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Author: Mark Hunt-Bryden

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Lost Coves – S/T – CDEP 2010

25th November 20102nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, CD, Heavy, Lost Coves, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Noise-Rock, Post-Hardcore, Review, Saw Her Ghost Records

After a protracted period of birthday celebrations, holidays, illness, more birthday inebriation, sleep depravation and a Monster Magnet show I

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Author & Punisher Interview

30th October 20102nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden Audio Interview, Author & Punisher, Interview, Mark Hunt-Bryden

This year saw the release of the excellent ‘Drone Machines’ album by Author & Punisher, being not only a fantastically

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Album & EP Reviews H 

Heirs ‘Fowl’ CD/LP 2010

25th October 20102nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, CD, Denovali Records, Doom, Fowl, Heavy, Heirs, Industrial, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock, Review

The age old adage is to never judge a book by its cover, I mean what if it’s a hardback

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Album & EP Reviews N 

Neurosis ‘Live At Roadburn 2007’ CD/LP 2010

24th September 20102nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, Atmospheric, Burning World Records, CD, Doom, Hardcore, Heavy, Live At Roadburn 2007, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Neurosis, Neurot Recordings, Post-Rock, Review, Roadburn, Roadburn Records

There are plenty of bands who never achieve greatness – they excel on record but cannot reproduce it live or

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Sleestak ‘Skylon Express’ CD 2010

22nd September 20102nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, CD, Doom, Heavy Rock, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Self Released, Skylon Express, Sleestak, Sludge, Stone Rock, Stoner Doom

Sleestak, Library of Skulls – a clear reference to the mythical creatures from the seventies show Land Of The Lost

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Author & Punisher ‘Drone Machines’ CD 2010

4th September 20102nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, Ambient, Author & Punisher, Doom, Drone, Drone Machines, Experimental, Heart & Crossbones, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Tristan Shone

The words ‘ground breaking’ and ‘innovative’ get bandied around with all too often when describing bands who walk on the

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Beehoover ‘Concrete Catalyst’ CD 2010

26th August 20102nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, Bass & Drums, Beehoover, CD, Concrete Catalyst, Doom, Exile On Mainstream Records, Experimental, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Noise-Rock, Prog Rock, Review, Two Piece

Hailing from Germany, this Teutonic duo of Ingmar Petersen (bass and vocals) and Claus-Peter Hamisch (drums and vocals) deal in

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Neurosis ‘Enemy Of The Sun’ Reissue CD 2010

21st August 20102nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, Atmospheric, CD, Doom, Hardcore, Heavy, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Neurosis, Neurot Recordings, Post-Rock, Reissue, Review, Scott Kelly, Steve Von Till

Reissues can often provide a sober pause to reflect on an album that may have been unnecessarily gushed over or

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Album & EP Reviews I 

I Defy – S/T – CDEP 2010

8th July 20102nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, CDEP, Heavy, I Defy, Industrial, Industrial Thrash, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Mother Should Know Records, Review, Thrash Metal

My family have always been big on supporting local industry. Growing up a stone’s throw from I Defy’s home of

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Review
Album & EP Reviews M 

Miss Lava ‘Blues For The Dangerous Miles’ CD 2010

23rd June 201023rd February 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, Blues For The Dangerous Miles, Blues Rock, CD, Desert Rock, Heavy Rock, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Miss Lava, Raging Planet Records, Review, Stoner Rock

Hailing from Portugal, Miss Lava have previously issued one EP. Acclaimed by critics and having honed their craft through hard

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Album & EP Reviews G 

Goatsnake ‘Flower Of Disease’ Reissue CD 2010

9th June 20102nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, Blues, CD, Doom, Flower Of Disease, Goatsnake, Man's Ruin Records, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Reissue, Review, Southern Lord, Stoner Doom

Originally released on the now dearly departed Man’s Ruin Records and on vinyl by Southern Lord this long overdue (8

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