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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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Analysis Of Bison Kills ‘Vantage’ CD 2008

9th August 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, Analysis Of Bison Kills, Atmospheric, CD, Post-Rock, Review, Sound Devastation Records, Vantage

Analysis Of Bison Kills formed in 2001 and have released two demos plus this new four track ep/mini-album, which clocks

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Asva ‘What You Don’t Know Is Frontier’ CD 2008

1st August 20083rd September 2019 Mark Burns 2008, Ambient, Asva, CD, Drone, Experimental, Mark Burns, Review, Southern Records, What You Don't Know Is Frontier

Not a record for passive consumption was something I read in a recent review for this the latest Asva album,

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Acrimony ‘Bong On – Live Long’ CD 2007

17th March 20086th September 2019 Mark Burns 2007, Acrimony, Bong On - Live Long, CD, Doom, Leaf Hound Records, Mark Burns, Psych Rock, Review, Space Rock

A lovely little Acrimony collection on offer here from Japan’s Leafhound Recs. Kicking off with ‘The Acid Elephant EP’, originally

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Amenra ‘Mass III’
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Amenra ‘Mass III’ CD 2007

1st February 200714th September 2019 Lewis Hunter 2007, Amen Ra, Amenra, Atmospheric, CD, Doom, Hypertension Records, Lewis Hunter, Mass III, Post-Rock, Review, Sludge

Amenra have the feel of a band, whom given the chance, could get the whole ‘Atmospheric Sludge’ metal thing down

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Asva 'Futurists Against the Ocean'
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Asva ‘Futurists Against the Ocean’ 2005 CD

8th January 200614th September 2019 Mark Burns 2005, Asva, Doom, Drone, Experimental, Futurists Against the Ocean, Mark Burns, Review, Web Of Mimicry Records

Lead by former members of Sunno))) and Burning Witch, this lot where never going to be upbeat as the four

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