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Author: Lee Edwards

Lazarus Blackstar
G-Q Interviews 

Lazarus Blackstar Interview

18th July 200515th September 2019 Lee Edwards Interview, Lazarus Blackstar, Lee Edwards

Bradford based Lazarus Blackstar arose from the ashes of UK Doom merchants Khang with an all new heavier more sludgy

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Blood Island Raiders
A-F Interviews 

Blood Island Raiders Interview

13th June 200515th September 2019 Lee Edwards Blood Island Raiders, Interview, Lee Edwards

London Doomsters, Blood Island Raiders have been making more than just waves in the UK since 2002 with their excellent

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Moss
G-Q Interviews 

Moss Interview

24th April 200515th September 2019 Lee Edwards Interview, Lee Edwards, Moss

Moss have been making a lot of noise in the UK & Europe of late with their ultra heavy drones,

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Sons Of Otis 'X'
Album & EP Reviews S 

Sons Of Otis ‘X’ CD 2005

15th April 200514th September 2019 Lee Edwards 2005, CD, Doom, Drone, Experimental, Fuzz, Heavy, Lee Edwards, Psychedelic, Review, Small Stone Records, Sons Of Otis, Space Rock, Stoner Jam, X

Toronto’s Sons Of Otis return with their latest slab of Acid Drenched Doom, simply entitled ‘X’. This is the first

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Review
Album & EP Reviews C 

Capricorns – S/T – CDEP 2005

6th April 20056th September 2019 Lee Edwards 2005, Capricorns, CDEP, Doom, Instrumental, Iron Monkey, Lee Edwards, Orange Goblin, Review, Rise Above Records, Stoner Doom

When I first heard about Capricorns I was instantly intrigued, I guess you could say they’re a bit of a

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Grifter
G-Q Interviews 

Grifter Interview

30th March 200515th September 2019 Lee Edwards Grifter, Interview, Lee Edwards

Grifter are another band I’ve only recently been aware of, hailing from the southern depths of erm…. Plymouth, they’ve been

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Review
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Outburst ‘100 Tonnes Of Stone’ CDEP 2005

17th March 20056th September 2019 Lee Edwards 100 Tonnes Of Stone, 2005, CDEP, Fuzz, Heavy Rock, Lee Edwards, Outburst, Review, Self Released

‘100 Tonnes of Stone’ is the latest self financed release from Leicester’s Outburst who dish out some pretty dirty, riff

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Jesu - S/T
Album & EP Reviews J 

Jesu – S/T – CD 2004

14th March 200514th September 2019 Lee Edwards 2004, Ambient, CD, Diarmuid Dalton, Drone, Hydra Head Records, Industrial, Jesu, Justin K Broadrick, Lee Edwards, Review, Shoegaze, Ted Parsons

I really didn’t know how I was going to start this review as the first time I gave Jesu’s debut

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Outburst
G-Q Interviews 

Outburst Interview

14th March 200515th September 2019 Lee Edwards Interview, Lee Edwards, Outburst

Outburst are a Stoner Rock outfit hailing from the Midlands, I’ll be perfectly honest I knew very little about this

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El-Thule ‘No Guts, No Glory’
Album & EP Reviews E 

El-Thule ‘No Guts, No Glory’ CD 2004

2nd March 200514th September 2019 Lee Edwards 2004, Blues, CD, El-Thule, Heavy Rock, Le Parc Music, Lee Edwards, No Guts No Glory, Review, Rock 'n' Roll, Self Released

They say looks can be deceiving and that’s certainly the case for El-Thule’s ‘No Guts, No Glory’ opus. When this

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Fu Manchu 'Start The Machine'
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Fu Manchu ‘Start The Machine’ CD 2005

23rd February 200523rd February 2024 Lee Edwards 2005, CD, Desert Rock, DRT Entertainment, Fu Manchu, Fuzz, Lee Edwards, Review, Start The Machine, Stoner Rock

I must confess to being a little out of touch with what Fu Manchu have been up of late, especially

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Emerging once again from the Bristolian mire, the amphibious overlords known as Froglord return to deliver another dose of thick,

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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May

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Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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