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Author: Sandy Williamson

Smoke Mountain ‘Queen Of Sin’
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Review: Smoke Mountain ‘Queen Of Sin’

11th May 20209th June 2020 Sandy Williamson Argonauta Records, Queen Of Sin, Smoke Mountain, Stoner Doom

Florida’s Smoke Mountain have been around for a few years now but their debut full length, Queen Of Sin, was

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Demonic Death Judge 'The Trail'
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Review: Demonic Death Judge ‘The Trail’

27th April 202022nd May 2020 Sandy Williamson Demonic Death Judge, Psych, Sludge, Suicide Records, The Trail

The beautiful artwork adorning the new record from Finland’s Demonic Death Judge gives you a little taste of the mountainous

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Dopelord 'Sign Of The Devil'
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Review: Dopelord ‘Sign Of The Devil’

17th April 202023rd July 2020 Sandy Williamson Doom, Dopelord, Green Plague Records, Sign Of The Devil

Lords of Eastern European classic doom, Poland’s Dopelord have returned to follow up their classic third record, Children Of The

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Hand Of Omega ‘Left Hand Wrath‘
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Review: Hand Of Omega ‘Left Hand Wrath’

13th April 20201st May 2020 Sandy Williamson Doom, Hand Of Omega, Left Hand Wrath, Self Released, Sludge

Left Hand Wrath is the debut demo from Stoke-on-Trent’s Hand Of Omega and this sludge doom quartet are looking like

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Beggar ‘Compelled To Repeat’
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Review: Beggar ‘Compelled To Repeat’

31st March 20201st May 2020 Sandy Williamson APF Records, Beggar, Compelled To Repeat, Sludge

The debut full length from London’s Beggar has been a long time coming, and those of us who have barely

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Godthrymm ‘Reflections’
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Review: Godthrymm ‘Reflections’

10th March 20209th April 2020 Sandy Williamson Doom, Godthrymm, Profound Lore Records, Reflections

Godthrymm‘s A Grand Reclaimation was my first introduction to Hamish Glencross‘ new project and it was great to see him

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Voidlurker 'Industrial Nightmare'
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Review: Voidlurker ‘Industrial Nightmare’

9th March 20209th April 2020 Sandy Williamson APF Records, Doom, Industrial Nightmare, Sludge, Voidlurker

Voidlurker call Birmingham, England home, and the grinding industrial weight of the city’s bleak history weighs heavily on Industrial Nightmare.

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Frayle '1692'
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Review: Frayle ‘1692’

31st January 20204th March 2020 Sandy Williamson 1692, Aqualamb Records, Doom, Frayle, Lay Bare Recordings

The dark rock/doom stylings of Cleveland, Ohio’s Frayle have come creeping into the light, with their debut full length 1692,

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V ‘Led Into Exile’
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Review: V ‘Led Into Exile’

5th December 201911th December 2019 Sandy Williamson Led Into Exile, Post-Metal, Sludge, Suicide Records, V

Out earlier in the autumn, Sweden’s sludgey doom lords V‘s second record Led Into Exile is a forty minute journey

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Golden Core ‘Fimbultýr’
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Review: Golden Core ‘Fimbultýr’

20th November 20194th December 2019 Sandy Williamson Doom, Fimbultýr, Fysisk Format, Golden Core, Sludge

This Norwegian duo are the definition of potential, with a 15 year old and a 17 year old powering this

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Red Stone Chapel ‘Omega Boombox’
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Review: Red Stone Chapel ‘Omega Boombox’

31st October 201914th November 2019 Sandy Williamson Argonauta Records, Omega Boombox, Red Stone Chapel, Sludge

German sludge rockers Red Stone Chapel released their debut record, Omega Boombox, on the 25th of October through Argonauta Records

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