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Black Pyramid – S/T – CD/LP 2009

20th June 20093rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2009, Black Pyramid, CD, Doom, Electric Earth, LP, Meteor City, Ollie Stygall, Review

Every once in a while an album lands that is so drenched in power and passion that it almost seems

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Bombus – 7″ 2009

23rd April 20093rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2009, 7", Bombus, Fuzz, Hardcore, Heavy, Mourningwood Recordings, Noise-Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review

Bugger it, some bands really don’t make it easy by creating a sound that really does defy description!!! This Swedish

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Beehoover ‘Heavy Zooo’ CD 2008

30th January 20093rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2008, Bass & Drums, Beehoover, CD, Doom, Exile On Mainstream Records, Experimental, Heavy Zooo, Noise-Rock, Ollie Stygall, Prog Rock, Review, Two Piece

Ah you just have to love those crazy Germans!!! It’s often been said that the Germans don’t have a sense

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Buried At Sea ‘Ghost’ CD 2007

23rd October 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2007, Adam Stone, Buried At Sea, CD, Doom, Ghost, Heavy, Neurot Recordings, Review, Sanford Parker, Sludge

A distant drum beat, like a faint pulse locked deep inside my aching pineal gland…gradually rising in volume, then sharp

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Blood Ceremony – S/T – CD/LP 2008

17th October 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, Blood Ceremony, CD, Doom, Folk Doom, Heavy, LP, Review, Rise Above Records

Coming out of Toronto, Canada, like a screaming naked witch on a flying hickory stick, Blood Ceremony are one of

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Berserkowitz ‘Gritfarm’ CDEP 2008

18th September 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, Berserkowitz, CDEP, Doom, Heavy, Review, Self Released, Sludge

Let’s face it sludge fans, if these lot were from the States there’d be far more of a buzz about

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Black Sun ‘Paralyser’ LP 2008

6th September 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, At War With False Noise, Black Sun, Doom, Drone, Heavy, LP, Paralyser, Review

I press the play button: a second of silence and then…a red faced and demented man is screaming “restless, my

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Black Pyramid – 7″ 2008

20th August 20083rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2008, 7", Black Pyramid, Doom, Electric Earth, Ollie Stygall, Review, Stoner Doom, Traditional Doom

Holy shit!!! Or should that be Holy Mountain!!! Where did this little beauty come from? These 7 inches of doom

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Big Business ‘Here Comes the Waterworks’ CD 2007

27th February 20076th September 2019 Lewis Hunter 2007, Bass & Drums, Big Business, CD, Heavy, Here Comes the Waterworks, Hydra Head Records, Lewis Hunter, Melvins, Noise-Rock, Review, Two Piece

Big Business formed in 2004, and later became part of the Melvins after the success of their debut album, this

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Buried Inside ‘Chronoclast’ CD 2005

27th December 200514th September 2019 Lee Edwards 2005, Buried Inside, CD, Chronoclast, Doom, Lee Edwards, Post-Rock, Relapse Records, Review, Sludge

I was fortunate enough to witness Canada’s Buried Inside’s blistering live performance when they toured the UK a few weeks

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Blood Island Raiders / Among The Missing – Split 12″ 2005

24th December 20056th September 2019 Mark Burns 12", 2005, Among The Missing, Blood Island Raiders, Blood Island Raiders/Among The Missing, Doom, Heavy, Heavy Rock, Mark Burns, NWOBHM, Review, Sludge, Split, Split 12", Withered Hand Records

First release by promising new label Withered Hand Recs. The guy who runs the label is also in Among the

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