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Author: Martin Williams

Brown Acid - The Fourteenth Trip
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Review: Various Artist ‘Brown Acid – The Fourteenth Trip’

29th April 20223rd June 2022 Martin Williams Brown Acid, Heavy Rock, Permanent Records, Proto-Metal, RidingEasy Records, Various Artists

It’s that time of the year again. Every stoner & weedian’s favorite holiday. 4/20. This also means another installment of

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Alunah 'Strange Machine'
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Review: Alunah ‘Strange Machine’

15th April 202226th May 2022 Martin Williams Alunah, Doom Rock, Heavy Psych Sounds

Birmingham UK’s Alunah have followed a slow and steady ascension to the vanguard of the UK doom scene since their

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Decasia 'An Endless Feast For Hyenas'
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Review: Decasia ‘An Endless Feast For Hyenas’

6th April 202226th May 2022 Martin Williams Decasia, Heavy Psych Sounds, Prog

As an American, when I think of leading countries in the European heavy rock and metal underground, France is generally

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Aerial Ruin 'Loss Seeking Flame'
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Review: Aerial Ruin ‘Loss Seeking Flame’

4th April 202226th May 2022 Martin Williams Acoustic, Aerial Ruin, Erik Moggridge, Independent

While I wouldn’t consider myself any sort of aficionado, I like acoustic music, mellow, introspective, or ‘doom folk’ as it’s

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Witchpit 'The Weight of Death'
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Review: Witchpit ‘The Weight of Death’

29th March 20224th May 2022 Martin Williams Heavy Psych Sounds, Sludge, Witchpit

South Carolina’s Witchpit have been fine-tuning their brand of southern-fried-sludge going back to their formation in 2015, releasing a handful

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Eric Wagner 'In The Lonely Light Of Mourning'
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Review: Eric Wagner ‘In The Lonely Light Of Mourning’

24th March 20224th May 2022 Martin Williams Cruz Del Sur Music, Eric Wagner

In an era of routine horrible occurrences, it goes without saying that the death of legendary Trouble/The Skull/Blackfinger vocalist, and

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Friends Of Hell 'Friends Of Hell'
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Review: Friends Of Hell ‘Friends Of Hell’

21st March 20224th May 2022 Martin Williams Doom, Friends Of Hell, Rise Above Records

Have you ever wondered what UK doom legends Witchfinder General might sound like if they merged with early-to-mid-90s Cathedral, with

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Purple Dawn 'Peace & Doom Session Vol. II'
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Review: Purple Dawn ‘Peace & Doom Session Vol. II’

14th March 20224th May 2022 Martin Williams Doom, Electric Valley Records, Purple Dawn

In the world of stoner and doom, it can sometimes be difficult to stand out. Playing the same fuzzy Sabbbath-inspired

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Lammping 'Stars We Lost'
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Review: Lammping ‘Stars We Lost’ EP

7th March 20224th May 2022 Martin Williams Alternative, Lammping, We Are Busy Bodies

Toronto, Ontario’s Lammping are a band that have been on my radar for a year or so. In fact, their

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Mark Lanegan @ Effenaar, Eindhoven, 2017 – Photo by Paul Verhagen
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Raise A Whiskey For The Holy Ghost – Rest In Peace Mark Lanegan 1964-2022

25th February 202228th March 2022 Martin Williams Mark Lanegan, Queens of the Stone Age, RIP, Screaming Trees

On Tuesday afternoon, 22nd February 2022, I had just finished a Zoom meeting in my office at my tattoo shop,

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Ty Segall 'Whirlybird' Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Review: Ty Segall ‘Whirlybird’ Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

23rd February 202228th March 2022 Martin Williams Drag City, Soundtrack, Ty Segall

Of all the artists I’ve come to absorb over the last ten to fifteen years or so, few have proven

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