Voivod / Doom / Jacknife Holiday @ NQ Live, Manchester 04/10/2012
I know what you’re thinking – “YOU of all people, reviewing a Voivod show?!?!”….and for the third time this year
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Author: Paul Robertson
Rites – S/T – 12″ 2012
I don’t know exactly what ‘rites’ this Galway-based four-piece are involved in but judging by their music, they’re of the
Read More >>Bastard Of The Skies ‘Tarnation’ CD 2012
What’s that in the sky? Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No….it’s Blackburn’s finest musical export, Bastard Of
Read More >>Switchblade – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2012
You barely have time to register the humming, swirling buzz of the Hammond organ that opens this, Swedish behemoths Switchblade’s
Read More >>Wight ‘Through The Woods Into Deep Water’ CD/LP 2012
It’s good to be surprised by a band every so often, particularly when you’re, as I am by this point,
Read More >>The Haxan Cloak ‘The Men Parted The Sea To Devour The Water’ (Latitudes Session) CD/LP 2012
It feels as though an ice-age has passed since last we heard from Bobby Krlic, AKA The Haxan Cloak, the
Read More >>Widows ‘Death Valley Duchess’ CD 2012
When Def Leppard came up with the name Bludgeon Riffola for their record label maybe, just maybe, Joe Elliot and
Read More >>Botanist ‘III – Doom In Bloom/Allies’ 2xCD 2012
I’m always drawn to the rampant individualists in music, those brave souls who go out on a limb and plough
Read More >>Dead In The Woods ‘The Sign Of The Son Of Man’ LP 2012
Dead In The Woods are not pining. They have passed on. This band is no more. They have ceased to
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Serpent Venom / Black Magician / Iron Witch @ The Pilgrim Pub, Liverpool 06/07/2012
…and so it was that Thee Shaman and your humble scribe did venture down the M62 to witness Serpent Venom
Read More >>Atomic Cries ‘For Those Who Came Before Us’ CS/Digital 2012
Atomic Cries are self-confessed exclusive purveyors of Primitive Doom Metal. This description leads to mental imagery of a pair of
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