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Author: Mark Hunt-Bryden

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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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Album & EP Reviews N 

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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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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Album & EP Reviews C 

Chrome Hoof ‘Crush Depth’ CD/2xLP 2010

8th June 20102nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, Avant-Garde, CD, Chrome Hoof, Crush Depth, Experimental, Jazz Fusion, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Southern Records

I promised myself I’d try and get through this review without mentioning drugs. The effects of drugs, doing drugs, being

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Bumsnogger ‘2002-2006’ CD 2010

1st June 20102nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, Bumsnogger, CD, Compilation, Discography, Doom, Hardcore, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Sludge, Witch Hunter Records

A greatest hits from a band that were a wilfully uncommercial event? A gathering of their material from their debut

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Album & EP Reviews D 

Dead In The Woods / Diet Pills – Split 12″ 2010

24th May 20103rd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, Black Box Recordings, Dead In The Woods, Dead In The Woods/Diet Pills, Diet Pills, Doom, Hardcore, Heavy, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Noise-Rock, Review, Sludge, Split, Split 12"

They say the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. Whilst the chest is the more geographically correct

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Album & EP Reviews G 

Grifter ‘The Simplicity Of The Riff Is Key’ CDEP 2010

12th May 20102nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, Blues Rock, Catacomb Records, CDEP, Classic Rock, Grifter, Heavy Rock, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Southern Rock, The Simplicity Of The Riff Is Key

Ever since Grifter burst onto the scene back in 2004/2005 with a beer in hand, a roach in the ashtray

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Arc Of Ascent ‘Circle Of The Sun’ CD 2010

23rd April 20102nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, Arc Of Ascent, Astral Projection, Atmospheric, CD, Craig Williamson, Heavy, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Psych Rock, Psychedelic, Review

Ah New Zealand, the temptation to form an opinion based on stereotypes of sheep worrying, Lord Of The Rings and

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Black Shape Of Nexus / Kodiak – Split 12″ 2010

9th April 20102nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, B.SON, Black Shape Of Nexus, Black Shape Of Nexus/Kodiak, Doom, Drone, Funeral Doom, Kodiak, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Sludge, Split, Split 12"

How do you approach 38 minutes of mind bending Doom? Quite simply shut yourself away, roll a fat one and

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