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Author: Reza Mills

Barnabus ‘Beginning To Unwind’
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Review: Barnabus ‘Beginning To Unwind’

9th March 20209th April 2020 Reza Mills Barnabus, Beginning To Unwind, Folk, Hard Rock, Rise Above Relics

Barnabus’ Beginning To Unwind is finally seeing a release nearly 50 years after it was first recorded, and we have

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Big Scenic Nowhere
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Big Scenic Nowhere – An Interview With Bob Balch

4th March 202022nd May 2020 Reza Mills Big Scenic Nowhere, Bob Balch, Heavy Psych Sounds, Heavy Rock, Vision Beyond Horizon

Bob Balch joined Stoner Rock legends Fu Manchu in 1996 at the tender age of 19 and whom he has

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Last Call At Nightowls ‘Ask The Dust’
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Review: Last Call At Nightowls ‘Ask The Dust’

2nd March 202020th March 2020 Reza Mills Ask The Dust, Dark Jazz, Experimental, Last Call At Nightowls, Subsound Records

Tonight, is the perfect time to be reviewing Last Call At Nightowls’ debut release, Ask The Dust, what with the

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Randy Holden ‘Population II’
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Review: Randy Holden ‘Population II’

27th February 202020th March 2020 Reza Mills Doom, Population II, Proto-Metal, Randy Holden, RidingEasy Records

Listening to this album solidly for the past few months it surprises me that I could have been so absentminded

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Waterless Hills ‘The Great Mountain’
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Review: Waterless Hills ‘The Great Mountain’

20th February 202020th March 2020 Reza Mills Cardinal Fuzz, Feeding Tube Records, Instrumental, Psychedelic, The Great Mountain, Waterless Hills

Waterless Hills are predominantly Andrew Cheetham and feature dbh on violin, augmented by Gavin Clarke (DSDV) on bass and Cambridge-based

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Sunburned Hand Of The Man ‘Headless’
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Review: Sunburned Hand Of The Man ‘Headless’

18th February 202020th March 2020 Reza Mills Cardinal Fuzz, Headless, Kraut, Manhand Records, Psych, Sunburned Hand Of The Man

Championed by the likes of Julian Cope, Thurston Moore and Byron Coley who once called them a ‘human zoo’ (somewhat

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Ihsahn ‘Telemark’
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Review: Ihsahn ‘Telemark’

12th February 202020th March 2020 Reza Mills Black Metal, Candlelight Records, Emperor, Ihsahn, Prog Metal, Telemark

For those you who don’t follow Black Metal or who are not fans of it, the name Ihsahn probably means

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70s Proto-Metal Collage
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Reza’s Bakers Dozen – Early 70s Proto-Metal

6th February 202022nd May 2020 Reza Mills Atomic Rooster, Bang, Highway Robbery, Iron Claw, James Gang, Jerusalem, Leaf Hound, Night Sun, November, Pentagram, Proto-Metal, Shiver, Sir Lord Baltimore, The Flying Hat Band

Being a fan of Stoner/Doom and seeing as The Sleeping Shaman features a lot of bands who play that style,

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Hot Graves ‘Haunted Graves’ & ‘Magnificent Death’
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Review: Hot Graves ‘Haunted Graves’ & ‘Magnificent Death’

5th February 20204th March 2020 Reza Mills Black Metal, Death Metal, Haunted Graves, Hot Graves, Magnificent Death, Redefining Darkness Records, Thrash Metal

Hot Graves are a four-piece from Gainesville, Florida and consist of M. Colby on Guitar / Vocals, J. Stewart on

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Disastroid ‘Mortal Fools’
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Review: Disastroid ‘Mortal Fools’

23rd January 202011th February 2020 Reza Mills Disastroid, Heavy Psych Sounds, Mortal Fools, Noise-Rock

You know that expression ‘Appearances can be deceptive’, well that’s exactly what I thought when I first saw the cover

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Giöbia ‘Plasmatic Idol’
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Review: Giöbia ‘Plasmatic Idol’

16th January 20205th February 2020 Reza Mills Giöbia, Heavy Psych Sounds, Plasmatic Idol, Psychedelic

The Giöbia is a popular traditional celebration originating in the north of Italy (the band are from Milan) whereby during

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