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Author: Andrew Sloan

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Guinea Pig Interview

16th October 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan Andrew Sloan, Guinea Pig, Interview

So who’s familiar with a Greek sludge band? Thought as much, so here I introduce Guinea Pig, one such Greek

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Album & EP Reviews E 

Ehnahre ‘The Man Closing Up’ CD 2008

15th September 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Andrew Sloan, Atmospheric, CD, Death Doom, Doom, Ehnahre, Jazz Fusion, Post-Rock, Review, Sound Devastation Records, The Man Closing Up

Here we have a new collective from Boston’s musical underbelly (formed from ex-members of Kayo Dot and Forefedglass amongst others)

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Coffins ‘Buried Death’ CD 2008

13th September 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 20 Buck Spin, 2008, Andrew Sloan, Buried Death, CD, Coffins, Death Doom, Doom, Heavy, Review

Oh sweet jesus this is the fucking shit! I have here in my rotting puds the new Coffins CD, a

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Sofa King Killer Interview

9th September 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan Andrew Sloan, Interview, Sofa King Killer

Back in 2004 the small UK indie label Retribute Records released an album made by four Ohio drunks with a

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Steve Von Till ‘A Grave Is A Grim Horse’ CD 2008

27th August 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Acoustic, Andrew Sloan, Blues, CD, Country, Dark, Folk, Neurosis, Neurot Recordings, Review, Steve Von Till

First we had Scott Kelly and now Steve Von Till, I’m guessing there was a break in the Neurosis schedule

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Album & EP Reviews D 

Disfear ‘Live The Storm’ CD 2008

26th August 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Andrew Sloan, At The Gates, CD, Crust, D-Beat, Death Crust, Disfear, Entombed, Hardcore, Live The Storm, Relapse Records, Review, Thomas Lindberg, Ulfe Cederlund

What does the term Punk Rock mean these days? It’s a genre so watered down by lightweight, pop star-aspiring posturing,

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Scott Kelly ‘The Wake’ CD/LP 2008

23rd August 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Acoustic, Andrew Sloan, CD, Country, Dark, Folk, LP, Neurosis, Neurot Recordings, Review, Scott Kelly

I’ve been sat here for twenty five minutes listening to Scott Kelly’s second solo album wondering how I can possibly

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Album & EP Reviews W 

Withered ‘Folie Circulaire’ CD 2008

19th August 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Andrew Sloan, CD, Death Metal, Doom, Folie Circulaire, Prosthetic Records, Review, Sludge, Withered

All I ever hear about this band is Mastodon. So they come from Atlanta and happen to know Mastodon, but

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Album & EP Reviews L 

Lair Of The Minotaur ‘War Metal Battle Masters’ CD 2008

11th August 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Andrew Sloan, Brutal, CD, Heavy, Lair Of The Minotaur, Metal, Review, Southern Lord, War Metal Battle Masters

They’re back, everyone’s favourite mythological beast slaying, old-school death metal worshipping purveyors of brutal metal barbarianism. And it’s a desolate

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Album & EP Reviews T 

This Will Destroy You – S/T – CD 2008

8th August 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Ambient, Andrew Sloan, CD, Heavy, Magic Bullet Records, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock, Review, This Will Destroy You

They play elegiac post-rock, deeply cinematic in its presentation, they veer towards the more ambient end of the spectrum and

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Album & EP Reviews U 

Unearthly Trance ‘Electrocution’ CD/LP 2008

4th August 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Andrew Sloan, Blackened Doom, CD, Doom, Electrocution, LP, Relapse Records, Review, Sludge, Unearthly Trance

This is the fourth album from New York’s bleak occultists and its apparent from the off that the band have

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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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