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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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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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