressure placed upon them because of family connections. Their

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Natur ‘Head Of Death’ CD 2012

18th May 20123rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2012, Alex Varley, CD, Earache Records, Head Of Death, Heavy Metal, Natur, NWOBHM, Review, Thrash Metal

It’s satisfying to know that over the past couple of years traditional heavy metal has been re-valued by the mainstream

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Coffinworm ‘Great Bringer Of Night’ LP 2012

16th May 20123rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2012, Alex Varley, Blackened Doom, Coffinworm, Doom, Flenser Records, Great Bringer Of Night, Heavy, LP, Review, Sludge

There are few bands that’ll take you to as vile a place as America’s sludge specialists Coffinworm. Formed back in

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