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Author: Sandy Williamson

Exhumed ‘Horror’
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Review: Exhumed ‘Horror’

25th October 201914th November 2019 Sandy Williamson Exhumed, Grindcore, Horror, Relapse Records

What more do you need to say about gory death metal icons and legends Exhumed? Well nothing really, as their

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Gatecreeper 'Deserted'
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Review: Gatecreeper ‘Deserted’

14th October 201923rd October 2019 Sandy Williamson Death Metal, Deserted, Gatecreeper, Relapse Records, Review

Tucson, Arizona’s Gatecreeper are the latest band to find their way onto the mighty Relapse Records, and the three year

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Coffins 'Beyond The Circular Demise'
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Review: Coffins ‘Beyond The Circular Demise’

1st October 201914th October 2019 Sandy Williamson Beyond The Circular Demise, Coffins, Death Doom, Doom, Relapse Records, Review

Legendarily prolific Japanese death/doom lords Coffins have returned with their first full length record since 2013’s The Fleshland, but they

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Brimstone Coven 'Black Magic'
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Brimstone Coven ‘Black Magic’ CD/LP/DD 2016

16th February 20161st November 2019 Sandy Williamson 2016, Black Magic, Blues Rock, Brimstone Coven, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Metal Blade Records, Review, Sandy Williamson

Brimstone Coven are the essence of 70s doom. When doom wasn’t quite a thing, it was more occult rock shot

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Hooded Menace 'Darkness Drips Forth'
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Hooded Menace ‘Darkness Drips Forth’ CD/LP/DD 2015

16th January 20161st November 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, CD, Darkness Drips Forth, Death Doom, Digital, Heavy, Hooded Menace, LP, Relapse Records, Review, Sandy Williamson

Hooded Menace are what people are talking about when they think of death/doom these days, even if they don’t know

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Sandy Williamson Top 10 Albums Of 2015

2nd January 20163rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015 Year Review, A Dream Of Poe, Article, Coffins, High On Fire, Paradise Lost, Pentagram, Sandy Williamson, Shrine Of The Serpent, Thorr-Axe, Undersmile, Windhand, Winds Of Genocide

10. Coffins ‘Craving To Eternal Slumber’ One of the shortest releases on my list, but from one of my favourite

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Owl 'Aeon Cult'
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Owl ‘Aeon Cult’ DD 2015

20th December 20151st November 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, Aeon Cult, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Industrial, Owl, Review, Sandy Williamson, Zeitgeister Music

Aeon Cult is shorter than some of Owl’s previous songs, let alone releases! This EP is the third release in

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Kylesa ‘Exhausting Fire’ CD/LP/DD 2015

10th October 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, Alternative, CD, Digital, Exhausting Fire, Heavy Rock, Kylesa, LP, Review, Sandy Williamson, Season Of Mist, Sludge

Kylesa are a band I’ve followed for many years, and they’ve been a difficult band to keep on top of.

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Windhand ‘Grief’s Infernal Flower’ CD/LP/DD 2015

2nd October 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, CD, Digital, Doom, Grief's Infernal Flower, Heavy, LP, Relapse Records, Review, Sandy Williamson, Windhand

Windhand have been responsible for two of modern doom’s finest records in the past few years; their bewitching debut and

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Review
Album & EP Reviews I 

Iron Void ‘Doomsday’ CD/DD 2015

18th September 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, CD, Digital, Doom, Doomanoid Records, Doomsday, Iron Void, Metal, Review, Sandy Williamson, Traditional Doom

Doom is an extraordinary, multifaceted genre of metal. Here, musicians and heavy music alchemists have stretched and strained the genre’s

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Review
Album & EP Reviews S 

Serial Hawk ‘Searching For Light’ CD/LP/DD 2015

6th September 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, Bleeding Light Records, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Post-Metal, Review, Sandy Williamson, Searching For Light, Serial Hawk

Seattle doom newcomers Serial Hawk recently signed to Bleeding Light Records to release Searching for Light, their debut full length

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