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Various Artists 'Brown Acid – The Twentieth Trip' Artwork
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Review: Various Artists ‘Brown Acid – The Twentieth Trip’

14th May 202514th May 2025 Martin Williams Brown Acid, Heavy Rock, Permanent Records, Proto-Metal, Psych, RidingEasy Records, Various Artists

Spring is here, and all that comes with it, warmer weather, zombie Jesus, the universal stoner holiday and another installment,

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Review: Various Artists ‘Yeah Man, It’s Bloody Heavy!!’

12th May 202512th May 2025 Martin Williams Heavy Rock, Proto-Metal, Rise Above Records, Various Artists, Yeah Man It's Bloody Heavy!!

Now, here is an interesting compilation. In the spirit of Riding Easy Records fabled Brown Acid series, Rise Above Records

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Review: Melvins ‘Thunderball’

8th May 20258th May 2025 Martin Williams Alternative, Heavy Rock, Ipecac Recordings, Melvins

As assured as the sun rising in the morning, prolific, heavy sludge and grunge forefathers Melvins return with their whopping

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Year Of The Cobra
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Year Of The Cobra: An Interview With Bassist & Vocalist Amy Tung Barrysmith

7th May 20257th May 2025 Martin Williams Doom, Prophecy Productions, Year Of The Cobra

Perhaps it’s no coincidence that Seattle’s crushing, yet ethereal, doom metal, power duo Year Of The Cobra returned in 2025

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Review: Mika Häkki ‘Mørker’

30th April 202530th April 2025 Martin Williams Americana, Folk, Majestic Mountain Records, Mika Häkki, Monolord

I must admit, I wasn’t surprised to see Mika Häkki, the eccentric bassist and wielder of the fuzziest of tones

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Review: Håndgemeng ‘Satanic Panic Attack’

29th April 202529th April 2025 Martin Williams Doom, Håndgemeng, Heavy Metal, Ripple Music

I initially became curious about Oslo, Norway’s self-described ‘doom and roll’ Håndgemeng (a rough and tumble scuffle in Norwegian) via

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Review: Quasars Of Destiny ‘Music To Listen To While Eating Planets’

28th March 202528th March 2025 Martin Williams Independent, Prog, Psych, Quasars Of Destiny

With a band name like Quasars Of Destiny and an album title like Music To Listen To While Eating Planets,

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Review: Year Of The Cobra ‘Year Of The Cobra’

21st March 202521st March 2025 Martin Williams Doom, Prophecy Productions, Year Of The Cobra

Seattle’s much-heralded doom, power-duo Year Of The Cobra return with their first release since 2019’s Ash And Dust, the tremendous

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Review: The Death Wheelers ‘Ecstasy Of Möld’

17th March 202517th March 2025 Martin Williams Instrumental, RidingEasy Records, Stoner, The Death Wheelers

Do you hear that unearthly rumble coming from the frozen north of Canada? It can only mean that The Death

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Review: Seein’ Red ‘Refuse Resist’

3rd March 20253rd March 2025 Martin Williams Armageddon Label, Hardcore, Seein' Red

I cannot exactly say when I first heard of long-running Dutch hardcore legends Seein’ Red. It was definitely during my

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Review: Warlung ‘The Poison Touch’

21st February 202521st February 2025 Martin Williams Heavy Psych Sounds, Heavy Rock, Warlung

Houston Texas’s Warlung returns with the follow-up to 2022’s Vultures Paradise, which I enjoyed quite a bit, although, if I’m

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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May
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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May

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Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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