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Author: Sandy Williamson

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The Cutthroats 9 ‘Dissent’ CD/LP/DD 2014

5th July 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, CD, Digital, Dissent, Heavy, Lamb Unlimited, LP, Noise-Rock, Reptilian Records, Review, Sandy Williamson, The Cutthroats 9

I obviously wasn’t quite as much a fan of Unsane as I thought. If I had been, then surely I

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Album & EP Reviews F 

Filthpact ‘Resurrected Under Condemnation’ CD/DD 2014

4th July 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, At War With False Noise, CD, Crust, Digital, Filthpact, Grindcore, Hardcore, Resurrected Under Condemnation, Review, Sandy Williamson

Filthpact are, or should I say were, a Scottish crust punk band full of grindcore and socio-political influences. They split

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Album & EP Reviews O 

Opium Warlords ‘Taste My Sword Of Understanding’ CD/LP/DD 2014

20th June 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, Atmospheric, CD, Digital, Doom, Experimental, Heavy, LP, Opium Warlords, Review, Sandy Williamson, Svart Records, Taste My Sword Of Understanding

When I read that this was a release featuring a former member of Reverend Bizarre, one of my favourite doom

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Album & EP Reviews G 

Garganjua ‘Trip Wizard’ Digital EP 2014

16th June 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, Digital, Doom, Garganjua, Heavy, Review, Sandy Williamson, Self Released, Trip Wizard

Generally I refuse to bow to stereotypes. Just because a band called Garganjua released a debut EP called ‘Trip Wizard’

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Wort ‘Not Your Cup Of Tea’ CD/DD 2014

9th June 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Not Your Cup Of Tea, Review, Sandy Williamson, Sludge, When Planets Collide, Wort

Sometimes, when you hear a new release by a band you’ve been previously unaware of and you think, man this

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Album & EP Reviews V 

Void Generator ‘Supersound’ CD 2014

6th June 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, CD, Phonosphera Records, Prog Rock, Psych, Review, Sandy Williamson, Supersound, Void Generator

Void Generator is the sound of Italian doom stuck very rigidly in the hazy glow of the 60s. They’ve released

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Album & EP Reviews G 

Greg(o)rian ‘Utter Condemnation’ Digital EP 2014

24th May 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, Digital EP, Doom, Drone, Greg(o)rian, Heavy, Review, Sandy Williamson, Self Released, Utter Condemnation

Greg(o)rian are London’s initiate into the realms of blackened drone doom horrors, and their new EP, ‘Utter Condemnation’, free from

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Pilgrim: Sandy Williamson Questions Founding Member The Wizard

19th May 201411th September 2019 Sandy Williamson II: Void Worship, Interview, Metal Blade Records, Pilgrim, Sandy Williamson, The Wizard

Rhode Island’s Pilgrim are everything you could want in a doom band born in these modern times. Relentlessly heavy, but

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Leppe ‘Origins’ CD/DD 2014

13th May 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, Blackened Crust, CD, Digital, Heavy, Leppe, Origins, Review, Sandy Williamson, Self Released, Sludge

‘Origins’ is the debut EP from Bristol riff manglers Leppe. They take their name from an Irish castle that is

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Lord Mantis ‘Death Mask’ CD/DD 2014

1st May 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, Blackened Doom, CD, Death Mask, Digital, Heavy, Lord Mantis, Profound Lore Records, Review, Sandy Williamson, Sludge

Lord Mantis’ new record, ‘Death Mask’, is a dark, violent and often unsettling ride through the human psyche. It is

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Coffin Torture – S/T – CDEP/DD 2014

28th April 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, CD, Coffin Torture, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Review, Sandy Williamson, Self Released, Self Titled, Sludge

Coffin Torture are a sludgy duo from the great state of South Carolina, and their self titled release is one

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