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Author: Ollie Stygall

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Lecherous Gaze ‘Zeta Reticuli Blues’ CD/LP/DD 2014

7th July 20143rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2014, Blues Rock, CD, Digital, Heavy Rock, Lecherous Gaze, LP, Ollie Stygall, Review, Rock 'n' Roll, Tee Pee Records, Zeta Reticuli Blues

100% RAW, UNCOMPROMISING, KICK-ASS ROCK AND ROLL!!! Really the above line could quite easily comprise the whole review for this

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Corrosion Of Conformity ‘IX’ CD/LP/DD 2014

30th June 20143rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2014, Candlelight Records, CD, COC, Corrosion Of Conformity, Digital, Doom, Hardcore, IX, LP, Metal, Ollie Stygall, Review

It’s been 4 years since Corrosion Of Conformity reformed the Animosity era line-up of Woody Weatherman on guitar, Reed Mullin

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Sigiriya ‘Darkness Died Today’ CD/DD 2014

7th May 20143rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2014, Candlelight Records, CD, Darkness Died Today, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Ollie Stygall, Review, Sigiriya

When 4/5 of Welsh stoner legends Acrimony reunited to form Sigiriya expectations were naturally high but the band were keen

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Mos Generator ‘Electric Mountain Majesty’ CD/LP/DD 2014

25th April 20143rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2014, CD, Classic Rock, Digital, Electric Mountain Majesty, Heavy Rock, Listenable Records, LP, Mos Generator, Ollie Stygall, Retro, Review

Tony Reed is just one of those guys that you really want to hate…whether it’s Stone Axe, Heavy Pink, his

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Bl’ast! ‘The Expression Of Power’ CD/LP/DD 2014

19th April 20143rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2014, Bl'ast!, CD, Digital, Hardcore, LP, Ollie Stygall, Punk, Reissue, Review, Southern Lord, The Expression Of Power

Way back in the mid 80’s, American hardcore was having something of a golden period. Black Flag and The Dead

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Album & EP Reviews H 

Hair Of The Dog – S/T – DD 2014

26th March 20143rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2014, Classic Rock, Digital, Hair Of The Dog, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Retro, Review, Self Released, Self Titled

So they may or may not be named after the Nazareth song…let’s just assume they are…and they’re from Edinburgh, which

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Album & EP Reviews T 

The Socks – S/T – CD/DD 2014

19th March 20143rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2014, Blues Rock, CD, Digital, Ollie Stygall, Retro Rock, Review, Rock 'n' Roll, Self Titled, Small Stone Records, The Socks

It can’t have escaped your notice that retro, 70’s flavoured rock is very much de rigueur right now and the

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Album & EP Reviews D 

Doublestone ‘Wingmakers’ LP/DD 2013

7th February 20143rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, Digital, Doublestone, Heavy Rock, Levitation Records, LP, Ollie Stygall, Retro, Review, Wingmakers

Another day another retro rock band. This time Doublestone don’t hail from Scandinavia but from Denmark…which is as near as

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Album & EP Reviews T 

Tricorn ‘The Walk Of Shame’ CD/DD 2013

25th January 20143rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, Bad Shrink Records, CD, Classic Rock, DD, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, The Walk Of Shame, Tricorn

No one can honestly say that the underground stoner rock scene isn’t full of uncompromising, hard working and diligent bands.

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Sasquatch ‘IV’ CD/DD 2013

9th January 20143rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, CD, Digital, Fuzz, Heavy Rock, IV, Ollie Stygall, Review, Sasquatch, Small Stone Records

Familiarity and reliability are great things, like that pair of jeans that’s served you well for so long and feels

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Articles 

Ollie Stygall Reflects On The Year That Was 2013

20th December 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013 Year Review, Ape Machine, Black Sabbath, Black Spiders, Black Star Riders, Blues Pills, Carcass, Carousel, Clutch, Devil To Pay, Five Horse Johnson, Goat Leaf, Gonga, Hot Lunch, Luder, Mos Generator, Mothership, Motörhead, Ollie Stygall, Wild Eyes S.F.

2013 has certainly been a bit of a blur. It doesn’t seem like any time at all since I was

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