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Author: Paul Robertson

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Pombagira ‘Iconoclast Dream’ LP 2011

25th July 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Black Axis Records, Doom, Drone, Heavy, Iconoclast Dream, LP, Mordgrimm Records, Paul Robertson, Pombagira, Review, Sludge

The haughty, gaunt face of Baron Samedi glares down at the zombie-like mass emerging from the gates of le cimetière,

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Hot Graves ‘Desecration Time’ 7″

23rd July 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, 7", D-Beat, Death Crust, Desecration Time, Greyhaze Records, Hot Graves, Paul Robertson, Review, Thrash Metal

Hot Graves have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and they’re aaaaaaaall outta bubblegum. Totally ripping, raw old-school

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Abysmal Darkening ‘No Light Behind…’ CD 2011

21st July 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Abysmal Darkening, Atmospheric, Blackened Doom, CD, Doom, No Light Behind, Paul Robertson, Review, Totalrust Music

Loathe as I am to use the description, I really cannot think of a better example of ‘Blackened Doom’ than

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Highgate ‘Black Frost Fallout’ CD 2011

18th July 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Black Frost Fallout, Blackened Doom, CD, Doom, Funeral Doom, Highgate, Paul Robertson, Review, Sludge, Totalrust Music

Kentucky blackened sludge behemoths Highgate give us this ‘tying up the loose ends’ compilation of demo, live and unreleased tracks

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Suffering Luna – S/T – LP 2011

17th July 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Hardcore, LP, Noise, Paul Robertson, Power Violence, Psychedelic, Review, Suffering Luna, To Live A Lie Records

In the words of the Sun City Girls – who would know – ‘this is a bad dream’. An utterly

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Mark D. ‘The Value Of Decay’ CD 2011

13th July 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, CD, Experimental, Mark D, Mark Deutrom, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Post-Hardcore, Review, Southern Lord, The Value Of Decay

In case you haven’t figured it out Mark D is Mark Deutrom, ex-Melvins bassist and producer and ‘The Value Of

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Planks ‘The Darkest Of Grays / Solicit To Fall’ CD 2011

8th July 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, CD, Crust, Death Crust, Hardcore, Paul Robertson, Planks, Review, Southern Lord, The Darkest Of Grays / Solicit To Fall

You’ll be unsurprised to hear, given the Crust content of SL’s latest batch of releases, that the oddly-named Planks are

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Xibalba ‘Madre Mia Gracias Por Los Dias’ CD 2011

4th July 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, CD, Death Crust, Hardcore, Heavy, Madre Mia Gracias Por Los Dias, Paul Robertson, Post-Hardcore, Review, Southern Lord, Xibalba

MADRE DE DIOS!! Xibalba aren’t fuckin’ around, they take NO prisoners. Combining the glutinous guitar tone of prime Obituary with

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Kings Destroy ‘And The Rest Will Surely Perish’ CD 2011

2nd July 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, And The Rest Will Surely Perish, CD, Doom, Heavy, Kings Destroy, Maple Forum, Paul Robertson, Review

Those of you with functioning long-term memories may remember how wildly I enthused about Kings Destroy’s debut seven inch, ‘Old

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Lavagoat – S/T – CD 2011

28th June 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, CD, Death Doom, Doom, Heavy, Lavagoat, NWOBHM, Paul Robertson, Review, Somnambulist Sound System

Canada. There must be something in the water there that makes for such awesome metal bands…possibly beaver pee, I’m not

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Alpinist ‘Lichtlærm/Minus.Mensch’ CD 2011

26th June 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Alpinist, CD, Crust, Hardcore, Lichtlærm, Minus.Mensch, Paul Robertson, Review, Southern Lord

German quartet Alpinist are the next blunt instrument to be wielded in Southern Lord’s campaign for crust domination, along with

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