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Across Tundras ‘Sage’ CD 2011

18th August 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Across Tundras, CD, Country, Desert Rock, Heavy Rock, Neurot Recordings, Paul Robertson, Review, Sage

I go way back with Across Tundras. I bought their first full-length, ‘Dark Songs Of The Prairie’, on a whim

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All Pigs Must Die ‘God Is War’ CD 2011

7th August 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, All Pigs Must Die, CD, Crust, D-Beat, God Is War, Hardcore, Paul Robertson, Review, Southern Lord

Southern Lord continues to go against the perceived image of them as purveyors of arty doom by letting rip with

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At Devil Dirt – S/T – CD 2011

1st August 20113rd September 2019 Sean Parkin 2011, At Devil Dirt, CD, Corvus Records, Desert Rock, Review, Sean Parkin

Firstly I admit I have had this CD in my car for a few weeks now! This album has become

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Abysmal Darkening ‘No Light Behind…’ CD 2011

21st July 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Abysmal Darkening, Atmospheric, Blackened Doom, CD, Doom, No Light Behind, Paul Robertson, Review, Totalrust Music

Loathe as I am to use the description, I really cannot think of a better example of ‘Blackened Doom’ than

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Alpinist ‘Lichtlærm/Minus.Mensch’ CD 2011

26th June 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Alpinist, CD, Crust, Hardcore, Lichtlærm, Minus.Mensch, Paul Robertson, Review, Southern Lord

German quartet Alpinist are the next blunt instrument to be wielded in Southern Lord’s campaign for crust domination, along with

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Acephalix ‘Interminable Night’ CD 2011

20th June 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Acephalix, Album, CD, Crust, D-Beat, Death Crust, Interminable Night, Paul Robertson, Review, Southern Lord

Looks like Greg Anderson has stopped washing and is hanging out in the park with a bottle of ‘Wild ‘n’

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Archon ‘The Ruins At Dusk’ CD 2010

27th March 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, Archon, CD, Dark Matter Recordings, Doom, Heavy, Paul Robertson, Review, The Ruins At Dusk

Hailing from Brooklyn NY, home of heavy brethren Batillus and the mighty Hull, Archon are an earth-moving beast of serious

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Axxonn ‘Lets Get It Straight’ CD 2011

24th March 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Ambient, Axxonn, CD, Drone, Experimental, Lets Get It Straight, Noise, Paul Robertson, Review, Tom Hall

Axxonn is Brisbane-based sound artist Tom Hall, and not to be confused with the Axons, a race of tentacle-bedecked alien

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Alunah ‘Call Of Avernus’ CD 2010

11th February 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, Aluna, Alunah, Call Of Avernus, Catacomb Records, CD, Doom, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Space Rock

Alunah have always split opinion right down the middle. Like Marmite people either seem to love or hate these Midlands

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Astrovan ‘You Said It Man’ CD 2010

1st October 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, Astrovan, CD, Classic Rock, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released, Southern Rock, You Said It Man

For a start Astrovan have a big beardy tattooed singer called Deezer and a guitarist called Big Zeke. That alone

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Author & Punisher ‘Drone Machines’ CD 2010

4th September 20102nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, Ambient, Author & Punisher, Doom, Drone, Drone Machines, Experimental, Heart & Crossbones, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Tristan Shone

The words ‘ground breaking’ and ‘innovative’ get bandied around with all too often when describing bands who walk on the

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