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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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Airpeople ‘The Golden City’ CD 2009

12th November 20092nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2009, Airpeople, Atmospheric, Avant-Garde, CD, Experimental, Golden Antenna Records, Instrumental, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, The Golden City

In all fairness the bio accompanying this release put me off slightly as it comes off more than a little

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Alunah / Queen Elephantine – Split 7″ 2009

30th October 20093rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2009, 7", Aluna, Alunah, Catacomb Records, Drone, Experimental, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Queen Elephantine, Review, Space Rock, Split, Split 7"

So, Def Leppard’s Hysteria took four years to arrive which, at the time, seemed a long time until Guns N

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Aidan Baker + Tim Hecker ‘Fantasma Parastasie’ CD 2008

3rd April 20093rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Aidan Baker, Alien8 Recordings, Ambient, Andrew Sloan, CD, Collaboration, Drone, Electronic, Experimental, Fantasma Parastasie, Nadja, Noise, Review, Tim Hecker

Here is a collaborative endeavour from drone specialist Aidan Baker (better known as one half of duo Nadja) and experimental

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A Death Cinematic ‘A Parable on the Aporia of Vengeance and the Beauty of Unpenetrable Sadness’ CD 2009

26th January 20093rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2009, A Death Cinematic, A Parable on the Aporia of Vengeance and the Beauty of Unpenetrable Sadness, Ambient, Andrew Sloan, CD, Drone, Experimental, Noise, Review, Self Released

It’s always good to see artists put a bit of effort into their work and this new self-released double album

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A Storm of Light ‘And We Wept The Black Ocean Within’ CD 2008

30th December 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, A Storm Of Light, And We Wept The Black Ocean Within, Andrew Sloan, CD, Josh Graham, Neurot Recordings, Post-Rock, Review

And here we have a band formed by Josh Graham (also Neurosis’s Visual Director and ex-Red Sparowes member) that explores

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Aluna ‘Fall To Earth’ CDEP 2008

15th August 20083rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2008, Aluna, Alunah, Catacomb Records, CDEP, Doom, Fall To Earth, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Space Rock

If the only musical legacy the West Midlands ever left us was Black Sabbath they’d be doing pretty well in

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