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Author: Paul Robertson

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The Eye Of Time – S/T – CD/LP/Digital 2012

4th July 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Atmospheric, CD, Denovali Records, Digital, Electronic, Experimental, LP, Marc Euvrie, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Titled, The Eye Of Time, Trip-Hop

Time is an ocean in which we swim. We may think of it as a river that flows in one

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Locrian & Mamiffer ‘Bless Them That Curse You’ CD/LP 2012

2nd July 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Atmospheric, Bless Them That Curse You, CD, Drone, Experimental, Locrian, Locrian & Mamiffer, LP, Mamiffer, Paul Robertson, Profound Lore Records, Review

…and so we have the umpty-twelfth Locrian-related release of the year – a year not even half-way through, I might

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The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation ‘Egor’ CD/LP 2012

25th June 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Ambient, CD, Dark, Denovali Records, Drone, Egor, Experimental, Instrumental, Jazz Fusion, LP, Paul Robertson, Review, The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation, TKDE

The experimental companion project to the ever-prolific The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble return with another in their line of dark, sprawling,

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Syven ‘Aikaintaite’ CD 2011

20th June 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Aikaintaite, Atmospheric, CD, Experimental, Folk, Heavy, Paul Robertson, Review, Syven, Vendlus Records

The blood of ancient Finnish shamen, it appears, still flows through the veins of latter-day Finns, particularly those of a

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Inverloch ‘Dusk…Subside’ CD/LP/Digital 2012

17th June 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Atmospheric, CD, d.USK, Death Metal, Digital, diSEMBOWELMENT, Dusk...Subside, Funeral Doom, Grindcore, Inverloch, LP, Paul Robertson, Relapse Records, Review, Sludge

Proto-Funeral Doom/Drone grinders diSEMBOWELMENT were, in many ways, the definition of ‘kvlt’, having played zero live shows, recorded one EP,

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Owl ‘Feaster From The Stars/Stone Loner’ 7″/Digital 2012

10th June 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, 7", Digital, Feaster From The Stars, Heavy, Magick Hermit Records, Metal, NWOBHM, Owl, Paul Robertson, Review, Stone Loner, Tombs In The Valley Productions

If they weren’t so damn good anyway, I’d already be predisposed toward digging Oakland hessians Owl for the following reasons…

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Crown ‘The One’ CD 2012

5th June 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Atmospheric, CD, Crown, Drone, Experimental, Heavy, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Released, Sludge, The One

The sound of a molten universe collapsing in upon itself whilst simultaneously birthing a colossal multi-headed beast is the best

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Xaddax ‘Counterclockwork’ CD/LP 2012

29th May 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, CD, Counterclockwork, Experimental, LP, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Review, Skin Graft, Xaddax

Bonding over a shared love of “palindromes and pointy letters”, and, uh, each other, No-Wave sci-fi skronk duo Xaddax are

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Black Cobra - Roadburn Festival 2012
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Roadburn Festival 2012 Day 2, 3 & Afterburner Review By Paul Robertson

21st May 201214th September 2019 Paul Robertson 013 Venue, Afterburner, Black Cobra, Coroner, Het Patronaat, Hexvessel, Lee Edwards, Live Review, Oranssi Pazuzu, Paul Robertson, Roadburn 2012, Roadburn Festival 2012, The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation, Tilburg, Urfaust, Voivod, Wino & Conny Ochs

Before we do this thing a second time, I have a confession to make…I am a very bad journalist. They

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Druglord ‘Motherfucker Rising’ CDEP 2011

21st May 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, CDEP, Doom, Druglord, Heavy, Motherfucker Rising, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Released, Stoner Doom

Generally I avoid bands with conspicuous drug-referencing names or images as, well, it’s tedious, played-out and quite frankly a little

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Voivod - Roadburn Festival 2012
Live Reviews 

Roadburn Festival 2012 – Day 1 Review By Paul Robertson

10th May 201214th September 2019 Paul Robertson 013, Ancestors, Christoph Hahn, Hammers Of Misfortune, Het Patronaat, Killing Joke, Lee Edwards, Live Review, Michael Gira, Paul Robertson, Roadburn 2012, Roadburn Festival 2012, Tilburg, Ulver, Virus, Voivod

Undaunted, bloody, but unbowed after my first visit last year I made my way to lovely Tilburg once more to

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