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Author: Ollie Stygall

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Mangoo ‘Neverland’ CD 2012

29th March 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, CD, Fuzz, Mangoo, Neverland, Ollie Stygall, Prog Rock, Review, Small Stone Records, Space Rock

Mangoo from Finland, despite having a name that sounds like something you’d find on the floor of a porno cinema,

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Greenleaf ‘Nest Of Vipers’ CD 2012

27th March 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, CD, Dozer, Greenleaf, Heavy Rock, Nest Of Vipers, Ollie Stygall, Prog Rock, Review, Small Stone Records, TruckFighters

Greenleaf seem to be something of a “stoner rock” supergroup featuring various members of the defunct Dozer and vocalist Oskar

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Album & EP Reviews L 

Love Mound ‘The Noose, The Tree And The Desert Sky’ CD 2011

10th March 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, CD, Groove, Grunge, Love Mound, Ollie Stygall, Review, Rock 'n' Roll, Self Released, The Noose The Tree And The Desert Sky

As much as I love rock music I find myself increasingly despairing of the current state it’s in these days.

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Sun Gods In Exile ‘Thanks For The Silver’ CD/DD 2012

1st March 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, CD, DD, Digital Download, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Small Stone Records, Southern Rock, Sun Gods In Exile, Thanks For The Silver

Well good God y’all!!! When the Sun Gods’ debut, “Black Light, White Lines” landed in 2009 it was a fine,

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Album & EP Reviews T 

The Company Corvette ‘End Of The Summers’ CD 2011

21st February 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, CD, End Of The Summers, Fuzz, Ollie Stygall, Ozium Records, Punk, Review, The Company Corvette

Ever since stoner rock bands started climbing out of the primordial Sabbath slime in the mid 90’s there have been

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Album & EP Reviews D 

Dwellers ‘Good Morning Harakiri’ CD/DD 2012

11th February 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Blues, CD, DD, Digital Download, Dwellers, Fuzz, Good Morning Harakiri, Ollie Stygall, Psychedelic, Review, Small Stone Records

It’s not often I get a record to review that leaves me slightly stumped as to what to say about

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Corrosion Of Conformity – S/T – CD/LP 2012

20th January 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Candlelight Records, CD, COC, Corrosion Of Conformity, Doom, Hardcore, LP, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Titled, Thrash Metal

When COC reunited with the original “Animosity” era line-up of Woody Weatherman, Mike Dean and Reed Mullin, ostensibly to tour

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Album & EP Reviews T 

The Devil’s Blood ‘The Thousandfold Epicentre’ CD/LP 2012

18th January 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, CD, Cinematic, Doom, Gothic, LP, Metal, Metal Blade Records, Occult, Ollie Stygall, Review, The Devil’s Blood, The Thousandfold Epicentre, Ván Records

It seems to me there is an increasing number of bands grabbing themselves a female singer, throwing some loose witchy

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Album & EP Reviews R 

Red Fang ‘Murder The Mountains’ CD/LP/DD 2011

16th January 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, CD, DD, Digital Download, Heavy Rock, LP, Murder The Mountains, Ollie Stygall, Red Fang, Relapse Records, Review, Stoner Doom

Some bands just need that one song to kick start their career. Unfortunately for a lot of those bands that

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Album & EP Reviews O 

Ogressa ‘Warts And All’ CD 2011

8th January 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, CD, Dali’s Llama Records, Heavy Rock, Ogressa, Ollie Stygall, Review, Stoner Doom, Warts And All

They do say you can’t judge a book by the cover. That may well be true but books is books

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Album & EP Reviews O 

Orange Goblin ‘A Eulogy For The Damned’ CD/LP 2012

6th January 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, A Eulogy For The Damned, Candlelight Records, CD, Heavy Rock, LP, NWOBHM, Ollie Stygall, Orange Goblin, Review

“We have a new member joining us for our meeting tonight, would you care to introduce yourself?” “Ahem, yes…my name

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