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Author: Sandy Williamson

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Ancient Altar ‘Dead Earth’ LP/CS 2015

18th August 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, Ancient Altar, Black Voodoo Records, CS, Dead Earth, Doom, Heavy, LP, Midnite Collective, Review, Sandy Williamson, Sludge

Dead Earth sees Los Angeles doom titans Ancient Altar return after last year’s eponymous debut, armed with more crushing riffs

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Pentagram ‘Curious Volume’ CD/LP/CS 2015

16th August 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, Cassette, CD, Curious Volume, Doom, Heavy Rock, LP, Metal, Peaceville Records, Pentagram, Review, Sandy Williamson

The name Pentagram is uttered in hushed, reverent tones around my house. Their signature is on the Declaration of Doom,

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Coffins ‘Craving To Eternal Slumber’ CD/LP/DD 2015

28th July 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, CD, Coffins, Craving To Eternal Slumber, Death Metal, Digital, Doom, Hammerheart Records, LP, Review, Sandy Williamson, Sludge

Coffins are Japan’s premier dealers of death metal in its most primal, sludge ridded form. Their discography reads as almost

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Album & EP Reviews H 

High On Fire ‘Luminiferous’ CD/LP/DD 2015

10th July 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, CD, Digital, eOne Heavy, High On Fire, LP, Luminiferous, Metal, Review, Sandy Williamson

If you follow this site, or indeed any metal site, you’ll know who High On Fire are. But for those

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Brothers Of The Sonic Cloth – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2015

5th July 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, Brothers Of The Sonic Cloth, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Neurot Recordings, Review, Sandy Williamson, Self Titled

Brothers Of The Sonic Cloth, which by the way is just a BEAUTIFUL band name, are a band that birth

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Minsk ‘The Crash And The Draw’ CD/LP/DD 2015

3rd June 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Minsk, Post-Rock, Relapse Records, Review, Sandy Williamson, The Crash And The Draw

Minsk first came to my attention a decade ago with their stunning debut Out Of A Center Which Is Neither

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Undersmile ‘Anhedonia’ CD/LP/DD 2015

15th May 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, Anhedonia, Atmospheric, Black Bow Records, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Review, Sandy Williamson, Self Released, Undersmile

Undersmile are one of the UK’s brightest hopes in the doom scene. Having bulldozed everyone with their stunning debut, Narwhal,

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Album & EP Reviews H 

Headless Kross ‘Volumes’ CD/LP/DD 2015

6th May 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, Black Bow Records, Burning World Records, CD, Digital, Doom, Headless Kross, Heavy, LP, Psychedelic, Review, Sandy Williamson, Volumes

Glaswegian doomsters Headless Kross first broke down my door with their colossal riffs on 2012’s Demises, two tracks of monolithic

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Anaal Nathrakh: Sandy Williamson Interviews Vocalist V.I.T.R.I.O.L. AKA Dave Hunt

6th April 20157th September 2019 Sandy Williamson Anaal Nathrakh, Dave Hunt, Desideratum, Interview, Metal Blade Records, Sandy Williamson, V.I.T.R.I.O.L.

Anaal Nathrakh are, and always have been, one of black metal’s most violent and yet aurally interesting bands. With equal

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Album & EP Reviews W 

Warhorse ‘As Heaven Turns To Ash…/I Am Dying’ LP/DD Reissue 2015

6th April 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, As Heaven Turns To Ash..., Digital, Doom, Heavy, I Am Dying, LP, Reissue, Review, Sandy Williamson, Southern Lord, Warhorse

As Heaven Turns to Ash… is one of those records that you read about, a record that casts a long

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Album & EP Reviews R 

Rwake ‘Xenoglossalgia: The Last Stage Of Awareness’ CD/LP/DD Reissue 2015

22nd February 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, CD, Digital, Doom, Experimental, LP, Reissue, Relapse Records, Review, Rwake, Sandy Williamson, Sludge, Xenoglossalgia: The Last Stage of Awareness

Rwake, Little Rock Arkansas’s sludgeyest sons, have got the good folks over at Relapse to re-release their original demo, Xenoglossalgia:

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