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Author: Ollie Stygall

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Infernal Overdrive ‘Last Rays Of The Dying Sun’ CD/DD 2012

20th December 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall CD, Classic Rock, DD, Digital Download, Heavy Rock, Infernal Overdrive, Last Rays Of The Dying Sun, Ollie Stygall, Review, Small Stone Records

OK, how many awesome albums are there out there that have truly awful covers? Plenty…Flotsam And Jetsam “Doomsday For The

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Misty Morning ‘Saint Shroom’ 12″ 2011

18th December 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 12", 2011, Doom, Doomanoid Records, Gothic, Misty Morning, Occult, Ollie Stygall, Review, Saint Shroom, Stoner Doom

When Misty Morning’s “Martian Pope” EP was released it proved itself to be a charming slice of Cathedral worship that

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Samsara Blues Experiment ‘Revelation And Mystery’ CD/LP 2011

14th December 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, CD, Classic Rock, LP, Ollie Stygall, Psychedelic, Revelation And Mystery, Review, Samsara Blues Experiment, Space Rock, World In Sound Records

When I reviewed Samsara Blues Experiment’s previous album, “Long Distance Trip” in 2010 I wasn’t fully convinced I have to

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Tony Reed: Q & A With The Infamous Musician & Engineer

10th December 201115th September 2019 Ollie Stygall HeavyPink, Interview, Lee Edwards, Mos Generator, Ollie Stygall, Stone Axe, Temple Sound, Tony Reed

Whether you’ve just stumbled upon The Sleeping Shaman or are a regular visitor it’s a pretty fair assumption that you

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Album & EP Reviews T 

Thorun ‘Chorus Of Giants’ CDEP 2011

8th December 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, CDEP, Chorus Of Giants, Doom, Instrumental, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released, Thorun

When Thorun’s “Reprise” EP hit the streets running in early 2011 I was surprised, nay indeed shocked, that an instrumental

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Album & EP Reviews W 

Wino & Conny Ochs ‘Heavy Kingdom’ CD/LP 2012

1st December 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Acoustic, Americana, Blues, CD, Conny Ochs, Doom, Exile On Mainstream Records, Folk, Heavy Kingdom, LP, Ollie Stygall, Review, Scott "Wino" Weinrich, Wino, Wino & Conny Ochs

You have to wonder if Wino wakes up in the morning confused as to which hat he should be wearing

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Album & EP Reviews H 

HeavyPink – 7″ 2011

11th November 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, 7", Classic Rock, Heavy Rock, HeavyPink, Ollie Stygall, Psychedelic, Review, The Maple Forum, Tony Reed

That Tony Reed is a clever bugger and no mistake. The mainstay behind both Mos Generator and Stone Axe takes

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1000 Mods ‘Super Van Vacation’ CD 2011

8th November 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 1000mods, 2011, CD, CTS Productions, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Super Van Vacation

Greece may be falling to pieces economically but it’s good to know that rock and roll is still alive, well

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Album & EP Reviews H 

Heavy Glow ‘Midnight Moan’ CD/DD 2011

4th November 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, Blues, CD, Classic Rock, DD, Digital Download, Heavy Glow, Midnight Moan, Ollie Stygall, Retro Rock, Review, Self Released

Ok, I’ll admit the majority of recent music I get to listen to is as a result of this reviewing

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Album & EP Reviews D 

Dixie Witch ‘Let It Roll’ CD/DD 2011

30th October 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, CD, Classic Rock, DD, Digital Download, Dixie Witch, Fuzz, Heavy Rock, Let It Roll, Ollie Stygall, Review, Small Stone Records, Southern Rock

Twelve years and four albums into their career and five years since the last album, “Smoke And Mirrors” it’s very

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Black Capricorn – ST – CD 2011

13th October 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 12th Records, 2011, Black Capricorn, CD, Doom, Heavy, Ollie Stygall, Review, Stoner Doom

I’d like to start this review, if I may, with a brief history of doom according to…me. Back in the

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