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Author: Chris Moore

Barn Owl @ The Lexington, London 01/05/2013
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Barn Owl / Koen Holtkamp / A-Sun-Amissa @ The Lexington, London 01/05/2013

10th May 201314th September 2019 Chris Moore A-Sun-Amissa, Abbi J. Davies, Barn Owl, Chris Moore, Koen Holtkamp, Live Review, London, The Lexington

The last time I went to a gig at The Lexington it was to see the peerless and utterly bloody

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Coma Wall / Undersmile ‘Wood & Wire’ Split 12″/DD 2013

27th February 20133rd September 2019 Chris Moore 2013, Acoustic, Americana, Avant-Garde, Chris Moore, Coma Wall, Doom, Folk Doom, Heavy, Review, Shaman Recordings, Split 12", Undersmile, Wood & Wire

Following on from last year’s debut full length ‘Narwhal’ comes ‘Wood & Wire’ which sees Undersmile cover increasingly ambitious ground

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Iron Witch ‘Hangover Suicide’ 7″ 2013

28th January 20133rd September 2019 Chris Moore 2013, 7", Chris Moore, Doom, Endtyme Records, Hangover Suicide, Hardcore, Iron Witch, Review, Sludge

I never really understood the importance of stating where a band are from when writing a review, but in this

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JK Flesh / Prurient ‘Worship Is The Cleansing Of The Imagination’ Split LP 2012

14th December 20123rd September 2019 Chris Moore 2012, Chris Moore, Dominick Fernow, Dub, Experimental, Industrial, JK Flesh, Justin K Broadrick, LP, Noise, Prurient, Review, Split, Worship Is The Cleansing Of The Imagination

‘Worship Is The Cleansing Of The Imagination’ is a collaborative release (and more than likely Hydra Head’s last ever it

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Fontanelle ‘Vitamin F’ CD/LP 2012

5th November 20123rd September 2019 Chris Moore 2012, CD, Chris Moore, Experimental, Fontanelle, Jam, Jazz Fusion, LP, Review, Southern Lord, Vitamin F

“It’s like Mothers era Zappa having an affair with Isaac Hayes” That was how The Sleeping Shaman boss summed up

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Nihill ‘Verdonkermaan’ CD/LP/CS/DD 2012

17th September 20123rd September 2019 Chris Moore 2012, Atmospheric, Black Metal, Cassette, CD, Chris Moore, Digital, Hydra Head Records, LP, Nihill, Review, Verdonkermaan

A rare foray into black metal territory for Hydra Head, a label which – to be fair – is by

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Fister ‘Violence’ CS/DD 2012

26th July 20123rd September 2019 Chris Moore 2012, Cassette, Chris Moore, Digital, Doom, Drone, Fister, Heavy, Review, Self Released, Violence

Fister are a three-piece doom outfit from Saint Louis. Fister is also a small village near Stavanger on the south-western

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Undersmile ‘Narwhal’ CD 2012

1st June 20123rd September 2019 Chris Moore 2012, Avant-Garde, CD, Chris Moore, Doom, Future Noise, Heavy, Narwhal, Noise-Rock, Review, Undersmile

Since their formation in 2009, Oxfordshire’s Undersmile have garnered a fair bit of attention thanks to numerous live shows and

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