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Author: Paul Robertson

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Disemballerina ‘Undertaker’ DD 2014

25th October 20143rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2014, Acoustic, Chamber Music, Digital, Disemballerina, Experimental, Paul Robertson, Self Released, Undertaker

When the first sound that you hear on the very first track on an album by a band that is

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Årabrot @ The Star & Garter, Manchester, 15/10/2014
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Årabrot / Rabbits / Bastard Of The Skies @ The Star & Garter, Manchester, 15/10/2014

21st October 201413th September 2019 Paul Robertson Årabrot, Bastard Of The Skies, Lee Edwards, Live Review, Manchester, Paul Robertson, Rabbits, The Star & Garter

A Future Noise gig has sadly become a rare event these days, unlike in times of yore when there seemed to

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Album & EP Reviews J 

Jeremy Irons & The Ratgang Malibus ‘Spirit Knife’ CD/LP/DD 2014

9th October 20143rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2014, CD, Digital, Heavy Rock, Jeremy Irons & The Ratgang Malibus, LP, Paul Robertson, Prog Rock, Psychedelic, Review, Small Stone Records, Spirit Knife

Imagine, if you will, the expansive psychedelia of Blues For The Red Sun-era Kyuss, minus the heft , filtered through

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Album & EP Reviews T 

The Well ‘Samsara’ LP/CD/DD 2014

25th September 20143rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2014, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy Rock, LP, Paul Robertson, Review, RidingEasy Records, Samsara, The Well

Listen, let me tell you something that may surprise you, considering who I write for – as a rule, I

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Album & EP Reviews P 

Pord ‘Wild’ LP/CD/DD 2014

15th September 20143rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2014, CD, Digital, Heavy, LP, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, PORD, Punk, Review, Solar Flare Records, Wild

It seems that there’s an even greater proliferation of quality noise rock bands around right now than even during the

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Yob @ The Roadhouse, Manchester 05/09/2014
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Yob / Pallbearer / Ghold @ The Roadhouse, Manchester 05/09/2014

11th September 201413th September 2019 Paul Robertson Ghold, Lee Edwards, Live Review, Manchester, Pallbearer, Paul Robertson, The Beauty Witch, The Roadhouse, Yob

I needed this. I’d been looking forward to this gig since it was first announced and hearing Yob‘s latest album,

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Album & EP Reviews Y 

Yob ‘Clearing The Path To Ascend’ CD/LP/DD 2014

3rd September 20143rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2014, CD, Clearing The Path To Ascend, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Neurot Recordings, Paul Robertson, Psychedelic, Relapse Records, Review, Yob

It’s been a long, hard road for Yob, an uphill journey beset with obstacles – the first lineup of the

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Fórn ‘The Departure Of Consciousness’ LP/DD 2014

25th August 20143rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2014, Atmospheric, DD, Doom, Forn, Heavy, LP, Paul Robertson, Review, Sludge, The Departure Of Consciousness, Vendetta Records

The Departure of Consciousness is the soundtrack to collapse – the slow, final collapse of a dying relationship, the slow

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Earth Euro Tour 2014
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Earth / Gnod @ Gorilla, Manchester 15/08/2014

21st August 201413th September 2019 Paul Robertson Earth, Gnod, Gorilla, Live Review, Manchester, Paul Robertson

Tonight I was flying solo, minus my usual wingman due to Thee Shaman being elsewhere and a proposed replacement falling

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Album & EP Reviews K 

Kings ‘I Trust The Hounds Are Hungry’ DD 2014

19th August 20143rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2014, Digital, Heavy, Heavy Rock, I Trust The Hounds Are Hungry, Kings, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Released

If you’re a new band and want to get some attention, opening your debut recording with a cracking riff that

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Bowl Ethereal – S/T – 7”/DD 2014

14th August 20143rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2014, 7", Bowl Ethereal, Digital, Fancy Metal, Metal, Paul Robertson, Pen Rollings, Review, Self Titled, Southern Lord

Back in 2003, Southern Lord released the debut seven inch by Richmond, Viginia-based Fancy Metal instrumentalists Loincloth, featuring the rhythm

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