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Author: Ollie Stygall

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Lords Of Bastard ‘Cuddles’ CD 2012

30th September 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Alternative, Bang Mountain Records, CD, Cuddles, Grunge, Heavy, Lords Of Bastard, Noise-Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review

When Lords Of Bastard’s self titled debut landed a couple of years ago I was immediately taken with its random,

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Horisont ‘Second Assault’ CD/LP 2012

18th September 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Blues Rock, CD, Heavy Rock, Horisont, LP, Ollie Stygall, Retro, Review, Rise Above Records, Second Assault

I’ve always wanted to go to Sweden. Partly because it appears to be a beautiful country full of culture and

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Skånska Mord ‘Paths To Charon’ CD/LP/DD 2012

13th September 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Blues, CD, Digital, Heavy Rock, LP, Ollie Stygall, Paths To Charon, Psychedelic, Retro Rock, Review, Skånska Mord, Small Stone Records

Goddam how do Small Stone Records do it? Their knack for sniffing out killer bands to release is almost supernatural.

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Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell ‘Don’t Hear It…Fear It!!’ CD/LP 2012

31st August 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell, CD, Don’t Hear It…Fear It!!, Heavy Rock, LP, Ollie Stygall, Retro Rock, Rise Above Records

Some bands are definitely influenced by the old guard of bands whereas other bands actually seem to inhabit some bygone

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Alunah ‘White Hoarhound’ CD/DD 2012

27th August 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Alunah, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Ollie Stygall, Psych, PsycheDOOMelic Records, Review, White Hoarhound

I’ve always had a real soft spot for Birmingham’s Alunah. Right from the early days it’s been clear that the

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Album & EP Reviews P 

Poison Idea ‘The Fatal Erection Years’ CD/LP 2012

26th August 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, CD, Discography, Hardcore, LP, Ollie Stygall, Pick Your King, Poison Idea, Punk, Record Collectors Are Pretentious Assholes, Review, The Fatal Erection Years

My love of hardcore and punk stretches back almost 30 years and in that time I’ve listened to them all

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Album & EP Reviews I 

Iron Witch ‘Post Vegas Blues’ 7”/DD 2012

23rd August 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, 7", Digital, Doom, Hardcore, Iron Witch, Ollie Stygall, Post Vegas Blues, Review, Sludge, Thirty Days Of Night Records

Having reviewed Iron Witch’s previous doses of aural violence I was keen to hear how they have progressed in the

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Fen ‘Of Losing Interest’ CD/DD 2012

19th August 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, CD, Classic Rock, Digital, Fen, Heavy Rock, Of Losing Interest, Ollie Stygall, Prog Rock, Review, Ripple Music

PROG!!! For most rock music fans if you utter this word to them it will make them recoil in horror…like

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XII Boar ‘Split Tongue, Cloven Hoof’ CDEP/Digital 2012

10th August 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, CDEP, Digital, Groove, Heavy, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released, Split Tongue Cloven Hoof, XII Boar

You’ve all heard the theory that if you give an infinite number of monkeys an infinite number of typewriters and

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Lord Fowl ‘Moon Queen’ CD/Digital 2012

9th August 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Blues Rock, CD, Digital, Hard Rock, Lord Fowl, Moon Queen, Ollie Stygall, Retro Rock, Review, Small Stone Records

Oh, so you have a band, that’s great. Wow, look how many notes you can play and how many times

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Black Magician: Q & A With Liam Yates

31st July 201215th September 2019 Ollie Stygall Black Magician, Interview, Liam Yates, Ollie Stygall

Like the eponymous beast from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Hound Of the Baskervilles”, Liverpudlian doom five piece Black Magician

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