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Author: John Reppion

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ROTS ‘The Night The Trees Burnt’ CD/DD 2014

23rd January 20143rd September 2019 John Reppion 2014, Atmospheric, Black Metal, CD, Digital, Doom, John Reppion, Review, Rise of the Simians, ROTS, Self Released, The Night The Trees Burnt

Hastings’ ROTS have been around since 2006. Formerly known as Rise Of The Simians, the group once traded in what

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The Dustman Dilemma ‘First Trip To The Roaring Plains’ CD 2013

20th December 20133rd September 2019 John Reppion 2013, CD, Experimental, First Trip To The Roaring Plains, Jazz, Jazz Fusion, John Reppion, Psych, Review, The Dustman Dilemma

Hailing from Caen in France, quintet The Dustman Dilemma blend mellow organ toned synth, sax honks, and sweet woodwind sounds

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Bismuth / Undersmile – Split 12″/CS/DD 2013

2nd December 20133rd September 2019 John Reppion 12", 2013, At War With False Noise, Bismuth, Cassette, De Graanrepubliek Records, Digital, Doom, Heavy, John Reppion, Review, Sludge, Split, Tartarus Records, Undersmile

Earlier this month, Nottingham’s Bismuth and Oxford’s Undersmile – “two of the UK’s heavyweights in female fronted doom and sludge”

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Jøtnarr – Demo 2013

16th November 20133rd September 2019 John Reppion 2013, Black Metal, Crust, Demo, Digital, John Reppion, Jøtnarr, Metal, Review, Self Released

When approaching a demo for a first listen, reading the words “Recorded in our rehearsal space […] using two mics

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Blizzard At Sea ‘Certain Structures’ DD 2013

7th November 20133rd September 2019 John Reppion 2013, Blizzard At Sea, Certain Structures, Digital, John Reppion, Metal, Progressive, Review, Self Released, Sludge

Blizzard At Sea are a three-piece from Iowa City, USA playing chunky progressive metal with elements of gut-thumping sludge and

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The Cosmic Dead / Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Split 12″ 2013

29th October 20133rd September 2019 John Reppion 12", 2013, Doom, Grunge, Heavy, John Reppion, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, Psychedelic, Review, The Cosmic Dead, The Old Noise Records

The Cosmic Dead are a self described “psychonautal cosmodelic quartet” from Glasgow, with a string of UK and European dates

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