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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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All Time High ‘Friends In High Places’ CD 2010

25th August 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, All Time High, CD, Friends In High Places, Fuzz, Grunge, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Small Stone Records

So, with a name like All Time High and coming from the Small Stone stable I was expecting a bunch

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Acid King ‘The Early Years’ CD 2010

23rd August 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, Acid King, CD, Doom, Ollie Stygall, Review, Small Stone Records, The Early Years

From their humble origins way back in 1993 in San Francisco, Acid King have, over the course of three albums

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Aquilonian & Sollubi – Split CD 2010

20th June 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, Aquilonian, Aquilonian & Sollubi, Bongzilla, CD, Choking Hazard Records, Doom, Drone, Heavy, Paul Robertson, Review, Sollubi, Split, Split CD

Containing as it does the first recorded material from ex-Bongzilla duo Aquilonian, I guess you could call this release ‘eagerly

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Arc Of Ascent ‘Circle Of The Sun’ CD 2010

23rd April 20102nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, Arc Of Ascent, Astral Projection, Atmospheric, CD, Craig Williamson, Heavy, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Psych Rock, Psychedelic, Review

Ah New Zealand, the temptation to form an opinion based on stereotypes of sheep worrying, Lord Of The Rings and

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Alcohsonic ‘Songs From The Delirium Tremens World’ CD 2009

17th April 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2009, Alcohsonic, CD, Classic Rock, Heavy Rock, LMG Productions, Ollie Stygall, Review, Songs From The Delirium Tremens World

Being of Gallic blood myself I’m always keen to check out French bands and try to spread the love a

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