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Author: Martin Williams

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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Sleepwulf 'Sunbeams Curl'
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Review: Sleepwulf ‘Sunbeams Curl’

21st February 202228th March 2022 Martin Williams Doom Rock, Heavy Psych Sounds, Sleepwulf

At this point, ‘retro-Swedish-doom’ might as well be its own sub-genre of heavy stoner, doom, and rock. As has been

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Pike vs The Automaton
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Review: Pike vs The Automaton

14th February 202228th March 2022 Martin Williams Matt Pike, Metal, MNRK Heavy, Pike vs The Automaton, Sludge

In the canon of heavy music, metal, stoner, doom, or any riff-based sub-genre, any conversation about guitar player influence, at

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Trouble 'One For The Road/Unplugged'
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Review: Trouble ‘One For The Road/Unplugged’ Reissue

10th February 202228th March 2022 Martin Williams Doom, Hammerheart Records, Trouble

Without question, any conversation of the origins of American doom metal, or hell, doom metal in general, must include Chicago’s

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Leprous Fire ‘Mouth Of Graves’
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Review: Leprous Fire ‘Mouth Of Graves’

4th February 202228th March 2022 Martin Williams Doom, Leprous Fire, Psych, The Swamp Records

As has been covered many, many times, the amount of rock & roll, specifically heavy music emanating from Sweden over

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Stone House On Fire 'Time Is A Razor'
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Review: Stone House On Fire ‘Time Is A Razor’

28th January 202228th March 2022 Martin Williams Electric Valley Records, Psych, Stone House On Fire

I am, admittedly, woefully behind the times when it comes to South American stoner rock, doom and heavy psych. Other

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Wolfnaut 'III'
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Review: Wolfnaut ‘III’

26th January 20222nd March 2022 Martin Williams Fuzzpanzer, Wolfnaut

As an American that has been following the stoner/doom scene since the 90s, I’ve always been curious about the many

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Spacelord 'False Dawn'
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Review: Spacelord ‘False Dawn’

19th January 20222nd March 2022 Martin Williams Grunge, Heavy Rock, Independent, Spacelord

In the ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’ department, being unfamiliar with Buffalo, New York duo Spacelord prior to

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Glowing Brain 'Brain Dust'
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Review: Glowing Brain ‘Brain Dust’

14th January 202224th February 2022 Martin Williams Glowing Brain, Metal, The Ghost Is Clear Records

As a music lifer, it’s always a particular joy when you randomly stumble upon a band and album that floor

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Clyde Von Klaus ‘Moonbeams’
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Review: Clyde Von Klaus ‘Moonbeams’

7th January 202211th February 2022 Martin Williams Clyde Von Klaus, Fuzz, Garage, The Swamp Records

I was immediately intrigued when presented with the opportunity to review one-man ‘band’ Clyde Von Klaus’s latest release Moonbeams. The

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