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Author: Mark Hunt-Bryden

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Mudbath ‘Red Desert Orgy’ Digital EP 2012

22nd September 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, Digital EP, Doom, Heavy, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Mudbath, Red Desert Orgy, Review, Self Released, Sludge

Mud Baths date back thousands of years and can commonly be found in areas where hot natural springs can combine

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EyeHateGod ‘New Orleans Is The New Vietnam’ 7” 2012

14th September 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, 7", A389 Recordings, Doom, EyeHateGod, Hardcore, Mark Hunt-Bryden, New Orleans Is The New Vietnam, Review, Sludge

Much has happened in the world of Phil Anselmo endorsed NOLA sluggers EyeHateGod since their inception, Christ, much has happened

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Bong – S/T – Reissue CD 2012

12th September 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, Bong, CD, Doom, Drone, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Psychedelic, Reissue, Review, Ritual Productions, Self Titled

The UK’s trippiest doomhounds Bong scored great acclaim earlier this year with their latest album Mana-Yood-Sushai, (described on this very

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OBELYSKKH ‘White Lightnin’’ CD/LP/DD 2012

7th September 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, CD, Digital, Doom, Exile On Mainstream Records, Heavy, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Obelyskkh, Psych, Review, Sludge, White Lightnin'

Having been labelled as the ‘Phantom Of German Doom’ because of their self-proclaimed abstinence from record releases, the German doom

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Dying ‘Born’ CD/Digital 2012

3rd September 20123rd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, Born, CD, Digital, Doom, Dying, Heavy, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Punk, Review, Self Released, Sludge

After my favourite Fayetteville (de)mentalists Queen Beast fell apart the members have resurfaced in various forms trying their hands at

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Hark ‘Mythopoeia’ 7″/DD 2012

2nd August 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, 7", Hardcore, HARK, Heavy Rock, Jimbob Isaac, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Mythopoeia, Progressive, Review, Sludge, SuperFi Records

For those who got their unique brand of angular power sludge rock it was a sad day back in September

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shEver ‘Rituals’ CD 2012

28th July 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, Atmospheric, CD, Doom, Heavy, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Rituals, shEver, Totalrust Music

Having been in existence since the early Noughties, Switzerland’s shEver have produced several self released albums and put in a

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Arc Of Ascent ‘The Higher Key’ CD/LP/Digital 2012

14th July 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, Arc Of Ascent, Astral Projection, CD, Clostridium Records, Craig Williamson, Digital, Doom, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Psychedelic, Review, Space Rock, Stoner Doom, The Higher Key

Last time I heard Aukland based Kiwi stoner groove merchants Arc Of Ascent  I was reviewing their excellent ‘Circle Of

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Knife Crimes ‘Demo MMXII’ CD/CS/Digital 2012

29th June 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, Cassette, CD, Demo MMXII, Digital, Hardcore, Knife Crimes, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Thrash Metal, Witch Hunter Records

Knife Crimes. Like the names of their influences in the metallic hardcore scene (Brutality Will Prevail, Hang The Bastard and

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Black Shape Of Nexus ‘Negative Black’ CD/Digital 2012

28th June 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, B.SON, Black Shape Of Nexus, CD, Doom, Drone, Exile On Mainstream Records, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Negative Black, Review, Sludge

Sometimes you can just feel an album from the very first chords. Described as incorporating aspects of drone and crust

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Nate Hall ‘A Great River’ CD/Digital 2012

21st June 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, A Great River, Acoustic, Atmospheric, Blues, CD, Digital, Folk, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Nate Hall, Neurot Recordings, Review, USX

Understandably heavily associated with its founding members bands Neurosis and Tribe Of Neurot, Neurot Recordings has quietly (well maybe not

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