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Author: Ollie Stygall

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Luder ‘Adelphophagia’ CD/LP/DD 2013

9th September 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, Adelphophagia, CD, Digital, Grunge, Heavy Rock, LP, Luder, Ollie Stygall, Psychedelic, Review, Small Stone Records

Luder’s first album, “Sonoluminescence” was a journalist’s dream allowing the writer to throw a plethora of adjectives at the wall

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Carousel ‘Jeweler’s Daughter’ CD/LP 2013

23rd August 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, Carousel, CD, Classic Rock, Heavy Rock, Jeweler’s Daughter, LP, Ollie Stygall, Review, Tee Pee Records

Way back in 1983, when I was but a child and just embarking on my journey into heavier sounds, Motorhead

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Samsara Blues Experiment ‘Live At Rockpalast’ CD 2013

20th July 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, CD, Electric Magic Records, Live At Rockpalast, Ollie Stygall, Psychedelic, Review, Samsara Blues Experiment, Space Rock, Stoner Jam

The live album is an interesting concept. Very often these will do little to entice new fans and appeal more

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Album & EP Reviews V 

Vidunder – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2013

13th July 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, Blues Rock, CD, Crusher Records, Digital, Heavy Rock, LP, Ollie Stygall, Retro, Review, Self Titled, Vidunder

OK, as I see it, here’s how the music industry works. There are a few bands who do their own

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Brutus ‘Behind The Mountains’ CD/LP/DD 2013

8th July 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, Behind The Mountains, Blues Rock, Brutus, CD, Digital, Heavy Rock, LP, Ollie Stygall, Retro, Review, Svart Records

Now there are certain indicators when looking at a picture of a band that give me some clues as to

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Ape Skull – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2013

5th July 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, Ape Skull, Blues Rock, CD, Digital, Heavy Psych Sounds, Heavy Rock, LP, Ollie Stygall, Retro, Review, Self Titled

As music technology progresses at an alarming rate and any old Tom, Dick and Harry can be thrown into a

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A Album & EP Reviews 

Ape Machine ‘Mangled By The Machine’ CD/LP/DD 2013

18th June 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, Ape Machine, Blues, CD, Classic Rock, Digital, Heavy Rock, LP, Mangled By The Machine, Ollie Stygall, Retro, Review, Ripple Music

“There is no art to find the mind’s construction in the face” Sorry for hitting you with some Shakespeare in

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Album & EP Reviews T 

The Heavy Company ‘Midwest Electric’ CD/DD 2013

9th June 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, CD, Digital, Heavy Rock, Midwest Electric, Ollie Stygall, Psychedelic, Review, Self Released, Space Rock, The Heavy Company

Rock and roll by its very nature is a primitive beast. It’s music from the heart, the groin and from

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Bone Man ‘II’ CD/DD 2013

1st June 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, Bone Man, CD, Classic Rock, Digital, Grunge, Heavy Rock, II, Ollie Stygall, Psych, Review, Self Released

When I heard the first Bone Man self titled album a couple or so years ago it pretty much kicked

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Album & EP Reviews I 

Iron Hearse ‘Get In The Hearse’ CD/DD 2013

11th May 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, CD, Digital, Doom, Get In The Hearse, Heavy, Iron Hearse, Metal, Ollie Stygall, Review, Shake Mountain

I’ve always had a soft spot for Iron Hearse. These Wiltshire lads have always, in the past, managed to churn

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Album & EP Reviews G 

Gozu ‘The Fury Of A Patient Man’ CD/DD 2013

3rd May 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, CD, Digital, Gozu, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Pop Rock, Review, Small Stone Records, The Fury Of A Patient Man

Gozu’s debut album “Locust Season” was an instant critical success for Small Stone and its eclectic collection of fuzzy bombs

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