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Cult Of Whores And Dogs – Demo 2009

18th October 20093rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2009, Cult Of Whores And Dogs, Demo, Experimental, Industrial, Noise, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released

Many years ago, back in the mists of times there came a band out of the North East of England

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Chickenhawk ‘A.Or Not’ CDEP 2009

9th September 20093rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2009, A.Or Not, Brew Records, CDEP, Chickenhawk, Grunge, Heavy Rock, Noise-Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review

When Chickenhawk’s debut album on Sound Devastation landed it was a caustic breath of air whose collision of punk and

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Clutch ‘Strange Cousins From The West’ CD 2009

9th July 20093rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2009, CD, Classic Rock, Clutch, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Stoner Jam, Strange Cousins From The West, Weathermaker Music

For close on 20 years now Clutch have been one of the most consistent and thrilling bands around. From their

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Catapult The Smoke ‘Unearthed’ CD 2009

2nd June 20093rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2009, Catapult The Smoke, CD, Doom, Fuzz, Ollie Stygall, Orchestrated Misery Records, Review, Stoner Doom, Unearthed

The blackened tendrils of the Vinum Sabbathi have snaked their way around an unwitting world over the last 40 years

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Church Of Misery ‘Houses Of The Unholy’ CD/LP 2009

10th April 20093rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2009, Adam Stone, CD, Church Of Misery, COM, Doom, Heavy, Houses Of The Unholy, LP, Psych Rock, Review, Rise Above Records, Stoner Doom

This little disc of pure heavy rock heaven should be played at no less than 50 wattage output, and you

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Capricorns ‘River, Bear Your Bones’ CD 2008

29th December 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Andrew Sloan, Capricorns, CD, Doom, Instrumental, Iron Monkey, Orange Goblin, Review, Rise Above Records, River Bear Your Bones, Stoner Doom

Hands up who thought ‘Ruder Forms Survive’ was one of the better releases of 2005? Well, I got my arm

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Cortez ‘Thunder In A Forgotten Town’ CD 2007

20th December 20083rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2007, Buzzville Records, CD, Classic Rock, Cortez, Fuzz, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Thunder In A Forgotten Town

Ever since “Blues For the Red Sun” came riding out of the Californian desert in a dusty Cadillac in 1992

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Chickenhawk – S/T – CD 2008

18th December 20083rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2008, CD, Chickenhawk, Grunge, Heavy Rock, Noise-Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Sound Devastation Records

Shit, some bands really don’t have any respect for reviewers!!! They don’t make it easy for us at all. We

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Celebrity Love Crisis – Demo 2008

14th November 20083rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2008, 3" CD, Analysis Of Bison Kills, Celebrity Love Crisis, Classic Rock, Demo, Experimental, Ollie Stygall, Prog Rock, Review

I’m a big fan of album packaging. Growing up in the 80’s before the CD boom vinyl packaging was part

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Coffins ‘Buried Death’ CD 2008

13th September 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 20 Buck Spin, 2008, Andrew Sloan, Buried Death, CD, Coffins, Death Doom, Doom, Heavy, Review

Oh sweet jesus this is the fucking shit! I have here in my rotting puds the new Coffins CD, a

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Cult Of Luna ‘Eternal Kingdom’ CD 2008

10th July 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Andrew Sloan, Atmospheric, CD, Cult Of Luna, Doom, Earache Records, Eternal Kingdom, Heavy, Post-Rock, Review

Y’know I prefer COL to Pelican, I prefer them to Bossk, hell…I even prefer them to Isis and I love

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