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Author: Kevin Kentie

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Ortega ‘Crows’ CS 2014

3rd May 20143rd September 2019 Kevin Kentie 2014, Cassette, Crows, Doom, Heavy, Kevin Kentie, Ortega, Review, Sludge, Tartarus Records

Ortega has been a rising star in the post core/ sludge/doom firmament for a while now and with this new

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Graves At Sea ‘This Place Is Poison’ 12″ 2014

1st May 20143rd September 2019 Kevin Kentie 12", 2014, Doom, Eolian Empire, Graves At Sea, Heavy, Kevin Kentie, Review, Sludge, This Place Is Poison

Rejoice! The masters of heavy sludge have returned! Graves At Sea are back and just to remind us all why

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Album & EP Reviews R 

Rorcal ‘Világvége’ CD/LP/DD 2014

27th March 20143rd September 2019 Kevin Kentie 2014, Blackened Doom, Bleak Recordings, Cal Of Ror Records, CD, Digital, Heavy, Hellthrasher Productions, Kevin Kentie, Lost Pilgrim Records, LP, Review, Rorcal, Világvége, Wooaaargh Records

‘Világvége’ is a word that signifies the end of the world and on this album Rorcal make a successful effort

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Coffinworm ‘IV.I.VIII’ CD/DD 2014

26th March 20143rd September 2019 Kevin Kentie 2014, CD, Coffinworm, Death Metal, Digital, Doom, IV.I.VIII, Kevin Kentie, Profound Lore Records, Review, Sludge

In case you are not familiar with Coffinworm, the band plays a lethal blend of ugly death metal, sludge, doom

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Monolord ‘Empress Rising’ LP/DD 2014

24th March 20143rd September 2019 Kevin Kentie 2014, Digital, Doom, EasyRider Records, Empress Rising, Heavy, Kevin Kentie, LP, Monolord, Review

I remember hearing Sleep’s ‘Jerusalem’ (it wasn’t re-released as Dopesmoker yet) and Electric Wizard’s ‘Dopethrone’ years ago and being completely

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Landskap ‘I’ LP/DD 2014

5th March 20143rd September 2019 Kevin Kentie 2014, Digital, Doom, I, Iron Bonehead Productions, Kevin Kentie, Landskap, LP, Prog Rock, Psychedelic, Review

Landskap is a new UK band with members of Serpent Cult, Pantheist, Fen and Dead Existence, on their debut they

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Conan ‘Blood Eagle’ CD/LP/DD 2014

18th February 20143rd September 2019 Kevin Kentie 2014, Blood Eagle, CD, Conan, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Kevin Kentie, LP, Napalm Records, Review

“Fire and wind come from the sky, from the gods of the sky. But Crom is your god, Crom and

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Kylesa / Sierra / Jagged Vision European Tour 2014
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Kylesa / Sierra / Jagged Vision @ O13, Tilburg 04/02/2014

17th February 201414th September 2019 Kevin Kentie 013 Venue, Jagged Vision, Kevin Kentie, Kylesa, Live Review, Sierra, Tilburg

I’m doing double duty tonight, both reviewing this gig and being the dj. Luckily both duties can be performed without

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Fuoco Fatuo ‘The Viper Slithers In The Ashes Of What Remains’ CD/LP/DD 2014

17th February 20143rd September 2019 Kevin Kentie 2014, CD, Death, Digital, Doom, Fuoco Fatuo, Heavy, Iron Tyrant, Kevin Kentie, LP, Review, The Viper Slithers In The Ashes Of What Remains

The vaults of hell are deep indeed. From out of unfathomable depths arises a sound so foul and low even

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UPYR ‘Altars/Tunnels’ CD/CS/DD 2013

30th January 20143rd September 2019 Kevin Kentie 2013, Altars/Tunnels, Cassette, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Kevin Kentie, Review, Serpent Eve Records, Sludge, Upyr

Bulgaria. Not a country that is well known for its metal in the rest of the world. However, there are

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Album & EP Reviews D 

Demilich ’20th Anniversary Of Emptiness’ CD/LP 2014

26th January 20143rd September 2019 Kevin Kentie 2014, 20th Anniversary Of Emptiness, CD, Death Metal, Demilich, Kevin Kentie, LP, Nespithe, Regurgitation Of Blood, Review, Somewhere Inside The Bowels Of Endlessness, Svart Records, The Echo, The Four Instructive Tales... Of Decomposition

For many years they have been scorned and misunderstood by a large section of the death metal crowd, mostly because

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