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Author: Mark Hunt-Bryden

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Black Thai ‘Seasons Of Might’ 12″/DD 2013

29th November 20132nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 12", 2013, Black Thai, Digital, Heavy Rock, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Metal, Review, Seasons Of Might, Self Released

A time when concerts were a gathering of happy, like-minded people who wanted to go and see a band rock

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Dying ‘Arkansas’ Digital EP 2013

23rd November 20132nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2013, Born, Digital EP, Doom, Dying, Heavy, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Post-Rock, Review, Self Released

After last year’s full length debut ‘Born‘ Fayetteville’s Dying are back with a new EP and a new chapter in

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Corrections House ‘Last City Zero’ CD 2013

8th November 20132nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2013, Bruce Lamont, CD, Corrections House, Doom, Heavy, Industrial, Last City Zero, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Mike IX Williams, Neurot Recordings, Post-Metal, Review, Sandford Parker, Scott Kelly

Scott Kelly, it seems cannot stay quiet for long. Not content with being one of the masterminds behind Neurosis, a

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Album & EP Reviews J 

Jesu ‘Everyday I Get Closer To The Light From Which I Came’ LP/DD 2013

14th October 20132nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2013, Ambient, Avalanche Recordings, Drone, Everyday I Get Closer To The Light From Which I Came, Industrial, Jesu, Justin K Broadrick, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Shoegaze

Anyone who is an aficionado of extreme music is familiar with, and loves, some of the work that Justin Broadrick

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Carcass ‘Surgical Steel’ CD/LP/DD 2013

13th October 20132nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2013, Carcass, CD, Death Metal, Digital, Grindcore, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Metal, Nuclear Blast Records, Review, Surgical Steel

Carcass; a name spoken rightly with reverence in extreme music circles. However my relationship with the band reminds me of

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Cult Of Luna ‘Vertikal II’ CDEP/DD 2013

30th September 20132nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2013, Atmospheric, Cult Of Luna, Dub, Heavy, Indie Recordings, Justin K Broadrick, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Post-Rock, Review, Vertikal II

Since their inception, Cult Of Luna have steadily released an album or EP every couple of years; culminating in this

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Obelyskkh ‘Hymn To Pan’ CD/LP/DD 2013

20th September 20132nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2013, CD, Digital, Doom, Exile On Mainstream Records, Heavy, Hymn To Pan, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Obelyskkh, Prog Rock, Psychedelic, Review

For anyone who has followed the career thus far of German Doom stalwarts Obelyskkh will know that after years avoiding

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Funeral Horse ‘Savage Audio Demon’ CS/DD 2013

13th September 20132nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2013, Artificial Head Records, Cassette, Crust, Digital, Doom, Funeral Horse, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Punk, Savage Audio Demon

Funeral Horse… I don’t know about you but I fucking love that name. Something I loved even more was that

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88 Mile Trip – S/T – Digital EP 2013

7th September 20132nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2013, 88 Mile Trip, Digital EP, Heavy Rock, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Self Released, Self Titled

Stoner rock can be a double edged sword really, for example take the bio for 88 Mile Trip where it

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EyeHateGod / Monolithian / Born Of The Jackal @ White Rabbit, Plymouth 04/08/2013

21st August 201314th September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden Born Of The Jackal, Desertscene, EyeHateGod, Live Review, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Michael Tarran, Monolithian, Plymouth, White Rabbit

In a weekend of contrasts on Saturday I travelled 5 hours in the blazing sunshine to witness two hours of

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Black Magician ‘The Pursuivant’ 7″ 2013

9th August 20132nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2013, 7", Black Magician, Doom, Folk, Heavy, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Prog Rock, Review, Svart Records, The Pursuivant

Riding a wave of critical acclaim which has seen the Shaman Recordings released 12″ vinyl version of last years top

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