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Five Horse Johnson ‘The Taking Of Blackheart’ CD 2013

28th November 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2013, Blues Rock, Five Horse Johnson, Heavy Rock, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Small Stone Records, The Taking Of Blackheart

Since their inception back in 1995 Ohio based blues rockers Five Horse Johnson have earned a reputation for crafting their

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Fontanelle ‘Vitamin F’ CD/LP 2012

5th November 20123rd September 2019 Chris Moore 2012, CD, Chris Moore, Experimental, Fontanelle, Jam, Jazz Fusion, LP, Review, Southern Lord, Vitamin F

“It’s like Mothers era Zappa having an affair with Isaac Hayes” That was how The Sleeping Shaman boss summed up

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From Beyond ‘One Year’ CDEP/DD 2012

10th October 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, CDEP, Digital, Doom, From Beyond, Mark Hunt-Bryden, One Year, Psychedelic, Review, Self Released, Space Rock

From Beyond are a power trio from Houston, Texas who are heavily influenced by the blues metal roots of the

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Fen ‘Of Losing Interest’ CD/DD 2012

19th August 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, CD, Classic Rock, Digital, Fen, Heavy Rock, Of Losing Interest, Ollie Stygall, Prog Rock, Review, Ripple Music

PROG!!! For most rock music fans if you utter this word to them it will make them recoil in horror…like

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Fister ‘Violence’ CS/DD 2012

26th July 20123rd September 2019 Chris Moore 2012, Cassette, Chris Moore, Digital, Doom, Drone, Fister, Heavy, Review, Self Released, Violence

Fister are a three-piece doom outfit from Saint Louis. Fister is also a small village near Stavanger on the south-western

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Fashion Week – S/T – Digital EP 2011

24th April 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Alternative, Coextinction Recordings, Digital EP, Fashion Week, Free Download, Hardcore, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Titled

New York trio Fashion Week keep it tight, sharp and nasty on this short but not-too-sweet download-only release from the

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Firelord ‘The Burning’ Digital EP 2011

25th February 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, Digital EP, Earthride, Firelord, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Self Released, Stoner Doom, The Burning

Hailing from Turin in Italy, the awesomely named Firelord have come to claim their place in the annals of Stoner/Doom

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Fellwoods ‘Wulfram’ CD/LP/DD 2012

7th February 20123rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2012, At War With False Noise, Bear Trail Records, CD, Classic Rock, DD, Digital Download, Fellwoods, Heavy Rock, LP, Psychedelic, Retro Rock, Review, Saúl Do Caixão, Wulfram

In music as with cinema, there has been a resurgence over the last few years, of art that gets labeled

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Five Will Die ‘Worth And Soul’ CD 2011

15th November 20113rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2011, CD, Doom, Five Will Die, Metal, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Tom McKibbin, Worth and Soul

There are few more commanding ways to start an album than by screaming “BOW DOWN!” in the way that Five

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Freedom Hawk ‘Holding On’ CD 2011

6th October 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, CD, Classic Rock, Freedom Hawk, Fuzz, Heavy Rock, Holding On, Ollie Stygall, Review, Small Stone Records

It’s high summer, 1973, you’re making the long drive through the Californian wastelands to pick up a consignment of weed

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Fragment ‘Home’ CD 2011

27th June 20113rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2011, CD, Drone, Fragment, Home, OPN Records, Review, Shoegaze, Tom McKibbin

Fragment is the kind of artist that music journalists hate to have to review because with almost no information available

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