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Author: Sandy Williamson

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Xibalba ‘Tierra Y Libertad’ CD/LP/DD 2015

22nd February 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, CD, Death Metal, Digital, Hardcore, LP, Review, Sandy Williamson, Southern Lord, Tierra Y Libertad, Xibalba

Xibalba are a death metal/hardcore band from Pomona, California and Tierra Y Libertad is their third album. Signed to Southern

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Winds Of Genocide ‘Usurping The Throne Of Disease’ CD/DD 2015

8th February 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, CD, Crust, D-Beat, Death Metal, Digital, Pulverised Records, Review, Sandy Williamson, Usurping The Throne Of Disease, Winds Of Genocide

Winds Of Genocide detonated upon my consciousness for the first time with their 2010 release, The Arrival Of Apokalyptic Armageddon.

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Thorr-Axe ‘Gates Of Winter’ CD/DD 2015

8th January 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, CD, Digital, Doom, Gates Of Winter, Metal, Sandy Williamson, Self Released, Sludge, Thorr-Axe

The name Thorr-Axe was what attracted me to this band. I’ll admit it, I read it and thought, ‘there’ll be

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Sandy Williamson’s Top 10 Albums Of 2014

24th December 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014 Year Review, Article, Crowbar, Electric Wizard, EyeHateGod, Grand Magus, Inter Arma, Mastodon, Pallbearer, Sandy Williamson, Whalerider, Yob

2014 was not, for me at least, the year of doom. There were a lot of good records, a lot

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Whalerider ‘Thanatos’ CD/DD 2014

21st December 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, CD, Digital, Heavy Rock, Prog Rock, Psychedelic, Review, Sandy Williamson, Self Released, Thanatos, Whalerider

Whalerider is, first off, a BRILLIANT name for a band. How did no one come up with this one before?

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Anatomy Of Habit ‘Ciphers + Axioms’ CD/LP/DD 2014

13th November 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, Anatomy Of Habit, CD, Ciphers + Axioms, Digital, Drone, Heavy, LP, Mark Solotoroff, Post-Rock, Relapse Records, Review, Sandy Williamson

Anatomy Of Habit is the brainchild of noise icon Mark Solotoroff, and Ciphers + Axioms marks their Relapse Records debut.

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Anaal Nathrakh ‘Desideratum’ CD/LP/DD 2014

5th November 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, Anaal Nathrakh, Black Metal, CD, Desideratum, Digital, Industrial, LP, Metal Blade Records, Review, Sandy Williamson

If you were to describe Anaal Nathrakh to someone who had never heard them, you’d probably say something along the

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Baptists ‘Bloodmines’ CD/LP/DD 2014

4th November 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, Baptists, Bloodmines, CD, Crust, Digital, Hardcore, LP, Punk, Review, Sandy Williamson, Southern Lord

Canadian crust punk/hardcore bludgeoners Baptists are releasing their newest record, Bloodmines, on Southern Lord and it’s being produced by Kurt

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Jess And The Ancient Ones ‘Castaneda’ 10″ 2014

28th October 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 10", 2014, Blues, Castaneda, Jess And The Ancient Ones, Occult, Review, Rock, Sandy Williamson, Svart Records

Jess And The Ancient Ones are one of these bands that you just get, or you don’t. The whole female-fronted

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Obituary: Sandy Williamson Interviews Drummer Donald Tardy From The Legendary Death Metallers

16th October 201411th September 2019 Sandy Williamson Donald Tardy, Inked In Blood, Interview, Obituary, Relapse Records, Sandy Williamson

What more can be said about Obituary? 25 years ago they helped invent death metal, and over the past two

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Obituary ‘Inked In Blood’ CD/LP/DD 2014

15th October 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, CD, Death Metal, Digital, Inked In Blood, LP, Obituary, Relapse Records, Review, Sandy Williamson

Full disclosure: the first time I ever heard Obituary, I fucking hated it. I did, I admit it. A mate

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